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Fan Wearing Ohio State and Michigan Gear at The Game Goes Viral

He probably didn’t make many friends on Saturday at The Shoe.

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The rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan is as fierce as it gets in all of American sports. If an individual has an allegiance to one of the Big Ten programs, then the unwritten rules of the universe basically prohibit that person from showing any sort of positive feelings toward the other school. 

Except that didn’t seem to be the case for one fan who was in Columbus for the 118th edition of The Game Saturday. 

An image posted on social media from Ohio Stadium showed one fan in particular trying to straddle the impossible line of showing support for both teams. The individual was seen wearing a scarlet Ohio State shirt, while also rocking a blue and maize Michigan hat. Take a look:

The choice of apparel was the ire of the college football world on Saturday. Pretty much no one could accept that the fan would show up to one of the sport’s most heated rivalries wearing the colors of both schools.

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Questionable attire aside, the real question is: who does this fan want to see win The Game? No matter the outcome, it seems like they have their bases covered, which surely won’t go over well with either fanbase.

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ZACH KOONS

Zach Koons is a programming editor at Sports Illustrated who frequently writes about Formula One. He joined SI as a breaking/trending news writer in February 2022 before joining the programming team in 2023. Koons previously worked at The Spun and interned for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He currently hosts the "Bleav in Northwestern" podcast and received a bachelor's in journalism from Northwestern University.

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