Pathetic Ohio State

LowFatMilk

Freshman
Apr 21, 2012
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...barely had 100,000 attend their spring game.

Pathetic... ...a couple hundred people don't attend and they only have 5 digit attendance.
 

BobbyBoucheer

All-Conference
May 29, 2014
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Georgia had a monster spring turn out as well.

Big difference in support for the " big " programs and the rest of us schlubs.

I dont feel like looking it up but I would love to know the top 10 attendance for spring games this year.
 

MikeRafone

Freshman
Oct 5, 2011
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They must not have much to do in Columbus and Athens to draw that much for a football practice? Two more places to put on the "Don't Go on Vacation There" list.
 

Orlaco

Junior
Dec 13, 2007
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They must not have much to do in Columbus and Athens to draw that much for a football practice? Two more places to put on the "Don't Go on Vacation There" list.

Yea... ...Morgantown is the hot vacation spot._. ...no doubt.
 

skygusty_rivals

Freshman
May 14, 2003
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They must not have much to do in Columbus and Athens to draw that much for a football practice? Two more places to put on the "Don't Go on Vacation There" list.
I moved to north central Ohio a few years ago after living in WV all my life. There is a boatload of stuff to do in Columbus. There is also a boatload of people, in and around Columbus. It is a numbers game West Virginia can never hope to match. There are already more people in the Columbus metro area (2 million) than the whole state of WV. Major banking and corporate headquarters call Columbus home, State Government is there, at least 3 colleges including OSU, and most of the small towns around Columbus have small colleges and universities and growth is off the chart in every direction. They don't have mountains and valleys to build around and the city is growing at a crazy pace. The Arena District, German Village, the Short North, Major and minor league sports arenas, crossroads of two major interstates, concerts large and small every weekend, small clubs with live music everywhere, at least five completely restored old theaters, huge amounts of greenspace and parks, Thriving farmers markets in every town and neighborhood, bike trails, shopping, entertainment, restaurants, plays, at least 3 very large recreational lakes, two big rivers, museums and conservatories, giant convention centers, a major zoo and amusement parks, hundreds of golf courses, high school campuses that are better equipped than lots of small colleges in WV. I love my home state of WV, but the terrain there will probably never allow the scope of development i see over here in Central Ohio. All that flat land puts up little resistance to the developers. I wish WVU could sell out their venues like OSU and Kentucky do. Hell, Kentucky sells out their midnight madness basketball practice and they seat 26,000 in that place. They leave season tickets in their wills at UK. Admit it. You would love to see WVU fans come out in these kinds of numbers.
 

The Hunteeeeeer

Redshirt
May 29, 2001
8,380
5
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So 1 in 8 citizens of Columbus attended their the Spring game.
Fortunately, way more than 1 in 8 citizens of Morgantown attend our Spring game annually.
 

DvlDog4WVU

All-Conference
Feb 2, 2008
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I moved to north central Ohio a few years ago after living in WV all my life. There is a boatload of stuff to do in Columbus. There is also a boatload of people, in and around Columbus. It is a numbers game West Virginia can never hope to match. There are already more people in the Columbus metro area (2 million) than the whole state of WV. Major banking and corporate headquarters call Columbus home, State Government is there, at least 3 colleges including OSU, and most of the small towns around Columbus have small colleges and universities and growth is off the chart in every direction. They don't have mountains and valleys to build around and the city is growing at a crazy pace. The Arena District, German Village, the Short North, Major and minor league sports arenas, crossroads of two major interstates, concerts large and small every weekend, small clubs with live music everywhere, at least five completely restored old theaters, huge amounts of greenspace and parks, Thriving farmers markets in every town and neighborhood, bike trails, shopping, entertainment, restaurants, plays, at least 3 very large recreational lakes, two big rivers, museums and conservatories, giant convention centers, a major zoo and amusement parks, hundreds of golf courses, high school campuses that are better equipped than lots of small colleges in WV. I love my home state of WV, but the terrain there will probably never allow the scope of development i see over here in Central Ohio. All that flat land puts up little resistance to the developers. I wish WVU could sell out their venues like OSU and Kentucky do. Hell, Kentucky sells out their midnight madness basketball practice and they seat 26,000 in that place. They leave season tickets in their wills at UK. Admit it. You would love to see WVU fans come out in these kinds of numbers.
That's all nice and everything, but it's still frigging Ohio, and Ohio sucks.
 

KeatonsCorner

Senior
Nov 5, 2012
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Columbus, Ohio - 787,033 (2015)

Monongalia County population - 102,274 (2013)

Harrison County population - 68,972 (2013)

Preston County population - 33,859 (2013)

Washington County PA population - 202,206 (2013)

Marion County, WV population - 56,868 (2013)

Wetzel County, WV population - 16,204 (2013)

Taylor County population - 16,974 (2013)

Greene County PA population - 37,838 (2013)

Fayette County PA population - 135,000 (2013)

So that's every county surrounding Mon County, and including Mon County........ and then some....

670,195 residents.......


poor troll attempt.
 

skygusty_rivals

Freshman
May 14, 2003
4,990
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Keaton, Not sure what your point is other than you don't understand geography, Harrison County does not touch Monongalia County. Washington County Pa does not touch Monongalia County and isn't even in the same state. You don't count all of Franklin County Ohio or any of the contiguous counties to Franklin County, where Columbus is. Talk about POOR.
 

KeatonsCorner

Senior
Nov 5, 2012
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lol

"So that's every county surrounding Mon County, and including Mon County........ and then some...."


I'm not shocked you didn't see the point if my post
 

MikeRafone

Freshman
Oct 5, 2011
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You've obviously never been to Athens.

Many times. The only thing that stands out in my memories of the place is having to check out of a motel overrun by mating tree frogs in 1978. REM should have named that first EP "Frog Town".

And yes, Ohio sucks, all of it. No one can drive worth a damn and they have incomprehensible accents. Do they communicate by hand signs among themselves?
 

torontoeers

Freshman
Nov 20, 2010
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Not sure I can say Ohio sucks but Ohio St sucks a lot of...well...you know... the local hockey team sucks *** bigtime and is appropriately named the BJ's....that's my take....
 

skygusty_rivals

Freshman
May 14, 2003
4,990
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Whether you think Ohio sucks or Ohio State Sucks or whether people in Ohio drive better than people in Jersey or that they talk funny is moot. They have a lot more people than we do to draw from and in that population they have tremendous support for OSU. I don't spend any time being jealous of bigger programs or more successful programs. WVU is just fine and needs to only worry about WVU. OSU having huge crowds shouldn't cause your ED.
 
Jun 14, 2001
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Being a native of Central Ohio I never forgave my parents for letting me be born in that area. Not saying it's a bad place but there's way better metro areas to settle in, have a career, raise a family, etc. I was just up there seeing my Dad over Christmas/New Years. I do miss some family and a few old friends, but not a day goes by and I don't regret leaving the suckeye state of blowhio.
 

GoWVU

Sophomore
Nov 17, 2001
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There is a boatload of stuff to do in Columbus. [...] huge amounts of greenspace and parks [...] bike trails [...] at least 3 very large recreational lakes, two big rivers [...] a major zoo and amusement parks, hundreds of golf courses
Not that I doubt what you're saying at all, but when the hell is there enough time to enjoy that stuff when it's ball-blasting cold 300 days of the year?
I wish WVU could sell out their venues like OSU and Kentucky do. Hell, Kentucky sells out their midnight madness basketball practice and they seat 26,000 in that place. They leave season tickets in their wills at UK. Admit it. You would love to see WVU fans come out in these kinds of numbers.
Truthfully, I would say our national reputation for fan support is better than the actual reality. However, it's equally true that their legacies of success at those schools create a self-fulfilling prophecy that WVU simply can't match even if we had a larger population base. If Mountaineer football or basketball had the last 20 years that Ohio St football or Kentucky basketball did, then you'd better believe our numbers would be a lot bigger than they are. Just look at interest in Oregon football prior to the last 20 years for evidence.
 

tOSUGrad90

Redshirt
Oct 19, 2015
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I grew up and went to school in Ohio, but have lived longer in West Virginia. What's ironic to me is that many Ohioans make fun of West Virginians, and many West Virginians spew hate for Ohioans, but the people in the rural parts of Ohio are virtually the same as West Virginians.
 

skygusty_rivals

Freshman
May 14, 2003
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Not that I doubt what you're saying at all, but when the hell is there enough time to enjoy that stuff when it's ball-blasting cold 300 days of the year?
Truthfully, I would say our national reputation for fan support is better than the actual reality. However, it's equally true that their legacies of success at those schools create a self-fulfilling prophecy that WVU simply can't match even if we had a larger population base. If Mountaineer football or basketball had the last 20 years that Ohio St football or Kentucky basketball did, then you'd better believe our numbers would be a lot bigger than they are. Just look at interest in Oregon football prior to the last 20 years for evidence.
I really am beginning to hate winter. We are in the Central Highlands of Ohio, which sort of reminds me of the land around Cuzzart (near Bruceton Mills). Spring is beautiful, fall is beautiful, most of the summer is good until it gets above 90 or so. Winter though, and my 900 foot long driveway..., are starting to suck bigtime. I pretty much stay on the farm and don't go down to Columbus much. I am not that interested in hordes of people and spending money on **** I don't need, but as cities go, I've seen a lot worse. Property taxes here are stupid though. Especially anywhere near a good school district. If it weren't for the wife's grandkids we would probably move someplace warmer. I can't tell any difference between the people here and the people in West Virginia. Lots of nice folks and enough ******** to remind you to stay alert. Lots of ramps though! ACRES of ramps and nobody in Ohio eats them.
 
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