re: Jim Harbaugh to Alabama after Saban retires?

Maybe hate is a strong word, unless you are discussing Florida fans. Florida fans hate OSU because of the way Urban left Gainesville and ended up in Columbus. There's also the fact that many in the SEC bullied Ohio State for years because of their abysmal bowl record vs the SEC. Even though they are finally trending upward vs the SEC, I think there is this animosity towards buckeye fans in particular. They don't get to play the SEC a bunch, as you say, but that doesn't stop many on tRant from getting their shots in against OSU. Maybe a lot of it is Urban Meyer based, but it's definitely real. There's also a lot of anti-Yankee dialogue on here. Even with a team from the SEC. So it's worse with teams from the north in another conference. A lot of ND hate too. Not as much hate for the PAC-12 even though they are the worst high and mighty group of the whole bunch.