I kind of lost faith in college football fans in my last post.

Tonight I was buoyed again. Keith Godfrey, in his Dispatch Buckeye Blog the other day, posed an idea I liked when I read it a couple of days ago.

His suggestion was, in honor of their service, that Buckeye fans stand and applaud the Navy team when they take the field. What a great idea! I have never understood the need to boo the opposing team when they take the field (well maybe exceptions made for helmets with ugly yellow stripes...) It takes away our class. Boo the officials, maybe, or a bum call...but the opposing team?...what does that prove?

Anyway, Keith's idea is catching on and tonight someone sent me a link to where someone has already taken it to the next level....a very cool promo plea for it on YouTube. It already has 20,000 hits. If you want to get in the mood for the Sept. 5th ramp entrance check it out at Ohio State's Take the Field Tribute for Navy

It will send shivers down your spine.

I intend to be in Canada fishing on Sept 5th, so I likely will miss the Navy game. If you are there, do two things for me. One, I hope you get caught up in the spirit of the moment and cheer the Navy team. And two, someone write me a story about what that experience was like and send it to me. I'd like to capture the moment.

Hopefully this thing will get legs with the Best Fans In The Land, and garner us some positive publicity. Wouldn't it be cool if it carried over to every week and other teams. (Well again, maybe one exception for helmets with yellow stripes...)

Go Bucks!