I know I know I know. Football isn’t everything. It’s just a game. Blah blah blah. It still sucks to lose though. It sucks when the entire stadium goes silent except for the smattering of fans from the opposing team reveling in their victory. It sucks to have stood outside in the cold for three hours only to trek all the way back home with nothing to smile about. All you hear on the way out of the stadium are disappointed “we should have…we could have…this ruins our chances of…the rankings…why didn’t we…�

But then taking a deep breath and looking around I realize that it is just football. It’s just a game. And you can’t win ‘em all. The fact that we lost to Penn State or USC or Illinois or LSU or any of the other teams that have overcome great odds and found a victory against the Buckeyes, well, that doesn’t make my degree worth any less. It doesn’t make the friendships I make here or the experiences I gain at THE Ohio State University any less real. Sure, it’s a bummer. But this is a great university regardless of how many games we win.

So while it was less triumphant than the previous weeks, holding my friends and singing Carmen Ohio at the end of Saturday’s game possibly meant more to me than ever before.

So Bucks, it’s time to suck it up and put on a happy face. To be honest, I’m grateful for the bye week. Finally a chance to relax…slash refocus some of my priorities into catching up with my schoolwork…ugh.

And because it still matters:

GO BUCKS!