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Hornet86
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 Posted - 11/19/2009 : 9:31:19 PM
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From the Journal....
BUCKEYES BUZZ: Thousands of students walked or jumped into the shallow, cold, dirty waters of Mirror Lake in the middle of Ohio State's campus last night, an annual tradition on the Thursday before Ohio State's football team plays Michigan in the regular-season ending game.
It's sort of a fun, crazy-college-kid kind of a thing to do, like cramming into a phone booth in the 1950s.
The Columbus Dispatch reports that before, during and after last year's big swim, Ohio State's College of Earth Sciences monitored the water quality at the lake.
Those pocket-protector guys found that the lake's temperature went up 3 degrees throughout the night, and the ammonia level surged. Body heat likely accounts for the rise in temperature. The ammonia level points to people urinating in the water.
Earlier in the week, football players were asked if they walked over to the lake to watch the annual rite.
"There are going to be 30,000 people jumping into a lake on Thursday just because it is tradition," punter Jon Thoma said. "It is so much fun seeing those things and you don't want to let your campus down, you don't want to let your coaches, families or teammates down. There is just so much going through this."
S Kurt Coleman reluctantly admitted that he always goes down to Mirror Lake.
"I like to stand in the background because sometimes people get into fights and whatnot," he said. "Actually it's a great scene. It's something that you have to experience. I'm never going to jump in because I'm not that crazy, but it's one of the best times in college. That's part of the tradition at Ohio State to jump in right before Michigan."
DT Doug Worthington said he was going but wouldn't get wet.
"I'll just watch. Seeing those fans out there, they're getting after it, they're jumping in the lake," he said. "It's just a great college feel. It lets you know your fans are behind you and they take the game as serious."
The key bit of advice isthis, for anyone wanting to join the throng in the future: If you want to partake of the tradition of jumping into Mirror Lake, you'd better keep your mouth shut.
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cybermom
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Posted - 11/20/2009 : 09:41:03 AM
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Just plain Beautiful Hornet86! Absolutely beautiful!!!
GO BUCKS!!!!!! |
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gradof06
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Posted - 11/20/2009 : 09:59:52 AM
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| About 3 hours till I'm headed to Ann Arbor for the game. Can't wait to be in The Big House with scarlet and grey on. |
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b1ackhole
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Posted - 11/20/2009 : 10:00:25 AM
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| Where in West Chester is that? |
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cybermom
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Posted - 11/20/2009 : 10:00:49 AM
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quote:
[i]Originally posted by gradof06[/i]
[br]About 3 hours till I'm headed to Ann Arbor for the game. Can't wait to be in The Big House with scarlet and grey on.
LUCKY!! Enjoy and have a safe trip!! |
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Hornet86
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Posted - 11/20/2009 : 10:10:51 AM
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quote:
[i]Originally posted by b1ackhole[/i]
[br]Where in West Chester is that?
If I remember correctly it is off Cox Rd by Hopewell. I could drive you there, but do not know the street. They put it up every year for tOSU v UM game. They also have a football field marked off in the cul-de-sac with Goal posts and all yard lines and referees |
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cybermom
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Posted - 11/20/2009 : 3:01:40 PM
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Hornet- Your article almost caused an argument between my hubby and me! I never knew about this tradition and evidently he's been in that lake without me! I feel very betrayed right now. LOL! Oh well...he was supposed to propose to me at Mirrow Lake, but it was pouring down rain...so we never got there. :-( Oh well...those were the days...traveling up I-71 every weekend to see him at OSU! Thanks for the trip down memory lane! Haha!
Back to the important stuff: Muck Fichigan! Go BUCKS!!! |
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Ohio State Tradition.... Mirror lake gets WARMER
