Today will end the euphoria that has building up for according to media the biggest College Football game of the year maybe even history as Ohio State University (the Buckeyes) hosts Michigan University (Woverines) in their 103,000 seater stadium. Yes you read that correctly over 100,000 fans at a university game, Michigan holds 113,000, madness!
This as you can see from the pictures above and below is down to the absolute loyality to people's College team that splits families and friendships, its that fierce an obsession. Locally here in Charleston you are either a Clemson Tigers man not fan (who were ranked No.10 recently) or a University of South Carolina Gamecock - i have chosen to follow the orange Tigers, much to the dismay of some, lol.
The reason its bigger than the NFL i.e Pro Football is because most players are locals and the amount of money that colleges make from the sport makes it epic in size and all day Saturday games are played across the nation. Its played for pride, not money by players in usually a more exciting fashion than the Pro teams, its very fast and creative.
Now the big fuss over these two teams is bcause they are ranked No.1 and No.2 in the country which has never happened before as they are in the same division. The season is nearly over and the top teams are ranked and go into different Bowl games and the big finale is the National Championship that this weekends game could be a rehearsal for.If this doesn't make any sense or you would like to know more then read the article called 'The Real Varsity Game' on the BBC Sport's website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/default.stm
Ohio State won 42 - 39 in the end, if you care! :)
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