Sonny Fulks is a graduate of Ohio State University where he pitched four varsity seasons for the Buckeyes from 1971 through 1974. He furthered his baseball experience as a minor league umpire for seven seasons, working for the Florida State League (A), the Southern League (AA), and the American Association (AAA). He has written for numerous websites, and for the past fourteen years has served as columnist and photo editor for The Gettysburg Magazine, published by the University of Nebraska Press, in Lincoln Nebraska. His interests include history, support for amateur baseball, the outdoors, and he has a music degree from Ohio State University.
We’ll all watch, yes. But smile at the hype given and the beer guzzled in preparation for Saturday’s renewal of the ‘rivalry’, and the irony of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler coaching together at Ohio State in 1960 (above, Schembechler, bottom right). Read and enjoy what we've learned from those who’ve lived the rivalry from the other side. (Photo Courtesy of Private Collection)





