Ohio St doesnt sell out AGAIN ....
Ohio St football team only has 7 home sellouts in their past 12 home games and had to return a 1/3 of its allotted tix for the Rose Bowl, due to lack of sales..
I understand they were disappointed about how the season ended, esp having what 247 calls "Ohio St most talented roster they have ever put on a football field" but you would think they could sell 20 000 tix to its fan base ..which im guessing has to be one of the top 25-30 in college football.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/2021/12/23/ohio-state-football-sold-two-thirds-rose-bowl-ticket-allotment/9009620002/
https://www.cleveland.com/osu/
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:36 PM ^
Ok i forgot how to copy-paste links ... ive only been around like 10 years
December 23rd, 2021 at 9:47 PM ^
According to the article, they sold about 13,000 of the 20,000 available tickets. So that's roughly 27/42 of their allocation.
December 23rd, 2021 at 10:30 PM ^
My only regret is that I have but one upvote to give to this brilliant piece of insight.
December 24th, 2021 at 1:10 AM ^
You must be a Mathlete!
December 23rd, 2021 at 9:49 PM ^
How to add link. (I appreciated someone informing me when I didn't know.)
Above the Comment box, there's a B for bold, an I for Italics, and then there's a flattened oval, meant to look like the link in a chain.
Click that link-like object, and a box opens. Paste your address in it.
December 24th, 2021 at 1:57 AM ^
It's always good to have a Vet around.
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:39 PM ^
...which im guessing has to be one of the top 25-30 in college football.
Hahaha
December 23rd, 2021 at 7:23 PM ^
Clearly one of the top 25-30 fan bases in college football.
December 23rd, 2021 at 8:20 PM ^
It’s at the very least among the top 27-42 fan bases.
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:40 PM ^
LOL, they're too good for the Rose Bowl. It makes me happy that their fans are still unhappy. They need Michigan to beat them down next season in the shoe.
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:44 PM ^
It's for their own good, really...
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:51 PM ^
Columbus will burn to the ground by nightfall if Michigan wins again next season.
The one drawback to winning as much as they have is that it teaches you absolutely nothing about how to prepare for and handle losing.
Not a single program in America deserves to spend the next two decades wandering the desert more than OSU does.
December 23rd, 2021 at 7:37 PM ^
Columbus will burn to the ground by nightfall if Michigan wins again next season.
It would absolutely gut them. It’ll be a tall order, but knowing their fanbase is writing this year off as a once-a-decade win, knocking them off in Columbus would be deliciously demoralizing and sober them up.
December 24th, 2021 at 8:37 AM ^
Living in Columbus, I can tell you it won’t sober that fan base up. They’ll become more rabid, demand Day is fired, say we’re cheating and cry. It will be lure carnage and I’ll love every second of it.
December 23rd, 2021 at 7:33 PM ^
December 23rd, 2021 at 8:03 PM ^
IMO, They need to experience an 86-0 annihilation ala 1902 to reset the series.
https://www.cleveland.com/osu-michigan/2012/01/osu-michigan_1902_wolverines_b.html
December 23rd, 2021 at 10:03 PM ^
Awesome - I recently read Bill Cromartie's "The Big One" and enjoyed the newspaper headlines from that game. Such as "A heartbreaking score of 86-0."
December 23rd, 2021 at 8:24 PM ^
During the 90-91 season, they were too good for the Liberty Bowl also. They played my alma mater, Air Force.
They lost.
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:46 PM ^
"most talented roster they have ever put on a football field"
ROFLOL
December 23rd, 2021 at 9:08 PM ^
Not the most talented Buckeyes team ever, but definitely the softest
December 23rd, 2021 at 10:26 PM ^
also, seemingly prone to the flu
December 24th, 2021 at 10:11 AM ^
If you can't keep from getting viruses in the middle of a global pandemic, how talented are you really?
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:46 PM ^
I'll admit it, I like to root for the B1G in bowl games, but Utah beating OSU soundly in the Rose Bowl would make me smile!
December 23rd, 2021 at 7:20 PM ^
That would certainly make Hoke's victory over Utah that much more impressive.
December 23rd, 2021 at 7:24 PM ^
Same. But THIS year I will happily root against both OSU & MSU and hope both get absolutely drilled in their bowl game.
Seriously, fuck both fan bases.
December 24th, 2021 at 12:20 PM ^
I’m with you. I’m not that “root for the big 10” guy. I don’t mind if Iowa wins, good fans and I personally like Ferentz. Seeing Penn State win just gives their fans reason not to completely check out. I’d never root for that ass hat from Indiana under any circumstances, or even Rutgers or Purdue after their coach put a bounty on Wiltons head. So just pretty much Iowa then I guess. Minnesota I could give two shits about as well. Kind of tired of Tressels knob slobber and hearing about his dam row boat.
December 23rd, 2021 at 7:53 PM ^
If OSU played North Korea’s football team, I would get a shitty haircut/pantsuit and imprison my family as a show of solidarity towards the Fighting Kim Jongs.
December 23rd, 2021 at 8:03 PM ^
pre-game walk at the kehnonymous tailgate party. very nice:
December 23rd, 2021 at 8:12 PM ^
Would that I was even a quarter as photogenic as that chsieled stud muffin.
December 23rd, 2021 at 8:13 PM ^
3" taller and he'd be a perfect circle.
December 23rd, 2021 at 8:55 PM ^
Wow im surprised they are allowed to have cameras ,take pics or even go outside
December 23rd, 2021 at 9:28 PM ^
This is amazingly funny and accurate!
December 23rd, 2021 at 8:01 PM ^
Transitive property, but Utah did beat Oregon twice, so they should put a spanking on the buckeyes.
December 23rd, 2021 at 8:08 PM ^
made sure to have bowl game access just to see them lose and use win this year!
December 24th, 2021 at 11:28 AM ^
Good grief. Never ever EVER pull for OSU or MSU, unless somehow it benefits Michigan. In an immediate way, not in the "makes the B1G better" way.
When forced to choose... the Buckeyes and Sparties are playing each other..... after I pray for the earth to swallow them all, I grudgingly pull for Sparty in a 3 to 2 sludgefart full of ineptitude, turnovers, and egregious officiating.
December 24th, 2021 at 5:49 PM ^
Yeah I root against MSU and OSU forever and ever against anyone.
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:48 PM ^
Their season ended on 11/27
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:49 PM ^
You know you’ve got a spoiled fan base that can’t appreciate or recognize how good it’s had it for the last twenty years when it can’t even sell out for the Rose Bowl. Anything less than a CFP appearance is an abject failure to them.
But in an effort to be fair, I recognize that it’s extremely costly to fly cross country and throw down thousands of dollars for airfare, hotels and tickets. And it’s not like football tickets have been getting any cheaper in the last decade. And I’m not sure if California has different, more strict COVID protocols for entering sporting events.
All that being said, fuck OSU and it’s spoiled rotten fans. They have no idea how good they had it since the day Tressel set foot on campus.
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:53 PM ^
all i'm asking for is that they wander in the football desert for 40 yrs. i'll be gone by the time they get out and won't care at that point.
December 23rd, 2021 at 7:08 PM ^
Their fan base is soft. Like their team.
December 23rd, 2021 at 8:03 PM ^
Maybe their fans have the flu!
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:51 PM ^
What a bunch of babies. They should feel gratitude for playing in the the Rose Bowl against a quality opponent. Oh wait, sorry. I forgot which fanbase we're talking about.
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:52 PM ^
Most of this was probably disappointment and the post Mich letdown. There could also be an element that California might not be perceived to be the best state to travel to in the time of COVID. I have no idea what the social life (bars/restaurants etc.) is like there right now. Throw in concerns over plane travel and this is not a typical Rose Bowl trip.
Utah is thrilled to be there. Throw in some uncertainty as to which OSU stars may be sitting out (I've heard that Olave who is from the area is playing but that 3-4 others may not) and I'm thinking that Utah plus 6.5 might not be a bad bet.
December 23rd, 2021 at 8:31 PM ^
I don't know about tOSU fans but I would pay a lot to get out of Ohio for a while.
December 23rd, 2021 at 9:06 PM ^
I think some of it is a letdown, especially after going to the playoffs last year. I think concerns about traveling to CA might be overblown but the cost probably isn't - I'm getting a lotta bad vibes around OSU right now so if I was a fan I probably wouldn't want to fork over a bunch of money to see them haphazardly get run over by a Utes team that is pretty talented and is super-excited about playing the game.
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:56 PM ^
I'd say their fanbase is more in the 27-42 range right now.
December 23rd, 2021 at 6:58 PM ^
Their fans are both losers and sore losers.
December 23rd, 2021 at 7:07 PM ^
I live in Ohio and like most places people are getting tired of the prices at these games. People are getting tired of spending $500 on a Saturday and would rather have a nice set up at home and have 20 people over to watch the game.