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giacomo
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/9/2014 12:24:18 PM 
Bobcatbob, I agree with your views. The games back in the day were not televised and were scheduled like clock work. Basketball home games were on Wednesday nights at 7 and Saturday afternoons at 3 with rare exception. Football home games were at 2pm(I think). So, no games on TV, no internet and cable hookup in your room, no smart phones to play with. Going to a game was higher on the priority list than it is now. In the future I can see the games being almost like the old studio wrestling, where the game is played in a very small venue and it's whole audience is TV and internet.
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Pete Chouteau
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/9/2014 4:05:03 PM 
Save the Trent years, we outdraw that era in both sports.

They're doing something right.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/9/2014 11:46:05 PM 
Just a hunch, but I think that the Saul Phillips Era will see a gradual but steady increase in student attendance. I think he'll be a student's coach and will relate very well to students and the general student body.


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Casper71
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/11/2014 9:53:14 AM 
Biggest difference back then was students stayed for the whole game. And, my guess is student attendance is less now but the old people side has more attendees.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/11/2014 9:58:45 AM 
Has beer been mentioned in this thread yet? Seems like this threads ripe for merging toward that.


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giacomo
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/11/2014 3:18:19 PM 
I always thought it was your duty to support your school and not only athletics. I never missed a football game and attended most baseball games. It never occurred to me what the record was. They were my fellow students and I should support them. I also attended school of theater productions at Kantner Hall and other events. I basically attended any event I could because I thought you were there to experience different things to see what you might like. That and meet girls.
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Alan Swank
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/11/2014 6:37:27 PM 
giacomo wrote:
I always thought it was your duty to support your school and not only athletics. I never missed a football game and attended most baseball games. It never occurred to me what the record was. They were my fellow students and I should support them. I also attended school of theater productions at Kantner Hall and other events. I basically attended any event I could because I thought you were there to experience different things to see what you might like. That and meet girls.


Times have changed my good man. Kids used to buy yearbooks and class rings too. Unfortunately those numbers have plummeted over the last 30 years. I would love for someone to provide a definitive answer as to the changes in the "be true to your school" line of thinking. I'm thinking that Shelby Mike Johnson may have an insightful post on this topic.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/11/2014 6:46:01 PM 
To add to that people who sit in the student section now days don't really cheer. People go for the social aspect. Not to actually watch the game or support there classmates. I first noticed it in high school when the freshman sophomores and juniors would just stand in the student section and not do anything but talk to friends and in college it is no different. I'd say 2 in 5 students you see on the student side are actually invested in the game. Which kinda sheds light on why most people leave at half at football games. Basketball is a lot different. Most people in the Ozone cheer. But for football it's all about being cool and going to the football game.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/12/2014 10:29:45 AM 
Alan Swank wrote:


Times have changed my good man. Kids used to buy yearbooks and class rings too. Unfortunately those numbers have plummeted over the last 30 years. I would love for someone to provide a definitive answer as to the changes in the "be true to your school" line of thinking. I'm thinking that Shelby Mike Johnson may have an insightful post on this topic.


Check if once upon a time you've:

__Listened to a road game on a transistor radio

__Used the fax-on-demand feature to get sports stats

__Tuned into CNN Headline News at 20 and 40 past the hour to get scores

__Actually read box scores in the newspaper

(note: I still do two of these things)

Last Edited: 9/12/2014 10:30:10 AM by OhioStunter

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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/12/2014 11:27:36 AM 
OhioStunter wrote:
Alan Swank wrote:


Times have changed my good man. Kids used to buy yearbooks and class rings too. Unfortunately those numbers have plummeted over the last 30 years. I would love for someone to provide a definitive answer as to the changes in the "be true to your school" line of thinking. I'm thinking that Shelby Mike Johnson may have an insightful post on this topic.


Check if once upon a time you've:

__Listened to a road game on a transistor radio

__Used the fax-on-demand feature to get sports stats

__Tuned into CNN Headline News at 20 and 40 past the hour to get scores

__Actually read box scores in the newspaper

(note: I still do two of these things)


You forgot: ___ Watched the Prudential College Scoreboard with OHIO's own Dave Diles on ABC late Saturday afternoon each fall weekend to get all the latest scores.


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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/12/2014 1:07:17 PM 
OhioStunter wrote:
Alan Swank wrote:


Times have changed my good man. Kids used to buy yearbooks and class rings too. Unfortunately those numbers have plummeted over the last 30 years. I would love for someone to provide a definitive answer as to the changes in the "be true to your school" line of thinking. I'm thinking that Shelby Mike Johnson may have an insightful post on this topic.


Check if once upon a time you've:

__Listened to a road game on a transistor radio

__Used the fax-on-demand feature to get sports stats

__Tuned into CNN Headline News at 20 and 40 past the hour to get scores

__Actually read box scores in the newspaper

(note: I still do two of these things)


My 7-yr-old son devours the box scores and standings in the morning paper.
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giacomo
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   Posted: 9/12/2014 4:08:38 PM 
I always got a kick when Dave Diles would give the score of a school like "Susquehanna" or "Philadelphia Textile".

Back in the early 80's I lived in Ann Arbor after graduating. When they would announce the Slippery Rock score at Michigan Stadium the crowd would go crazy. So much so, that one of Sports Ad guys(whose name I forget) who was working in UM's athletic department, cooked up a promotion where Slippery Rock played a game at Michigan Stadium. They drew a big crowd for the game and I think the proceeds went to charity.
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OU_Country
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/12/2014 4:45:07 PM 
OhioStunter wrote:
Alan Swank wrote:


Times have changed my good man. Kids used to buy yearbooks and class rings too. Unfortunately those numbers have plummeted over the last 30 years. I would love for someone to provide a definitive answer as to the changes in the "be true to your school" line of thinking. I'm thinking that Shelby Mike Johnson may have an insightful post on this topic.


Check if once upon a time you've:

__Listened to a road game on a transistor radio

__Used the fax-on-demand feature to get sports stats

__Tuned into CNN Headline News at 20 and 40 past the hour to get scores

__Actually read box scores in the newspaper

(note: I still do two of these things)



I can still check off the radio one multiple times weekly. I have a little radio shack radio I use just to listen to games on AM radio - often just for baseball, football, or racing. What I use more during basketball season is either iHeart or TuneIn radio apps.

I used to read the sports page from front to back including all the box scores.

The middle two, I've not done. This is an interesting thought about how times have changed in terms of what sports fans do then, versus now, to follow their team.
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   Posted: 9/12/2014 6:41:11 PM 
The best was when you just had to start going from random person-to-person to ask them if they knew who won the game you missed.

I remember having to do that for Game 6 of the 1997 ALCS at a concert I couldn't get out of. Finally on about the seventh person in the concourse, someone just blurted out "TONY (BLEEPING) FERNANDEZ!"
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colobobcat66
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/13/2014 9:18:48 AM 
Regarding student interest, I saw that Texas A&M set a NCAA record last weekend with 38,800 students attending their football game. There's still some interest out there.
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Andrew Ruck
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/14/2014 11:59:56 PM 
I used to call an information phone line that recited sports scores. I also remember a few people have spots pagers that sent scores. It's crazy to think about, these things will sound even more bizarre to young people in 50 years than they already do.


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Bobcatbob
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/15/2014 8:34:20 AM 
colobobcat66 wrote:
Regarding student interest, I saw that Texas A&M set a NCAA record last weekend with 38,800 students attending their football game. There's still some interest out there.


Unfair comparison. At A&M, if they miss morning reveille, KP follows. If they miss the football game, they're deployed overseas.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/15/2014 7:01:07 PM 
giacomo wrote:
I always thought it was your duty to support your school and not only athletics. I never missed a football game and attended most baseball games. It never occurred to me what the record was. They were my fellow students and I should support them. I also attended school of theater productions at Kantner Hall and other events. I basically attended any event I could because I thought you were there to experience different things to see what you might like. That and meet girls.


Pretty much what I did too. I hope kids are still doing this.

Far less distractions back in the my day, as others had noted. No cell phones. No internet. Video games as we know them today were in their infancy.

It was awesome.



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  Message Not Read  RE: Athletics Annual Report
   Posted: 9/15/2014 7:40:45 PM 
Bobcatbob wrote:
colobobcat66 wrote:
Regarding student interest, I saw that Texas A&M set a NCAA record last weekend with 38,800 students attending their football game. There's still some interest out there.


Unfair comparison. At A&M, if they miss morning reveille, KP follows. If they miss the football game, they're deployed overseas.


As far as attending, the games interest couldn't be higher. As I said above it's the "cool" thing to do, but only a fraction of the students that attend cheer and care about the result.

Last Edited: 9/15/2014 7:41:09 PM by TheBobcatBandit

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