Biden: 'I told the folks in Ohio that we'd kick Ohio State's ass!'

From ABC:

Before boarding his flight from Wilmington, Del., to Washington, DC, the loquacious Blue Hen [Joe Biden] displayed some Fightin' Blue Hen alumni bravado in an impromptu airport meeting with the University of Delaware football team.

"I was out in Ohio," he said, clutching a football. "I told the folks in Ohio that we'd kick Ohio State's ass!"

The Buckeyes might be coming off a 35-3 drubbing at the hands of top-ranked Southern Cal, but the Blue Hen ballers aren't exactly world-beaters themselves. Delaware is ranked sixth in the Division I-AA coaches poll, but they lost earlier this month to Maryland.

I'm sure the good people of Ohio will take this as some good-natured trash-talk coming from an underdog. Had Biden made the same statement about Ohio State's biggest rival, the Michigan Wolverines--or even the Penn State "Nittaly Lions"*--well, I think it would have been time for Obama to abandon the Buckeye state entirely. Biden just better hope that Delaware doesn't pull off an upset, which would severely wound the pride of Ohio State fans.

*Yes, I know McCain accidentally referred to the SEC as the FEC today.