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Football in Ohio

Being a football fan from Ohio is tough.  On any given weekend in the Fall, you can never be sure what to expect.  The Buckeyes are good enough for it to sting when they lose a big game.  The Bengals are bad enough for it to sting when they almost win any game.

This weekend was a perfect example.  The Buckeyes play at home against #3 USC and are leading with less than 2 minutes less. Forgetting that they started with great field position on a number of occasions in the second half and walked away with only 5 points (2 of which came on a mistake by the long snapper for USC), they had a chance to win if they could just stop USC on one more drive.  They did not.

As is always the case, my hope was that at least the Bengals had a chance at winning, I could go 1-1 for the teams I root for at least.  And for the slimmest amount of time, it looked like it was going to happen.  The Bengals are stopped all day, scoring no points.  Then Carson Palmer helps lead a perfect drive to make the score 7-6 with almost no time on the clock.  The Broncos get backed up, and Orton throws a mediocre pass.  The ball gets batted into the air… only to be caught by Stokley and then run for the game-winning touchdown.  Bengals lose.

So in back to back days, my two teams lost in a combined 2-minutes.  Yeah, being a football fan from Ohio is tough.

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