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giles

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[emoji23] 5 pages in the first day! Joe pulling some radon numbers that don't mean shit. Had it been against his argument, he'd blown them numbers out of the water with questions.
 

hickslawns

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Ha.

189,272. The combined seating of Alabama and Auburn stadiums with Alabama making up 101k of that.

Now i know what you're thinking. The shoe is 106k. 5k larger than bama.

Not really impressive for Ohio with 11.6 million people compared to Alabamas 4.8 million. Alabama has less than half the population of Ohio, with a stadium only 5k seats smaller, and oh, half of that population is a damn Auburn fan accounting for another 88k seats.

Georgia 10th largest stadium, seating 93k. Population 9 million.

Tennessee. 5th largest stadium, seating 102k. Population. 6.5 million.

Louisiana. 6th largest stadium. Seating 102k. Pupulation 4.8 million.

See. Unlike Ohio State, our SEC fans actually go to games, not just buy the T-Shirts.
Have you ever been to a Buckeye game at the Shoe? Sold out pretty much every game. Plenty more watching in parking lot, local bars, every apartment on campus. . . .the sheer amount of people so absorbed by Buckeye football is amazing.

I'll give Alabama credit though. They have a lot of fans. The number of mullets in the stadium is also impressive. Lowest number of teeth per fan count in all college football amazes me. I'd say the number of prison ankle bracelets per player count has to be highest in all of college football as well. Yep. No doubt about it. Bama stats impress me. [emoji1]
 

Bigcountry40

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Actually it's

LSU
Alabama
West Virginia
Ohio State
Oregon
Half of the big 10 made the top 20....

My HC was the OC at ECU for about 10 years, they played LSU several times, always an adventure walking to the stadium from the bus. A 70 year old woman drunk on bourbon spit in his face and the entire crowd chants "tiger bait" Police escorts can only do so much lol
 

"J"

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My HC was the OC at ECU for about 10 years, they played LSU several times, always an adventure walking to the stadium from the bus. A 70 year old woman drunk on bourbon spit in his face and the entire crowd chants "tiger bait" Police escorts can only do so much lol

Yep, they live amongst us....
 

Dustinb80

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Jackalope

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Let's see! How many other D1 football schools are in Bama versus Ohio?
How many pro football teams are there in Bama versus Ohio?
How many other pro sport teams are in Bama versus Ohio?

IMO, Bama or Auburn fans have nothing else to root for or go to worth a damn as far as sports so yeah, they go watch the only two sport teams worth going to! Big deal! rotflmao

Also, imo, if they had seating for 130k at the shoe I think they'd fill them too! Can't fault the fans if there's only 105K seats to fill? Add in the fact that OSU isn't the only D1 football school in the state that has a decent fan base they represent pretty well, IMO.
There are 9 D1 schools in Alabama compared to 13 in ohio. Not bad for a state with half Ohio's population.

As for pro teams the SEC has unanimously never given a shit about pro football. Half of my life growing up I was within 3 hours of New Orleans and can't ever remember meeting a single Saints fan.

Now the local high school football game on Friday night, your ass better be in line an hour before kickoff. These high schools are so fanatical about football that fall practice Begins the first Monday in August and most coaches require kids to be on the field Sunday at midnight for first practice.

It's no secret why five of the top eight college football recruiting states are in the SEC.
 

Jackalope

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My HC was the OC at ECU for about 10 years, they played LSU several times, always an adventure walking to the stadium from the bus. A 70 year old woman drunk on bourbon spit in his face and the entire crowd chants "tiger bait" Police escorts can only do so much lol
I keep trying to tell you guys SEC football is fucking nuts.

Something they never show on TV is 101 thousand Bama fans chanting to taunt the other team after beating someone while that team is walking off the field.

For example after beating LSU they will chant. "Hey Tigers!.. Hey Tigers! We just beat the hell out of you. Rammer jammer yellow hammer give em hell Alabama"

Home game chant against auburn.
https://youtu.be/fJxPtnUgd2Y




They'll even do it in your own damn stadium at an away game. This is at LSU
https://youtu.be/7Gt7rYnhqi0

The NCAA finds it highly unsportsmanlike and refuses to air it but it happens none the less.
 

Beentown

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I keep trying to tell you guys SEC football is fucking nuts.

Something they never show on TV is 101 thousand Bama fans chanting to taunt the other team after beating someone while that team is walking off the field.

For example after beating LSU they will chant. "Hey Tigers!.. Hey Tigers! We just beat the hell out of you. Rammer jammer yellow hammer give em hell Alabama"

Home game chant against auburn.
https://youtu.be/fJxPtnUgd2Y




They'll even do it in your own damn stadium at an away game. This is at LSU
https://youtu.be/7Gt7rYnhqi0

The NCAA finds it highly unsportsmanlike and refuses to air it but it happens none the less.
Imagine you are an 18 y/o cocky bastard being recruited at that game. Hooked....
 

Jackalope

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Real classy, let that happen at the horseshoe. Haters would FREAK dafaq out! That's piss poor sportsmanship.



And thats part of the problem. Football is not a pussy ass sport where being nice is the goal. This aint cricket, it's the gridiron. Those boys leaving that field after putting a win on the board do it for the fans, they put it all on the field, the least the fans can do is send them off with a bad ass show of appreciation. Crowd atmosphere matters a lot in football and after a send off like that, those guys are coming back next Saturday to win.

About 10 years ago the NCAA considered fining the school if the band starts it. Which is the cue to begin the chant. The school simply said in PC terms. "Okay, We'll just include the fine in ticket and broadcast prices"
 

giles

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Who said it was sport of pussy? I realize it isn't golf we are taking about. I just think it's unsportsmanlike to gloat after a victory. Both teams put it all out on the field, no need to kick the dead horse. And to do it in someone else's house...

If you like it, do it. I don't, so I won't. I call that class and being respectful. Let the best team win.
 

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Have you ever been to a Buckeye game at the Shoe? Sold out pretty much every game. Plenty more watching in parking lot, local bars, every apartment on campus. . . .the sheer amount of people so absorbed by Buckeye football is amazing.

I'll give Alabama credit though. They have a lot of fans. The number of mullets in the stadium is also impressive. Lowest number of teeth per fan count in all college football amazes me. I'd say the number of prison ankle bracelets per player count has to be highest in all of college football as well. Yep. No doubt about it. Bama stats impress me. [emoji1]

Hahahaha..... well played Philbert! Rotflmao
 

Jackalope

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#2 rated...and we haven't even started yet[emoji23]
And if that right there doesn't tell you that OSU always enters the season overranked i don't know what does. Straight rolled a fucking zero in a National Championship play-off game and somehow ended up as number 2. Which should not have been a surprise after losing to Penn State, barely holding on against Michigan State coming down to the last four minutes and only winning because of a stopped a two-point conversion, and then having to go with the double overtime against Michigan to barely squeak by. And before that pulling one out of their ass by a point against shithouse Northwestern. Yeah sounds like a number two team to me.

Merchandising and ratings that's all its about. Come in the season ranked high so all of the fair weather fans watch TV and buy their 42nd piece of osu branded junk.