Locker Room Rivals

There isn't much love between The Ohio State University and the school up with at times it being a Cold War mentality. Both teams have sent a good amount of players to the NFL which means there are times rivals become teammates. The hatred for the person goes away but not the school which always makes for interesting times when the two teams meet.

At times there have even been friendly bets between teammates. The picture is Tom Brady who had to wear Mike Vrabel's jersey after losing a bet.

You can bet there has probably been some trash talk in locker rooms that have players from each school. After Saturday the trash talk will continue, except only the winner will be talking.

Here is a list of NFL teams that have at least one player from OSU and the school up north. I would hate to be Charles Woodson and Jake Long. Both are outnumbered 3-1. At least with Woodson he can talk about when he played. Long on the other hand doesn't have much room to talk.

New York Giants

• Jim Cordle (OSU)
• David Baas (UM)
• Stevie Brown (UM)

Philadelphia Eagles

• Kurt Coleman (OSU)
• Jason Avant (UM)
• Brandon Graham (UM)

Arizona Cardinals

• Beanie Wells (OSU)
• Jay Feely (UM)

San Francisco 49ers

• Ted Ginn (OSU)
• Alex Boone (OSU)
• Larry Grant (OSU)
• Donte Whitner (OSU)
• Mario Manningham (UM)
• Jonathan Goodwin (UM)

Detroit Lions

• Brian Robiskie (OSU)
• Rob Sims (OSU)
• Jeff Backus (UM)

Green Bay Packers

• Brandon Saine (OSU)
• AJ Hawk (OSU)
• Ryan Pickett (OSU)
• Charles Woodson (UM)

Miami Dolphins

• Brian Hartline (OSU)
• Austin Spitler (OSU)
• Anderson Russell (OSU)
• Jake Long (UM)

New England Patriots

• Jake Ballard (OSU)
• Nate Ebner (OSU)
• Tom Brady (UM)
• Zoltan Mesko (UM)

New York Jets

• Santonio Holmes (OSU)
• Nick Mangold (OSU)
• David Harris  (UM)

Cincinnati Bengals

• Nate Clements (OSU)
• Mike Nugent (OSU)
• Leon Hall (UM)

Pittsburgh Steelers

• Mike Adams (OSU)
• Cameron Heyward (OSU)
• Will Allen (OSU)
• Larry Foote (UM)
• LaMarr Woodley (UM)

Houston Texans

• DeVier Posey (OSU)
• Tim Jamison (UM)

Jacksonville Jaguars

• Michael Brewster (OSU)
• Chad Henne (UM)

***I will be posting other non OSU stories but not this week. This is my favorite week of the year. ***