Vice President-elect JD Vance recommended his Ohio State Buckeyes after their surprising loss to rival Michigan Saturday. The web was not so form in response.
Vance posted on X, saying the Buckeyes performed like “champions” and that he is “happy with them.”
“To the OSU seniors on that workforce: I do know it sucks to lose 4 to Michigan, however to your complete faculty profession you guys have carried out yourselves like champions. I communicate for practically all of us followers once I say: we’re happy with you!” Vance wrote.
The Buckeyes blew the sport as 21-point favorites, dropping to their high rival for the fourth straight time. Michigan’s 2024 workforce is the worst this system has fielded in years, coming into the sport with a 6-5 report.
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Davis Warren (16) of the Michigan Wolverines carries the ball towards the Ohio State Buckeyes through the fourth quarter at Ohio Stadium Nov. 30, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (Jason Mowry/Getty Photos)
Getting into the sport, Ohio State was ranked No. 2 with a report of 10-2 and was vying for a spot within the Huge 10 championship recreation and a Faculty Soccer Playoff berth. Now each of these targets are in query for coach Ryan Day and his workforce.
The Buckeyes have been additionally concerned in a brawl with Michigan gamers after the sport.
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Vance was the recipient of loads of photographs for his pledged loyalty to the workforce in response.
“Ohio State sucks and so do you!” one consumer wrote.
One other consumer mentioned Vance’s publish prompted him to rethink his approval of Vance as Trump’s VP choose.
“First time I’ve disagreed with JD in a [minute], perhaps Trump ought to have went a unique route for the VP function!” the consumer wrote.
Gamers scrum at midfield after Saturday’s recreation between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Michigan Wolverines. (Imagn)
One other consumer questioned Vance praising gamers who would begin a postgame brawl.
“‘Performed yourselves like champions’ didn’t they simply get right into a brawl that resulted in Michigan gamers being pepper sprayed as a result of they have been sore losers?” the consumer wrote.
A number of legislation enforcement officers have been additionally concerned in breaking apart the struggle. Movies shared on social media appeared to indicate gamers being pepper sprayed, and each Michigan and Ohio State gamers seemed to be in ache from it.
Within the instant aftermath of the struggle, Michigan operating again Kalel Mullings instructed FOX Sports activities in an on-field interview the incident was “unhealthy for the game.”
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“It was such an ideal recreation. You hate to see stuff like that occur after the sport. Unhealthy for the game, unhealthy for faculty soccer. However, on the finish of the sport, they gotta discover ways to lose, man. You possibly can’t be combating and stuff simply since you misplaced a recreation.”
Vance beforehand revealed he had instructed Trump his loyalty to the Buckeyes may have an effect on Trump’s possibilities of profitable the important thing battleground state of Michigan.
“When he first requested me to be a VP, I used to be like, ‘Effectively, , hopefully we do not lose Michigan by like 900 votes, as a result of you are going to remorse it. ‘Trigger it is most likely only a thousand p—ed-off Wolverine followers who would not vote for a Buckeye,” Vance mentioned throughout an look on OutKick’s “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Present.”
“However I believe that the majority Michiganders are going to have the ability to put sports activities rivalries apart and put the nation first, which is what, after all, all of us imagine is a very powerful factor.”
The Democratic Nationwide Committee tried to use Vance’s connection to Ohio State with a marketing campaign technique in Michigan in early September. The DNC flew a airplane over a Michigan soccer recreation Sept. 7 with a banner that mentioned, “J.D. Vance [loves] Ohio State [plus] Mission 2025.”
Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, introduces Former President Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, throughout a rally at Herb Brooks Nationwide Hockey Middle July 27, 2024, in St Cloud, Minn. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Photos)
The Trump-Vance ticket ended up simply carrying Michigan.
Vance additionally advised in that interview that Trump and Vance would attend Saturday’s recreation in the event that they gained the election.
“Effectively, let’s go to the Ohio State-Michigan recreation, assuming we win, as a result of I wager I can get some fairly candy tickets because the VP-elect, and we’ll be in a celebratory temper,” Vance mentioned on OutKick. “And, look, it is, it should be an enormous recreation this yr. I believe it should decide final seeding within the Faculty Soccer Playoff.
“I imply, now each groups would possibly truly make the playoff. I do know Michigan’s, , type of folks aren’t placing them as excessive this yr, however you by no means know, as a result of it is at all times a very good program. So, we’ll see, guys. I am feeling superb in regards to the Buckeyes. I am feeling superb in regards to the Bengals.”
Neither Trump nor Vance attended Saturday’s Ohio State-Michigan recreation.
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