First time to The Game - advice needed for avoiding sitting with Buckeyes
I'm heading up to The Game with my son for the first time this weekend. I need some advice from the board on best sections to sit in to avoid being with Buckeye fans. Tickets are $$$$ - probably looking at seats in one of the corners. I know Buckeyes will be scattered throughout the stadium, but if there is a section where they tend show up in greater numbers, I'd hate to end up there. Any advice would be appreciated.
Go Blue!!
November 19th, 2023 at 6:22 PM ^
They tend to get tickets in the south end zone area.
November 19th, 2023 at 6:45 PM ^
Especially up high.
November 19th, 2023 at 7:47 PM ^
But the OSU Athletic Department tends to get the first 15 to 20 rows in the south endzone. These are not the worst buckeye fans, at least they were pretty quiet in 2021.
November 19th, 2023 at 9:27 PM ^
I sit in sec 13 row 84 and the visitor section starts the row behind me up high. We sometimes get a buffer row of Mich fans, but they end up on top of us.
I have been a season ticket holder since 2002, attended as a student and my dad was a season ticket holder too, so I have been going since I was a very young kid. Honestly buckeye fans aren’t that bad. Msu fans can be a little nastier, but the worst fans are the g5 fans that think they have a chance, like uconn back during RR.
November 19th, 2023 at 6:24 PM ^
If I'm not mistaken the visitors are around sections 5-10. If you get anything in the north end zone you'll be guaranteed to be surrounded by Michigan fans
November 19th, 2023 at 7:02 PM ^
This is true, family had season tix for 40 years in section 6…last time I went to an OSU game was 2015 and they weren’t bad at all. Maybe it was because they knew full well they were going to win.
November 20th, 2023 at 5:37 AM ^
My family had season tickets for a couple of decades in Section 1. We left Ann Arbor two years ago. Over the years, we had fans from all B1G schools sitting near us at some point, including Buckeye fans. We never had a problem. We always tried to be friendly and most of the time that was reciprocated and it was a good experience for all. Buckeye fans were typically no problem.
We always had lots of older season ticket holders near us and they tended to sell their tickets later in the season as the weather got colder. This Saturday, the weather is projected to be a high of 37.
November 19th, 2023 at 6:26 PM ^
Godspeed
November 19th, 2023 at 6:28 PM ^
If you see anyone that's drooling on themselves and smells like they haven't showered in weeks then that's definitely RGard's mother. The OSU fans are in the south end zone up high in the corner.
November 19th, 2023 at 6:31 PM ^
Don't wear red.
November 19th, 2023 at 8:52 PM ^
I second, triple, and quadruple this comment….
November 19th, 2023 at 8:54 PM ^
I know a lot of us are Red Wings fans but this is absolutely not they day to show off your new Wings jersey.
November 19th, 2023 at 10:39 PM ^
Only time I’ve worn red is when the Wings played the Leafs for the Winter Classic. It felt weird at first
November 19th, 2023 at 6:32 PM ^
Yep, red is dotted throughout but heaviest in south end zone (the tickets of course going for the lowest prices). So if you are looking at a corner, Sections 37-40ish would be best bet.
Good luck and be loud!
November 19th, 2023 at 6:33 PM ^
The trick is to be so loud that no one can hear the ones close to you
November 19th, 2023 at 6:37 PM ^
Just shit in a cooler
November 19th, 2023 at 6:40 PM ^
Avoid the southeast corner and the endzone row 86, that’s where the visitors section starts. I know this because I’m in row 85
Also, southwest endzone corner near the field is also where they sit
November 19th, 2023 at 7:15 PM ^
Best of luck sir (or madam) - drown out those Buckeye troglodytes with your raucous cheers!
November 19th, 2023 at 6:44 PM ^
My advice is to enjoy the win.
November 19th, 2023 at 6:51 PM ^
Don't dress up as a cooler
November 19th, 2023 at 6:51 PM ^
Can't be done. They're going to be sprinkled everywhere. Even at midfield on the press box side. Learn to deal with it.
November 19th, 2023 at 8:14 PM ^
Exactly. SeatGeek and other ticker marketplaces allow them to buy tickets most anywhere. Most are actually normal people and some are downright pleasant.
Every team has a few a-hole fans (including Michigan).
November 19th, 2023 at 8:56 PM ^
Hate to say nice things being this week and all....but I went to Ohio last year and was (obviously) surrounded by their fans. The people next to me were actually quite pleasant and encouraged me to be vocal with my cheering since I came all they down for the game rather than staying home.
November 19th, 2023 at 6:52 PM ^
Avoid the South End Zone between the suite towers, especially anything above row 80. My seats are Section 7, Row 83, and there will be a surfeit of Buckeyes behind us the whole time.
November 19th, 2023 at 6:57 PM ^
Keep walking until it smells like poop, then turn around, and never return to the premises.
November 19th, 2023 at 6:58 PM ^
Band will be in Sec. 8 row 80 on up, so probably not right in front of them. The families of the team and OSU AD tix -Sec. 7 80 on up. These are the OK red shirted fans with a zero on their caps. The nasty ones are scattered throughout the stadium so it’s a crap shoot.
November 19th, 2023 at 7:02 PM ^
If you really want to avoid Buckeye fans, wear deodorant and bathe. They hate that.
November 19th, 2023 at 7:10 PM ^
Well, don't bring a cooler, that's for sure
November 19th, 2023 at 7:12 PM ^
Avoid sections 6-13 and you’ll be good. Go for sections 32-40 and you’ll be next to or across from the students.
November 19th, 2023 at 7:19 PM ^
Wait until the 4th quarter. They'll all be gone.
November 19th, 2023 at 7:20 PM ^
Line the Michigan National Guard up at the state line. First Buckeye to cross the state line...attack...and then re-take Toledo, because it rightfully belongs to Michigan.
November 19th, 2023 at 7:58 PM ^
and then re-take Toledo, because it rightfully belongs to Michigan
Why would you inflict this upon Michigan?
November 19th, 2023 at 8:10 PM ^
They got a pretty good zoo
November 19th, 2023 at 8:45 PM ^
Mud Hens and Walleye also
November 19th, 2023 at 11:33 PM ^
I guess you are not aware that Ohio stole the strip of land that includes Toledo and stretches all the way to the Indiana border from Michigan.
November 19th, 2023 at 8:52 PM ^
Nah, we got the western half of the U.P. out of the deal, which is way better.
November 19th, 2023 at 11:34 PM ^
I never said we were giving that back.
November 19th, 2023 at 7:21 PM ^
Avoid higher rows in the South end zone. That is the visitor section.
November 19th, 2023 at 7:30 PM ^
id prefer to be sitting next to a goddamn buckeye so everytime we shove the ball into the endzone and shove honda mccord into the ground and shove maserati marv into a broken pattern that wont improve his nfl draft stock i can look at that red colored thing from ohio and say fuck you
November 19th, 2023 at 9:46 PM ^
Don’t fuel the hatred and toxicity. The best way to deal with an OSU fan is to ignore him, and wave goodbye when he heads to the exit with eight minutes left.
November 20th, 2023 at 9:31 AM ^
View for most of the game.
View from 8 minutes left until post-game: You can see what color is mostly missing.
November 19th, 2023 at 7:35 PM ^
Their band is in Section 8 or 9 at the top. The top rows of the south end zone are their allotment of tickets. The rest of the stadium will pretty much depend on whose selling and right now there's only about 1000 tickets available so you should be safe if you stay away from the South East Corner and the south end zone.
November 19th, 2023 at 7:39 PM ^
I would avoid the southeast corner of the stadium in the high numbered rows.
November 19th, 2023 at 8:03 PM ^
Avoid Red.
November 19th, 2023 at 8:17 PM ^
Dress up as a book. They're scared of that kind of thing. They think the alphabet is witchcraft.
November 19th, 2023 at 8:41 PM ^
I went to The Game in Columbus in 2010 and all the buckeye fans I sat around were quite nice to me. The trolls online who think Michigan is going to get the death penalty over this are a small percentage of Ohio State fans. I grew up in the Cleveland area and most are nice. Not to mention if they act up in the stadium they'll be asked to leave and escorted out.
November 19th, 2023 at 10:01 PM ^
Wow, you went to The Game in Columbus during the Rich Rod years? You deserve an award.
November 20th, 2023 at 4:12 AM ^
Yeah I got sick too. Really bad head cold. And Michigan lost by 30 lol.
November 19th, 2023 at 10:11 PM ^
Can I ask an unrelated question? I was lucky enough to be gifted a student ticket. Still have my Mcard from a few years ago. How closely do they look at the Mcards upon entry? Or should I validate and not chance it?
November 20th, 2023 at 12:11 AM ^
Score 50 in the first half. They will leave.