To the Daily:
Hats off to the 1997 Michigan Wolverines. The roses smell great. The post- game ceremonies were a blast after the game on Saturday. The crowd really handled itself well on the field after the game.
It was a tragedy that the thousands of ecstatic were met by riot cops on the field. The fans were no danger to the teams, the staff or themselves. Undefeated seasons are rare, and the fans have every right to go crazy. Rushing the field was prohibited by the University to prevent injuries, but if anyone was hurt during the post-game celebrations it was because of the riot cops.
On a day that our students and fans will never forget, they will also remember being thrown to the ground and being sprayed with pepper spray. The fans should have been helped down to the field, not beaten down to the ground. Even after hundreds of fans were already on the field, the officers were still dragging fans down. I only hope that if a similar situation presents itself, the University will act differently.
Hail to the Victors!
Jon Lenaway
LSA sophomore
To the Daily:
As a former sports editor at the Daily, I'm interested to see recent news and coverage. I use your Website to view the Daily. I just checked last Friday's edition, featuring the Ohio State Lantern's "The Raven" for game predictions.
Someone teach them how to do Poe, please. Without going too far into technical poetry discussions, I'll just say there are countless problems with their rhyme scheme and their meters.
How about this? The Daily has done it better. When I covered women's basketball, we did a Raven takeoff column. We actually got the poem correct! Not kinda-correct-have-a-few-and-it-looks-good. Right on. But then again, would you expect something different from Columbus?
Adam Miller
University alumnus
To the Daily:
O ye of little faith ... As the football season is nearing its completion, I cannot help thinking back to an article in SPORTSMonday that was written on Sept. 8 by "The Bronx Bomber," Alan Goldenbach. I realize that the article was written with the good intentions of making University students realize that there are other talented varsity sports programs at Michigan outside of the Big Three.
However, I cannot help but wondering about his dire prediction regarding the football team's fate. "The football team is a 7-5 team at best," was his experienced opinion of the upcoming season. What the hell was he thinking? He also said that "they need about 10 clones of (Woodson) if they want to smell the roses four months from now."
Genetic engineering aside, I would say that they have created a fairly solid team that is looking forward to the Rose Bowl come New Year's. As for their record, I see that the Wolverines have exceeded Goldenbach's 7-5 mark. Where is this sports writer's school pride? As an editor and student of the University, didn't he have enough sense to look past the records of the previous four seasons and acknowledge the nation's best defense?
Come on Bronx Bomber, don't give your team the shaft.
David Kouchnerkavich
Engineering first-year student
To the Daily:
As a strong Buckeye fan, I wish to offer the "Blue" congratulations on the best football game I have ever witnessed in my 60 and one-half years of life. And particularly to Charles Woodson.
It seems there is always some jerk in life that has to shoot off his big mouth, and this year it appears to be David Boston. How he could have ever make the remarks he did about Charles is beyond me. Charles shoved it down his throat and other parts of his anatomy - which is just.
If Charles Woodson is not a strong candidate for the Heisman, I don't know who should be. I witnessed a "makeover" of Jim Thorpe Saturday - both on defense and on offense. This guy is a dynamic player. He makes it happen and did make it happen. And tell Marcus Ray "hello" from his fans down here in Columbus.
Good luck in the Rose Bowl and bring it back for the Big Ten!
Roy Engberg
Ohio State University fan
To the Daily:
I would like to be among the first to congratulate the University of Michigan on what should prove to be your uncontested No. 1 status in all NCAA football polls. As a student at the University of Florida, it brings me great pleasure to have been able to return last year's favor.
Best of luck in your bid for the national championship. Go Wolverines!!!
Rodney Bickel
University of Florida student
11-24-97
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