Category: Sports
As many of you may know, Ohio State is a sports school, and we dominate in almost every division 1 sport you can think of. One in particular that brings a lot of attention to our school is... FOOTBALL. Ohio State is currently sitting as the number 1 ranked collegiate team in the nation, but this is not an unusual thing for Ohio State football.
In one of my prior blog posts, I mentioned several ways to stay fit on campus. In this blog post, I am going to reflect with you all how I took advantage of intramural sports at Ohio State this fall semester.
As I've mentioned in previous blog posts, I'm currently enrolled in one of the MAcc's elective courses, Business of College Sports. I highly recommend anyone with a particular interest in athletics to take this course, as it's been extremely enlightening to see how a college athletic department operates in terms of budgetary constraints, recruiting, donors, and projects meant to enhance the overall student-athlete experience.
A few weekends ago, I experienced my first-ever Ohio State Buckeye home game in the Horseshoe. Ohio State squared off against Miami University (OH), and after a close first quarter, it was a constant celebration all afternoon as Ohio State won by a score of 76-5. Together with my parents, my little brother, and some family friends, it was a perfect afternoon to celebrate a Buckeye victory and show my family my new "home" that I've been living in for the last month.
My name is Mike Powers and I'm a graduate assistant for the MAcc program here at Ohio State University. I come from a small Division III school in Illinois, Augustana College, where I double-majored in accounting and business management and was captain of the varsity baseball team. Safe to say, it has been a culture shock to leave my 2,500-student undergraduate institution to attend a university with upwards of 66,000 in enrollment. In one word, everything here is just bigger.