By: osu alumnus and employee

osu alumnus and employee
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 05:17:57 +0000

Schottenstein is the worst venue for bb in the Big -and that is counting the Barn in MN and Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan. The seats are horribly uncomfortable and the flashy idiotic scoreboard, muzak and dance team make it an unbearable experience- but yet OSU is my school and I love the Bucks and I go. There is no excuse for no butts in the seats -there is a metro population of over 1.2 million people -and I don't care if they play at 5 pm -it should be packed-it is elsewhere in the country when schools field a quality product in a metro area far smaller than Columbus. OSU gave up on bb a very long time ago- and pays scant attention to making it a welcoming and friendly environment for students, alums, faculty, staff and regular fans. St.John was not a bed of roses either-people like to think back at it romantically and brag about the environment- after the 1971-72 season -when OSU bb died in Minneapolis- most seasons St. John was a tomb with only a year here and a year there where they could fill the 13k seats. I have attended every game at home since 1970 so I am familiar with the situation. Many nights and days OSU struggled to get 9k or 10k fans at a game -even during Jimmy Jackson and other good teams' reign. I don't know what the answer is -but attending games in the Schott is depressing most of the times- it seems to foster an environment of -why bother? The students need to be treated better and the seat licensing needs to be re-thought- because you have to have a demand for seating and right now there isn't one -for that sort of branding and marketing to work..... focus on appreciating the fans of any stripe and treat them with respect and courtesy and make no assumptions or take them for granted.