BUCKEYES ARE LOSING IT

What has happened to Ohio State football? I speak after the debacle of the game yesterday, when USC obliterated us 41 to 3. Three! I fear that the Buckeyes' reputation is in shreds and it might stay that way for years. I might have to retire my Ohio State red T-shirt that I proudly wear for big games, and my scarlet and grey beads, and my record of "Fight the Team" and ""Carmen Ohio. I have seen our hated rival Michigan fall on hard times and now it seems that we are next in line. Next we will be giving up Script Ohio, and the sacred dotting of the "i" by the tuba player in favor of a horse!

I remember years in the past, when Ohio State had a full complement of big, strong, tough players who came from around Pittsburgh. Their last names ended in "i"and when they tackled people, they stayed tackled. They brought fear into the hearts of opponents. Remember the lineman in James Thurber's wonderful book "My Life and Hard Times"? That was a real OSU football player. They seem to be gone now, and we have these lightweights from California dancing around and humiliating us. Woody Hayes would not have let this happen.. .

One of my sons says it is symbolic of the decline of the Rust Belt, in favor of the High Tech belt. I'm not prepared to accept that. Let us go back to eastern Pennsylvania, the cradle of football players, and bring them back to Columbus where they belong.