There’s this belief from schools outside the Big Ten that the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry is old news and that it’s just some rivalry that ESPN/ABC keeps because of ratings…blah, blah, blah. Folks, this rivalry is every bit as bitter as say Auburn-Alabama.
Here’s just another nugget of proof from over the weekend on a Lake Erie ferry boat — the infamous Jet Express that runs from party island Put-In-Bay to the Ohio mainland.
From 13 ABC (Toledo):
Around 1:45 Sunday morning Port Clinton police arrested a couple from Oregon. They’re accused of assault on the Jet Express as the boat was headed to the dock.
The fight between 25-year-old Ashley Artiaga, 31-year-old Ian Schuster, and complete strangers on the top deck allegedly began because of an argument over Michigan-Ohio State football.
“They were arguing, cursing at each other,” says Ben Freeman, a witness from Cincinnati who was in town for a fishing trip. “As the argument went on, the Michigan fan’s girlfriend stood up, pulled the hair of the Ohio State’s fan’s girlfriend … the wife, actually. He tried to defend his wife by shoving the Michigan fan’s girlfriend. The Michigan fan stood up and tried to defend his girlfriend. And after that they mutually started to fist fight and swing on each other. It was crazy.”
So, if we’re to assume the aggressor (Michigan fan) was arrested, that would be Ashley Artiaga, who is listed on a baby registry with Schuster out of Oregon, Ohio, which is a Toledo suburb.
