Stop what you are doing and take in this public service announcement. If you haven’t gotten on board with FOX Sports’ new “Ultimate College Football Road Trip sponsored by Dos Equis,” you might want to get the memo, digest it, and take action. It is co-hosted by former Ohio State basketball walk-on and media-savant Mark Titus. His partner is Charlotte Wilder and together they both also co-host the “People’s Sports Podcast.”
Now, they are both taking their show on the road with the “Ultimate College Football Road Trip,” and visiting eight college campuses this fall to take in all the sights, sounds, pageantry, and emotion that is college football. The first trip saw the duo visit Madison, Wisconsin to experience college football being bringng fans back. The two went behind the scenes with the Wisconsin band, made other appearnacnce, and of course, got to witness “Jump Around” first hand.
Now Titus and Wilder are taking their talents to Columbus, Ohio for the Ohio State vs. Oregon game and that means “Mr. Rainmaker” is back where it all started. I originally started this piece believing that it would be about what the sbow was all about, what kind of cool features the two will show us, and what kind of wacky situations they could get themselves in. And, to be fair, there is certainly plenty of that, but it became clear to me that their efforts and desires to go to campus like Ohio State is about more than that.
Wilder painted a picture of wanting to help people through what we’ve all been going through with the pandemic and showing everyone how much these types of gatherings and college football in general mean to so many.
Titus echoed very similar thoughts, but began to get emotional and reflective on what Ohio State has meant to him. How coming back has really brought back a flood of memories and gratefulness for the people of Ohio, and what the place Buckeye Nation will forever have in his heart.
It was — and is — refreshing to say the least. College football is back, and these are the type of people and shows that make you forget a little about the state of the world. And who couldn’t use a heaping dose of that right now?
Here are the highlights of what Titus and Wilder (who have amazing show chemistry together by the way) had to say about their work on “FOX Sports Ultimate College Football Road Trip,” and what it means to visit THE Ohio State University.
All as we prepare for the tussle on the gridiron between Ohio State and Oregon Saturday.
