Credit: Screenshot 13ABC
Michigan-Ohio State rivalries have been known to get pretty heated, but last weekend football fandom was taken to a new level when a brawl broke out between opposing fans aboard a ferry in Port Clinton, OH.

25-year-old Ashley Artiaga and her boyfriend, 31-year-old Ian Schuster, were arrested early Sunday morning after the duo began arguing with another couple, who were complete strangers before the incident, about the Wolverines and the Buckeyes.

“They were arguing, cursing at each other,” Ben Freeman, a witness from Cincinnati told 13ABC. “As the argument went on, the Michigan fan’s girlfriend stood up, pulled the hair of the Ohio State’s fan’s girlfriend … the wife, actually. He tried to defend his wife by shoving the Michigan fan’s girlfriend. The Michigan fan stood up and tried to defend his girlfriend. And after that they mutually started to fist fight and swing on each other. It was crazy.”

Apparently, this sort of thing isn’t all that rare. “It happens,” the owner of the Jet Express ferry said of the incident. “They get very passionate about their teams. We haul a lot of people, bring a lot of people together. This was like 1:42 a.m., so I’m guessing there may be a few drinks involved in this one.”

Artiaga and Schuster were booked and then released from the Ottawa County Jail.

This article appears in Jul 22-28, 2015.

Alaina Nutile is the Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Cleveland Scene Magazine and Detroit Metro Times. Before joining the staff in June 2013, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she double majored in English and Spanish. Her interests include Japanese food, Breaking Bad, and career development advising.

4 replies on “Two Arrested After Michigan-Ohio State Brawl Breaks Out On Ohio Ferry”

  2. How stupid. I enjoy the Ohio State/Michigan once a year when they play football. Other than that I love Michigan and think it’s a great state. Go up to Lake Superior on the UP is one of my favorite things to do in life.

  4. Such “fans” have typically never walked on the college campus they war over in bars, unlighted parking lots and other midnight settings — but they can quickly quote the newest prices for gear at local sporting goods stores the way real graduates can quickly point out their favorite prof when attending events on homecoming weekend.

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