Greetings Buckeye Nation,

I hope that everyone is having an enjoyable and safe holiday season and on behalf of the Ohio State Suncoast Alumni Club I wish you all a Happy New Year. Now it's time to start the new year off right with a Buckeye victory in a place that has shown a great deal of Buckeye love in the past....the Fiesta Bowl. Perhaps it's not where we thought we would be at the beginning of the season but it's still a great BCS Bowl game with high visability and pairing us up against a great opponent in the Texas Longhorns. This will be the rubber match as the lifetime series is tied 1-1 with the Buckeyes winning the last meeting. It's a great opportunity for our Buckeyes to regain some national respect against a team many feel should be playing in the title game as well as our chance to get back to our winning ways in the desert and in bowl games. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 pm on Monday, January 5th.

We will be holding our normal Game Watches at Mug's & Jug's and O'Brien's. The tailgate at O'Brien's will begin at 3:30 and "Hineygate South" will party hard as always until game time. We'll have all of the usual flair with games, music, food and drinks. From there we'll continue the party inside as we we cheeir our Buckeyes on to victory. We'll have our usual food and drink specials with the Alumni Raffle also thown in.

Make sure not to miss a moment of the action. I know it's a Monday night but there is no better place you're going to want to be to get your fix of everything Buckeye. Wear you're colors, show your spirit and let's show everyone in this area that we are proud to be Buckeyes no matter what! Nobody believes we have a shot at winning this game. Make sure to come out and enjoy yourself especially when we prove those doubters wrong.....you just gotta believe!!!!!!!

See everyone on Monday.

GO BUCKS!

Matt
Director of Game Watch - Hillsborough

PS - Don't forget we'll still be going to O'Brien's for select basketball games throughout the remainder of the season and we'll let you know when to come out and continue to enjoy some further Buckeye spirit here in Tampa/St.Pete.