So I’m in Germany right now. I watched the Buckeyes’ win over Penn State on Saturday afternoon (night here) live via interwebs thanks to my wife, who used the camera on her laptop to broadcast the game for me (and a few hundred new internet friends). I was excited because the team looked good, etc. Sunday morning I read through some of the articles and saw Doug L’s video of the Buckeyes singing Seven Nation Army with the OSU student section, and it made me laugh and smile.
Then on Sunday afternoon I went for a walk with my boss through town and we heard cheers coming from the soccer stadium here in Karlsruhe. We decided to walk by and see if we could get in the game. The guy at the gate told us there were 10 minutes left and we were free to go have a look-see. The home team (Karlsruhe) won and there was celebration-doing after the game. Included in the celebration was a techno version of Seven Nation Army. After seeing video of the Buckeyes sing and dance to the song, I couldn’t help but smile again and think about home while standing in a stadium 4000 miles away.
Here’s the audio (I hope this works): Techno Seven Nation Army mp3
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Denny Mayo is a Northern Ohio native and Ohio State alumnus who currently lives in (and therefore blogs from) Washington, DC. Because he lives in the District, he clearly does not understand anything about Cleveland sports. Contact Denny via email: denny(at)waitingfornextyear(dot)com or on TwitterDenny Mayo has written 204 articles for Waiting for Next Year.
Karlsruhe ’s a nice place.
The oddest songs find their way into sports somehow, and by sports I mean European soccer.
Is there a story behind why the Buckeyes and their fans love “Seven Nation Army”?
Penn State’s fans sing it after nearly every single first down that happens. The Buckeyes sang it mockingly after the big win in Happy Valley. It was a cocky thing to do but I loved it.
Was Al Lerner at the soccer game?
To me the best part of the Buckeyes game was that at around the 4 minute mark in the 4th quarter the Buckeye fans that were there started singing it and it was AMAZING how loud it was on the tv. Those Nittany Kitty fans had to be PISSED and I LOVED every second of it!
an unfathomable amount of passion not only in german soccer, but around the world. ive come to follow it closely since my cleveland teams dont win anything i can atleast pick out a good one in europe (FCBarcelona) and cheer on a winner. its a great sport when you watch the right teams
@5… sports passion is universal isn’t it? that’s what finally mad me take a closer look at soccer. kinda, ‘hey four billion people cant be wrong.’
nice story denny.
here’s hoping we’ll have our joy in cleveland one day.
@ 5 1964
Lerner agrees.