Buckeyes jumped in Mirror Lake as part of the Beat Michigan Week antics. (Photo by Nick Geidner via Flickr.)
OK, so it’s not the usual Law Dork fare, but it is a Friday, and I suddenly became aware that I will be away from Columbus for the OSU-Michigan game for the first time since moving there in 2002. My brother, Nick, is a Ph.D. student at OSU and took this (and many other) pictures from the Mirror Lake jump that the kids do — and, even though I never jumped, it definitely made me miss Columbus.
The spirit of the city surrounding — and in support of — the Buckeyes is a sight to see. Yes, it’s sports fanaticism, but there’s something about college sports fanaticism that I find to be better than other sports fanaticism. The connection to the university and to the education that takes place there allows the athletics engagement to expand into something more than simply that.
It’s a community created by sports, but with an inherent recognition of the academic community with which it is inextricably intertwined. I spent tailgates with other law students, with med students, with people I knew through that academic community. It’s an exciting place to be, regardless of one’s interest in sporting events generally.
And, yeah, college players are hot.
Go Buckeyes! Beat Michigan!
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Chris Geidner is a lawyer in Washington, D.C., who writes at Law Dork, contributes regularly to Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications. An extended biography can be found