COUP-LUMBUS: TOWN MAYOR DEPOSED, ANARCHY REIGNS.
Preparations for the upcoming Michigan/Ohio State football game have resulted in a coup d'etat in Columbus, Ohio, plunging the entire region into a state of civil unrest. The Columbus metropolitan area is in a state of near anarchy with several groups vying for control of the area. Classes at the the Ohio State University have been cancelled, and Ohio governor Bob Taft has declared a state of emergency in the area.

Columbus: let the festivities begin.
Details are sketchy, but a few facts have emerged.
--Armed gunmen announcing themselves as "the Loyal People's Army of UzBuckistan" deposed Columbus mayor Michael B. Coleman in rush through the city hall early Tuesday morning, and announced the declaration of new statehood for what they are calling "the Republic of UzBuckistan." Mobs control the streets, and have prevented entry into the city at all points. Many appear to be intoxicated.
"Death to Michigan, and death to all who oppose us," said a masked figure identifying himself only as "Subcommandate Wayne" in a television broadcast Tuesday morning. "We have taken that which is ours, the pure nut at the core of this rotten fruit we call Ohio, and made it a perfect paradise for all who love and obey the Buckeye. We have everything, and need nothing--except beer, which we're almost out of. "

Subcommandante Wayne wants your fear and awe. And your beer, if you got some.
Subcommandante Wayne then indicated that if more beer were not sent, they would "do something bad, or something like that." Ohio police refused to comment on ongoing negotiations.
--A rival group of hooligans has commandeered the campus radio station and much of the campus. Made up of younger people who may or may not be students, the group calling itself "The Buckeye Confederation of Central Hayes-ia"...
has been broadcasting pro-Buckeye propaganda over the airwaves since Monday night, and claims to have taken several hostages. They also demand beer, as well as styrofoam coolers, whose exact use has yet to be determined.
--A third faction seems to have formed around the stadium and football facilities, with Buckeye football coach Jim Tressel as its central figure. Tressel has been seen being carried on a sedan chair around the facility. He appears to have shaved his head and wears a pair of black pajamas in public, a change from his traditional sweatervest ensemble, and has taken to calling himself "the Colonel."
Says one follower: "Hey, man, you don't talk to the Colonel. You listen to him. The man's enlarged my mind. He's a poet-warrior in the classic sense. I mean sometimes he'll... uh... well, you'll say "hello" to him, right? And he'll just walk right by you. He won't even notice you. And suddenly he'll grab you, and he'll throw you in a corner, and he'll say, "do you know that 'if' is the middle word in life?"

Tressel's followers: did you know that 'if' is the middle word in life?
Other rival groups have entered Columbus from the countryside, according to reports from the ground.
--Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia and rebel leader, may have been sighted in Columbus, escorted by a gang of teenagers in dresses carrying AK-47s. They were seen heading toward Fabric, a local disco they may be intending to commandeer, carrying wheelbarrows of cash and accompanied by shapely dancers in hot pants.
--A representative of the Nepal Maoist movement has confirmed the seizure of a Burger King on the outskirts of town by Nepali Maoist elements, but has not explained their demands or purpose. They appeared to be comfortable, though running low on food since "the proletariat do not eat the capitalist cow, and we are out of the delicious sandwich you call 'The Big Fish'."
--Moqtada Al-Sadr's Mahdi Army has reportedly made an appearance as well, but an unsuccessful one, as their convoy of two jeeps attempted to take over a sandwich shop only to be outgunned by the local population. "We underestimated the number of handguns," said a Mahdi soldier. "Even the children had weapons. We feared for our lives. Then they threw urine at us. Two hundred of these people could conquer Iraq--praise Allah that most of them have never thought of leaving this town, much less the state of Ohio."

Members of the Mahdi army flee Buckeye fans on Tuesday.
Updates to follow as they become available...
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What about the Israelli Mafia? Shouldn’t they be throwing down on the ’Bus?
And what’s up with the burning chairs? Don’t they know that couches have a MUCH higher combustibility rating?
by Aerobab on Nov 14, 2006 12:58 PM EST reply actions
what the hell do the buckeyes have against the EU? or, is that a flag symbolic of the blue and maize?
by PSUgirl on Nov 14, 2006 1:00 PM EST reply actions
There has been one confirmed casualty to date. OSU ROTC captain Douglas Niedermeyer was trampled by an UzBuck mob while pleading for order. (“Remain calm! All is well!”)
by DevilGrad on Nov 14, 2006 1:12 PM EST reply actions
This may be the only college football game where rooting for Al Qaeda is understandable. Of course terrorists would do less damage to Columbus than Buckeye fans.
by Joe on Nov 14, 2006 1:13 PM EST reply actions
The streets will flow with the coolers of the non-believers!
Seriously, if you are in Columbus and you don’t have tickets to the game, get the F@#! out of Dodge.
by irishoutsider on Nov 14, 2006 1:19 PM EST reply actions
Animal House nitpicking alert: I think Niedermeyer was actually victimized by Flounder’s seltzer bottle and marbles in the street, while the ROTC officer trampled by the mob was Kevin Bacon’s character, Chip Diller.
by Oren Incandenza on Nov 14, 2006 1:23 PM EST reply actions
Because I’m too lazy to scroll, I just had to share this pic of the hotties at UF. Listen, I know the women there are gorgeous, but is this the best pic they could find? Is the photographer a lesbian?
by tbmd96 on Nov 14, 2006 1:23 PM EST reply actions
Oh yeah, Pic #3 in that same gallery is the girl with the “Spurrier is a Cock” t-shirt. She’s quickly approaching Jenn Sterger fame (without the fake boobs or stripper outfits)
by tbmd96 on Nov 14, 2006 1:26 PM EST reply actions
I’ll do you one better. I’m going to the game…WITH MY MOM…while leaving my own personal TCOAN in the parking lot with her friends.
Am I Evil? Yes I Am.
by tbmd96 on Nov 14, 2006 1:29 PM EST reply actions
Re: #8. Is that redneck, dim-witted gentleman in the front row doggy’ing a stuffed gator?
by burkie on Nov 14, 2006 1:42 PM EST reply actions
Florida State Offensive Coordinater Jeff Bowdon resigned today, according to the AP.
That sucks for FL fans. Bowdon had to have been at least as bad as “Wild Bill” Diedrick.
by daviehamsufferer97 on Nov 14, 2006 1:53 PM EST reply actions
One of the greatest posts ever!!!!! Only missing a faction that has overrun the student Library to “Check the sports scores and email….”
by Odell 51 on Nov 14, 2006 1:56 PM EST reply actions
I KNEW that was a pattering of automatic rifle-fire waking me up this morning!
By the way, the BC fanbase has descended into a state of civil war over the fate of middling coach Tom O’Brien and his staff of cronies.
by BC Eagle on Nov 14, 2006 1:58 PM EST reply actions
It is not that much a a stretch for me to imagine Tressel with his own Montagnard army.
by tzubear on Nov 14, 2006 1:59 PM EST reply actions
Meanwhile, the Irish Republican Army is lurking on the outskirts of town, waiting to enter after the main battle concludes and finish off the victor. Speaking from between bites of cheesburger, their commander, Charles O’McWeis, promised a swift and painful end to the forces of “Bloody England, er, Sweatervest, er LLLoyd, er who the fuck cares, we’ll beat whoever survives!!”
by rusty on Nov 14, 2006 2:02 PM EST reply actions
No surrender, no surrender, no surrender to the IRA!
(Just joking… sort of…)
by DC Trojan on Nov 14, 2006 2:10 PM EST reply actions
Unfortunately, the lounge known as Fabric has been gone awhile. But there’s a new swank hotspot called Lotus in the Brewery District…I think Mo Vaughn has been spotted there.
by tOSU_radar on Nov 14, 2006 2:10 PM EST reply actions
Re #7. Damnit. Consider my post duly amended.
by DevilGrad on Nov 14, 2006 2:17 PM EST reply actions
You do know ND, um, didn’t exactly beat Michigan before?
As for tOSU… was it over when the Buckeyes bombed Pearl Harbor?
by Dave on Nov 14, 2006 2:21 PM EST reply actions
The networks wanted to move the game to 8 pm, but the Ohio National Guard, at a low ebb of manpower and field hospitals due to the war in Iraq, refused to guarantee civil order.
Btw, Aerobab, the chairs can be thought of as appetizers.
by OhioDawg on Nov 14, 2006 2:27 PM EST reply actions
You couldn’t pay me to go to a game in Columbus…total shit hole. Nothing like a college game in the South.
by Mike on Nov 14, 2006 2:31 PM EST reply actions
OK DC, you win. In honor of your valiant effort to resist us, please accept this large wooden horse as a token of our respect.
by rusty on Nov 14, 2006 2:32 PM EST reply actions
He’s a great man. Me, I’m a little man, but he is a great man.
by SmoothJimmyApollo on Nov 14, 2006 2:34 PM EST reply actions
The local convenience stores UDF (United Dairy Farmers) stopped selling bottled beer 3 weeks ago in an attempt to cut down on the beer bottles thrown at the police. Nice effort.
by Go IRSH on Nov 14, 2006 2:39 PM EST reply actions
Wow, you know your town is lame when a Mo Vaughn sighting certifies a nightclub as the hot spot in the city…
Next up: Tito Landrum spotted at Mean Mr. Mustard’s!
by Papa Lou BSU on Nov 14, 2006 2:41 PM EST reply actions
What’s happened to the WWL man in Columbus…I want some SEC hooligans to take him down as part of the revolution! Kirk sux!!
by Doug on Nov 14, 2006 2:47 PM EST reply actions
tbmd96,
That doesn’t make you evil. That makes you a momma’s boy.
by Odell 51 on Nov 14, 2006 3:03 PM EST reply actions
I believe it’s “The Republic of UzBuckistan” or TROU, with a capitalized “T,” and The Loyal People’s Army of UzBuckistan is shooting anyone on site who fails to use the word “The.”
And the campus radio station featuring "The Buckeye Confederation of Central Hayes-ia"? It’s actually just ESPN radio. I know it’s hard to tell the difference.
by Expat Ohioan on Nov 14, 2006 3:05 PM EST reply actions
Great post. So glad I get my news from here instead of that self-righteous mob and CNN and FAUX. Do you know if the Walking 101 and Boiling Water 202 classes for this afternoon have been cancelled?
by pfhokie on Nov 14, 2006 3:08 PM EST reply actions
I’m sure, win or lose for tOSU, whatever happens will be much worse than armed militias. Anarchy is the only outcome. The city should evacuate hurricane style, all non-essential personnel should leave town. Hide the women and children etc. I think you forgot to mention the Georgia Karadimas lead tOSU Mechanized Cheer Militia which truly is the E’Spirit DeCorps. They undoubtedly will put fear in the administration’s heart. Its like the Columbus police said, “This happens on big games, so we were prepared for it” Lets just hope they are ready for the “Game of the Century” which I am sick of hearing already.
by Jon on Nov 14, 2006 3:11 PM EST reply actions
Are they requesting more of the “Big Fish” or do they want a real meal, like “The Whaler”?
mmmm…. Whaler….
Travel advisories are popping up everywhere….
by Maize n Brew Dave on Nov 14, 2006 3:20 PM EST reply actions
OK DC, you win. In honor of your valiant effort to resist us, please accept this large wooden horse as a token of our respect.
Timeo Domeros et ferentes donas.
Also, note to self: unionist soccer chants not effective on college football blogs.
by DC Trojan on Nov 14, 2006 3:40 PM EST reply actions
I am getting the hell out of Dodge for the weekend. Already a free roaming band of Buckeyes has left a desecrated raccoon corpse on my door step…and I didn’t even go to Michigan. Their soul-less eyes have been everywhere.
And BTW, I was at Lotus when Mo Vaughn was supposedly there, and he was most certainly NOT there. It was a private party.
by pellee on Nov 14, 2006 3:41 PM EST reply actions
More late-breaking news is available at the M-Zone.
http://michiganzone.blogspot.com/2006/11/breaking-news-crisis-in-columbus.html
by DevilGrad on Nov 14, 2006 4:33 PM EST reply actions
pellee, did you really expect OSU fans to be able to tell Gold and Maize apart?
by NDTom on Nov 14, 2006 4:39 PM EST reply actions
Now now, those reports are a bit hasty. Typically it’s Thursday night when the anarchy begins (jumping into Mirror Lake is probably the catalyst). After that, well yeah I think the above is a pretty good representation of what will happen.
I’m venturing out into the wild Saturday morning, selling my ticket for at least a grand, then retreating back into my safe house and praying the chaos doesn’t spill into nearby suburbs.
by TheGreatShocka on Nov 14, 2006 6:02 PM EST reply actions
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Holy shit. I am a spoiled tailgator… Gainesville is heaven.
by J-skool on Nov 14, 2006 6:22 PM EST reply actions
Not to worry. All of the Michigan blogs indicate that Michigan is packing heat: “U-M campus police also will be available in Columbus to support our fans”.
by canuck on Nov 14, 2006 6:44 PM EST reply actions
While we’re on rivalries, here’s the latest from the Georgia – Georgia Tech folks:
by Captain on Nov 14, 2006 7:05 PM EST reply actions
Look, if you were going to Columbus, you’d pack heat too. Place is infested with Israeli mafia.
by Dave on Nov 14, 2006 7:09 PM EST reply actions
“Subcomandante”? Orson – could you possibly be a Neal Pollack fan? If you’re not, you should be. That goes for all of you.
by matsut on Nov 14, 2006 7:31 PM EST reply actions
DC Trojan “Also, note to self: unionist soccer chants not effective on college football blogs.”
Never fear, someone here understood the Ingerland reference. Lousy time difference.
by Simmo79 on Nov 14, 2006 7:57 PM EST reply actions
This just in, there are scattered reports of wild men clad only in tiger-skin jerkins and covered head to toe in red body paint have scaled the barricades of burning cars surrounding the city. These men, known only as “Hogs,” appear to be armed with tusked helmets and spiked bats and speak in a bizarre language consisting of only one word: “Sooey.”
by Harris on Nov 14, 2006 9:04 PM EST reply actions
Just figured out the OSU strategy for Saturday-“An AP Ballot in one hand and an Armalite in the other…”
by rob on Nov 14, 2006 9:48 PM EST reply actions
- Captain, that says it all my friend. Two student bodies of two schools summed up almost perfectly.
by Jon on Nov 14, 2006 10:55 PM EST reply actions
DC Trojan,
The only thing I remember hearing at a Chelsea match was a guy, looking like Larry from the Three Stooges, yelling “Fuck you ya’ fucking cunts, ya’ fucking wankers, ya’ fucking woolly woofter poofters” as the Wimbledon squad took the pitch.
It took every ounce of my being to not burst out laughing and end up like the Michigan fans watching The Game in Columbus in Mike’s (#24) video.
by SeaTrojan on Nov 14, 2006 11:07 PM EST reply actions
He’s a great man. Me, I’m a little man, but he is a great man.
Exterminate the Brutuses!
by DC Trojan on Nov 14, 2006 11:16 PM EST reply actions
Simmo79: Never fear, someone here understood the Ingerland reference. Lousy time difference.
I feel better, though it’s not from being an Ingerland supporter: I come from a long-ish line of Glasgow Rangers supporters and sometimes the dark side of the old country comes out…
SeaTrojan: The only thing I remember hearing at a Chelsea match was a guy, looking like Larry from the Three Stooges, yelling "Fuck you ya’ fucking cunts, ya’ fucking wankers, ya’ fucking woolly woofter poofters" as the Wimbledon squad took the pitch.
They got off lightly for being the opposition… a friend of mine who’s half-Dutch and half-Surinamer was a Chelsea fan when he was living in London in the Chelsea Head Hunter 80s. He’s a touch swarthy so he routinely heard “hoi paki, why don’t you pop out and get me some cigarettes”… from other Chelsea fans. Can’t you just feel the love?
by DC Trojan on Nov 14, 2006 11:24 PM EST reply actions
This afternoon my girlfriend and I walked through the soon-to-be-demolished Ohio Union for lunch, and athletic boosters had a huge banner out that would be hung in front of the football team as they ran out the tunnel Saturday. Giving it my best Conan O’Brien attempt at humor, I wrote “O-H! LOL. Love, Henry” in big print, and then very smally, near the banner’s orginally printed text, scribbled in “Go Irish.”
It’s probably been detected by now, but still…
by CliffX, not really a Buckeye, but kind of, as he's giving them his money on Nov 15, 2006 1:33 AM EST reply actions
DC Trojan,
I vividly remember the racial sensitivity shown to the black players from Wimbledon. I was in a state of shock the first ten minutes of being in the SRO crowd (before the seating requirements were implemented).
Ahh, Chelsea supporters were well loved by the publicans who routinely had their establishments ransacked by them.
Take the Skinheads bowling, take them bowling.
by SeaTrojan on Nov 15, 2006 2:23 AM EST reply actions
I’m an Auburn backer. I’ve hated the U of A my whole life. I think Tuscaloosa is a dump and the Bama nation has no class. After seeing the video of Columbus….I think I may have been wrong about T-town and the Tide fans.
by Chris on Nov 15, 2006 2:46 AM EST reply actions
Great Shocka -
I thought you were kidding about fetching a grand for your ticket so I ckecked stubhub. Your not kidding! Just hope currency is still valid after the game.
by tzubear on Nov 15, 2006 9:48 AM EST reply actions
Reports from Ohio:
From a concerned citizen in Cleveland:
Couches are afire as far north as Cleveland! Blue-clad Lloyd Carr effiges are hanging from numerous bridges. No one is even pretending to work. A gang calling themselves “The Vesties”, recognizable by their grey sweater vests, has been terrorizing communities north of Toledo by leaving the carcasses of wolverines in places where even the dim-witted inhabitants of that region cannot fail to notice them.
Menawhile a report from Worthington, just north of Columbus and adjacent to Dublin, Ohio:
I have been in touch with sub-commandant Wayne, supplying his band with contraband bottles of Natural Light beer. Wayne tells me that the Irish Republican Army, led by UberLord Weis and assisted by the traitor Quinn, have taken a position in Dublin where they have been welcomed by the misguided natives. They are holed up in St. Bridgette’s of Kildare church and are waiting to storm down into Columbus after the game to take on the Wolverines or the Vesties, depending on who wins. My wife and I have filled the bathtub with water and have stored canned goods in the basement. My Ak-47 has plenty of ammo to deal with whatever horrors appear, rumor has it that Gators have been seen swimming beneath the placid waters of the Olentangy. It is Armageddon on the plains of Central Ohio. God help us.
by Captain Kirk on Nov 15, 2006 11:07 AM EST reply actions
#45
I caught it.
It looks like game day at tOSU has changed since I was there. I remember a pretty heavy police presence in the area on game day. I usually went to the parking lot of the Holiday Inn by the stadium where they’d sell beer by the bucket and the same band (The Danger Brothers) would play every game.
There are also some nice civilized areas on campus for pre-game activities, but it wasn’t the point of that video to show those.
by oc phil on Nov 15, 2006 11:59 AM EST reply actions
i love how in c-bus, as they call it, you can simply buy a shirt that says FUCK MICHIGAN in big letters…classy.
Check this website out if you hate michigan
http://buckeyefansonly.com/notsun/
Bigger shithole….Columbus, Cleveland or Cincinnati…?
I say the mistake by the lake takes the cake with this one…at least Cincinnati has hills and mountains to deflect your attention away from all the blight
by whodeycocks on Nov 15, 2006 2:28 PM EST reply actions
mmm… chocolate buckeye… someone stop by the Buckeye Cafe and put one on ice to send to me before the place burns to the ground…
There have been terrible storms in the south today… some are saying it’s the Janju"weed" on their way up from Gainsville to await the survivors… if there are any.
by RedTide on Nov 15, 2006 3:04 PM EST reply actions
You can joke about this, but local Columbus TV news last night spotlighted spotlighted garbage crews cleaning up couches and mattresses from the alleys around OSU.
Gotta get those flammables out before the big weekend.
Is this a football game, or the rapture? And do the fans realize the difference?
by IrishAlum on Nov 15, 2006 7:34 PM EST reply actions

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