I'm a sports fanatic. Football, baseball, basketball, hockey ... you name it, I'll find something to get rabid about in a hurry. For 12 weeks this fall I had a dream existence -- #1 Ohio State rolling through a relatively subpar Big Ten schedule all the way up to a showdown with then-#2 Michigan in Columbus last November. Over 900 yards of offense and 81 points later, Ohio State emerged as the conference champions and secured a berth in the BCS National Championship game in Glendale, AZ.
Then reality struck back. After getting blistered by a less-talented but substantially more hungry Florida Gators team for 41 points on the sport's grandest stage, the mass of scarlet-clad humanity here in Columbus entered a period of mourning. The very next day, our basketball Bucks went up to Madison and got smoked by a better and more experienced Badgers squad. It couldn't get much worse at that point.
Which brings me to tomorrow afternoon -- what makes me think OSU stands a chance against a Wisconsin team coming off a humiliating conference loss at Michigan State? Call it loyalty, stupidity, intelligence, intuition -- whatever you want, really -- but know this: it's the exact same thing that drives my confidence of a Bucks-Gators title game rematch next season. Except this time, we're scoring 60.
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