Columbus, Ohio is one of the most passionate sports towns in America. I’ve gathered as much from my six years in central Ohio. No MLB, NBA, or NFL teams call Columbus home, yet those who reside here exhibit a fierceness and obsession with their teams that you very rarely see. Columbus has the Crew — and boy do the people love the Crew. But more importantly, they have the Buckeyes — and BOY, do people love their Buckeyes.
Ohio State University and the city of Columbus are entwined to a point where it sometimes is hard to tell where one ends and the other begins.