We all know adherents of the OSU football faith can be touchy, but would a joke against the school really cost a pizza shop employee his job? That’s the story coming up from Columbus today. Although differing accounts of the event are going head-to-head, the discernible fact here is that some Bucknuttery has gone down — who exactly the offender of common sense is remains to be seen.
The story comes from Columbus’ FOX affiliate and focuses on a 25-year-old Columbus State student who until recently worked at Iacono’s, a pizza place in Shawnee Hills. Although he declined to publicize his name, the former pizza guy agreed to appear on camera . . . which is a little strange, because it’s not like everyone isn’t going to figure out his identity.
Anyway, his story runs as follows: Two days before Buckeye-Michigan State game, the pizza guy was taking an order from the wife of OSU defensive coordinator Luke Fickell. Before signing off, he made a crack about how the Buckeyes needed to brush up their defense. Mrs. Frickell laughed, according to the pizza guy.
The next day, pizza guy was told to call up the establishment’s owner, he’d been 86’d.
This article appears in Oct 10-16, 2012.
Yeah someone went overboard….
It’s not like he lost some cushy union job with high pay and great bennies. He should have just STFU, sucked it up, and looked for another pizza delivery gig. But no, he went on TV to piss and moan. Now he won’t be able to get a job cleaning up dog crap. Stupid college kid. So what else is new? This is a non-story and a waste of keystrokes.
Chuckles the Clown