Former ESPN star Keith Olbermann blasts Ohio State after congratulating former Buckeye JD Vance: ‘S— school’

Former ESPN broadcaster Keith Olbermann took aim at it Ohio State, After congratulating Vice President-elect JD Vance following Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday, the university called it a “s—school.”

Ohio State posted and highlighted the congratulatory message on X Vance’s connections to the university and the state.

“Congratulations to Vice President-elect JD Vance, an Ohio State University graduate and native Ohioan,” the post reads.

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Olbermann, one of Trump’s harshest critics, responded with his own message attacking the university.

“It wasn’t before, it’s now: S— school,” he wrote.

Olbermann, as is well known walked away from ESPN He criticized Trump before the 2020 election, spoke out against Trump on social media and even questioned the authenticity of the former president’s first assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania over the summer.

FILE – Keith Olbermann speaks onstage during the Olbermann panel on the ESPN portion of the 2013 Summer Television Critics Association tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 24, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Vance, a die-hard Buckeyes fan and Ohio native, graduated from Ohio State in 2009. He once revealed that when Trump asked him to be his vice president, he joked that his ties to the Buckeyes could influence voters in Michigan.

“When he first asked me to be vice president, I said, ‘Well, you know, hopefully we don’t lose Michigan by, like, 900 votes, because you’re going to regret it. Because it’s probably just a thousand pence—angry Wolverine fans that wouldn’t vote for a Buckeye,” he said during an appearance on OutKick’s “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show.”

FILE – Ohio State Buckeyes mascot Brutus Buckeye runs on the sideline before the NCAA football game against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium. (IMAGN)

“But I think most Michiganders will be able to put sports rivalries aside and put the country first, which of course is the most important thing for all of us.”

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Vance was right because the former president was able to win the crucial swing state.

Fox News’ Brian Flood contributed to this report.

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