Post-football season withdrawal is a very serious affliction that has consumed the lives of Buckeye football fans across the Ohio State campus. As Saturday after Saturday rolls by with no prospect of a football game in sight, the condition only worsens.
This year’s extended season to the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, BABY, lengthened our football hype considerably so at first, we as a student body didn't realize what was going on around us. Coming off of such a high has only led us all to suffer from our lowest lows. Here are five symptoms commonly linked to post-football season withdrawal that will help to identify whether you or someone you love is suffering from it:
1. You find any reason to needlessly bring the Buckeyes into the conversation, giving you just one more opportunity to gloat on that National Championship high. During recruitment, in a restaurant, waiting in line for the bathroom, with a stranger on public transit – these conversations can be overheard all over campus (this person is often seen wearing their "Undisputed Champs" shirt they likely haven’t taken off since they bought it).
2. Your internal clock automatically wakes you up at 7:30 am each Saturday in preparation for a tailgate that never comes. You wake up each time with visions of mimosas dancing in your head, only to be reminded that there’s no game today and it’s not socially acceptable to be drinking this early.
3. You find yourself endlessly watching the highlight reels from last season in almost all of your free time. You started sneaking clips in class or in between episodes on Netflix, just when you were feeling nostalgic ya know, but you’ve now moved on into full blown obsession. Your roommates often walk into your room to catch you watching the national championship for only like the 3rd time (or maybe like the 5th OKAY LAY OFF).
4.You find yourself getting strangely competitive during random events. Without football games to channel that competitive energy into, you begin to turn totally mundane events into a high stakes game. An innocent game of Scrabble may have led to a fight that ruined a relationship with a childhood friend. You may have actually started a Bachelor bracket and have a created a definitive point system for each girl (complete with stats).
5.You incessantly talk up next season. Whether it’s constantly debating which of our (THREE) amazing quarterbacks will start next season or endlessly stalking this year’s recruits, you cannot get enough of them Buckeyes. You may or may not have already purchased tickets to Phoenix for the National Championship game of 2016 (#nattychamps2k16 amirite??!?!).
If you find that you or one your friends is suffering from any or all of the symptoms listed above, stay calm and remember that spring game is right around the corner!
