33 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby OP 24 Sep 2023 \ parent \ on: Stacker Sports- Meta Takeover- Day 82 meta
Considering your propensity to hold grudges I will mark you down as High. Good news for you, Ohio State squeaked a win out against Notre Dame yesterday.
Is this hatred because of Rudy?
You are very perceptive, Señor Ruby. My grudge predates Rudy, but that put me over the top. It began when I was a child. For some reason Notre Dame was adopted as New York City's college football team. Every Saturday the games were broadcast on local TV. I was more into college football as a kid. I liked Michigan and Oklahoma for some reason. Yet, I was stuck watching the Drinking Irish.
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I never followed that closely but I always had a bit of an affinity for Michigan growing up. They weren't too far from Toronto, Wolverines was a cool nickname, they had an awesome stadium and the fab four in basketball. I also recall having an Arkansas razorbacks hat at some point and a UNLV Running Rebels shirt. Not sure why. I guess those teams were good at some point and someone gifted me the merch. I certainly didn't buy it. I did however buy a white sox hat when they rolled out the black and white theme Sox logo and the Sharks teal was all the rage when they came into the league so I had sharks jersey at one point.
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I remember the Sharks frenzy. I think my Michigan thing was wrapped up in the Wolverine name too. My cousins lived in Columbus, Ohio. When I visited they were Buckeye crazy. I had to be contrary and root for Michigan, which caused fights. Huge rivalry there.
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I have only ever owned 2 hockey jerseys in my life. An Edmonton Oilers Messier jersey and a blank Sharks jersey. Go figure since I was a Leafs fan for most of my life until I finally kicked that bad habit a decade ago.
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