Acts of violence and aggression are often cited when touting the best rivalries and supporters in the world.

A threat of violence and danger has always been woven into the fabric of the game.

The flares, the smoke, the security, the dogs, the motes, the projectiles, and yes, the violence is always bubbling right under the surface.

That's authentic and that's the rub.

Hello sunshine, I'm Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union

Podcast where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red white and blue colored glasses.

As you heard, we'll be talking about what exactly is authentic soccer culture.

We'll have our mossy mix. The case segment will be answering your questions in our hashtag

ask Alexi segment and so much more but first as always joining me my friend my

colleague my guiding light David Mossy a soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher

and writer extraordinary good morning mr

mossy how are you this week I am good all things consider all right let's get right

to it first off you're not wearing anything there's no jersey last week you

said you were going to wear your

Wolverines of Michigan paraphernalia had your team won. They somehow

conspired to lose to the Buckeyes of Ohio State, a team fraught with all sorts of weaknesses and yet

not only did they lose but they lost badly right what was the final score was

in the 60s or something ridiculous like that? 6239.

How is this possible and why is your coach still the coach today on Monday

when we are recording this?

Yeah, this was the college football equivalent of Germany 7 Brazil 1.

I have to say I have no evidence of this I didn't tweet it or anything but I actually

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