Glory Day In Columbus

By 10 o'clock, downtown Columbus had turned vibrant. The sidewalks were jammed with shouting people. The streets were jammed with cars and horns blared their cacophony to the skies. By midnight those few downtown residents who wanted to sleep had abandoned the idea. And always above the blare came the refrain:

Whole state of Michigan
Whole state of Michigan
WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN FOR THE WHOLE STATE OF MICHIGAN
WE'RE FROM O-HI-O

Sunday morning in Columbus dawned gray and cold. An exodus began early but at the airport there were no signs of letdown among the departing alumni though night in Columbus had run into day.

"What I liked," said a man at the airport, "was the way we won it for all those blue chips. But what I really liked was that we beat Michigan."

A lady with him chanted in a tired voice: We're from O-hi-o.