Ben Goldschmidt

bgoldschmidt@enquirer.com

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats are facing decidedly its biggest opponent of the year Saturday, Ohio State, and nobody understands the importance of team spirit better than UC professor Steve Fuller.

Fuller informed his students via Twitter that he would fail anyone who wore OSU attire the week of the game.

Relax. He can't do that, and he wasn't serious. But the joke made it to bleacherreport.com, and since then he's upped the ante to something a little more feasible.

If OSU wins, he will wear Ohio State attire in his class. (He'll do it, too. He was once my professor. Hey, Steve.)

Judging by his staunch allegiance, Fuller probably doesn't own any OSU gear. Here's to hoping he doesn't have to dig into his wallet Sunday morning.