I love Brats. I'm a firm believer that the $7 I spent on a t-shirt in July is the best investment I have made to date. It has saved me hundreds of dollars on Wednesday nights with half price drinks. What a great idea. Well done Brats! But nights like last night, I hate Brats. So much. Last night, for those that live in a hole in the wall, was Flip Night at Brats. The night started out calm and what I like to call "Dad's night" because the bar was initially filled with men who could play golf with my father. Fast forward two hours later, and it seemed that every person I've ever hated was in that bar- but I didn't know any of them. All these people, with absolutely no concept of personal space. I got spilled on, bumped into, elbow jabbed. I later announced that I hated everyone in the bar (ok, I got "diva"...whatever.). I seriously wanted to punch someone. But like most people, I'm all talk and very little action. So, Flip Night is officially a night I love to hate at Brats.
Rewind to Sunday. Another one of the things I love to hate is not a night, nor a bar, but a whole state. A whole group of people: Ohio State. I don't know if anyone else felt like this, but I almost cried when that final buzzer sounded in the Badger Game. The emotional roller coaster that I rode for two and half hours, watching our boys fight and claw their way back in the game, giving one of the best performances of the season (personally speaking), was ridiculous. This was an experience I shared at Brats, with other Badger fans who wanted the win so badly. Yes people were bumping into me, yes they were spilling on me, but they were also high fiving when Alando Tucker sailed across the lane to slam a basket in that ogre Greg Oden's face (sorry if anyone who is reading this is a family member of Oden- but I want proof of age. That guy has a Volvo and a family somewhere, I swear it!). And then, even though the refs were obviously in the pockets of OSU, the fans had the nerve to rush the court. We get it, you're number one. It wasn't an upset. You were expected to win by five and a half points (which reminder you didn't- you won by one point with 9 seconds left). Ever since I was a freshmen and we beat OSU at that football game, I've hated anything to do with them. Any time we play them, any time their name comes up- I want to hit that stupid mascot in the face. Seriously. After the game was over, there was hardly a word to be heard in the bar...people simply picked up their coats and filed out. It was actually one of the most depressing times in my life, no exaggeration there.
I don't really know how to wrap this post up, so suffice it to say I hate Flip Night and Ohio State..and I love to hate them.
Oh and lastly- Here's an article by Gregg Doyel. He's a classless idiot who referred to Brian Butch's injury as "Cryin' Brian Butch". I encourage everyone to email this man and tell him what a worthless piece of garbage his writing is, and that he has absolutely no soul.
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I shared your pain on Sunday. That game was very depressing. All we needed was that one free-throw..... But I'm trying not to dwell on it.
Also, that article by Doyel was a low blow. I practically started crying (and felt very queasy) when they showed Brian's elbow. Hopefully we will win this weekend.
i think a may now hate that doyle guy almost as much as i hate doug gottlieb. i did email him, hopefully he actually reads it. we have to stick up for our polar bear. i plan on sending him another message when we dominate in the ncaas, and again next year when brian butch is dominating the big 10.
Lol, I'm glad I'm not the only one who refers to B.Butch as "The Polar Bear"
I had a similar experience at my buddies apartment. We were having a good time watching the game trying to fight through the horrible officiating and how we didn't really play as well as we could until the last 8 minutes of the game. But the team was still in the game, so we all had hope. Ohio State made that last bucket with 9 seconds left in the game and everything was silent. It was eery how quiet it was. Oh well, we ended up beating Michigan State and hopefully we will get a #1 seed. Hopefully Butch, will make it back soon so we can have another scoring threat besides Alando Tucker.
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