When the Homily is about Immunology

The Ohio State Curse

No one who has followed Ohio State's Bowl Game (or vs. Michigan, which is nearly as important) history ought to be surprised by last nights thumping. I'm not geeky enough to have statistics for ya, but I have some 25 years or so of memories of Ohio coming (usually to the Rose Bowl) with high expectations and expert favoring only to see them pummelled time and time again. Yes, once in awhile I can recall seeing wins, but there is an ingrained sense that the Buckeyes are chronically over-rated. Being undefeated really doesn't mean a whole lot if all the teams you defeated pretty much sucked.

No excuses can be found for last night's fiasco. Ohio was outplayed, plain and simple. Despite accidently seeing a split second of post-game celebrations, when I did the DVR replay I could see how things would go by the end of the 1st quarter. The first minute of the game is the only thing Ohio fans can remember fondly.

Okay, let's see what the Hawks can do.