OSU Band Takes Abuse For Home Fans' Behavior

The Ohio State University Marching Band was apparently the target of abuse by Penn State fans at their recent loss in Happy Valley. The members of the band were showered with verbal abuse, hitting, thrown objects (including urine-filled bottles, apparently), and other such stuff.

Two points to make here:

1. Attacking the opposing team's band is a cowardly act, and no amount of drinking, etc. should excuse hooligans in the stadium from any wrongdoing. These Penn State fans need to be rounded up and expelled from Beaver Stadium, PERMANENTLY.




2. What the hell do OSU fans expect? After the fiasco that was the treatment of Texas fans before, during, and after the game here in Columbus, it's no wonder that OSU fans and their band are treated poorly. These are fans who burn blue furniture when they lose to Michigan. They riot after wins AND losses. They're a bunch of unruly drunks who claim to be football fans. In reality, they're no better than European soccer hooligans, who use any excuse to act the way they do.

In my opinion, the NCAA needs to do what the British government does: create a list of fans who are not allowed to attend games (the Brits actually don't even let these guys out of the country but obviously we can't go that far). If that means checking IDs at the stadium gates, well, the technology certainly does exist for that.

Start with the Buckeye fans, though. They've shown themselves to be the most unruly fans in the country and need to be controlled, now.

And the fans who mistreated the Texas fans and any other visiting fans? They should be ashamed of themselves for the BAND taking the abuse that they deserve.