Postcard | The big match, and not that of the Canadian

(Columbus) At the hotel reception, the clerk at the counter greeted us with a huge smile and a question: “Are you in town for the big game?” »

The big match? We thought for a second that Columbus and Ohio as a whole could no longer wait for the return of David Savard and the Canadian for this thrilling match against the Blue Jackets on Wednesday evening, but no, that was not it. at all.

The big game is more of a college football game. That of Saturday noon, which will pit the Ohio State University Buckeyes against the University of Michigan Wolverines.

At the local bar, we had already been suggested not to wear blue and yellow—the colors of Michigan—because sometimes the rivalry tends to boil over a little. We are expecting more than 102,000 people on Saturday for this match, and we have already understood that it will be impossible to drive to the stadium on Saturday morning because there will be so many people.

You should know that this rivalry, one of the biggest in American college football, has existed for a long time, and since 1897, to be more precise. This time, the Buckeyes are the heavy favorites, and a victory against arch-foes Michigan would earn them a spot in the Big Ten conference title against the University of Oregon.

In town, we can already notice that local supporters have started to put big X’s on all the letters M which appear on posters or on advertisements in the street. M as in Michigan, obviously… At the airport, someone even put an X on the M of the big “COLUMBUS” which welcomes travelers as they descend the escalators.

We can confirm that the passage of the Canadian does not unleash the same passions.