Not sure how you get people closer to the floor when we actually have fans sitting on the floor. Get rid of all the energy draining promos and the piped in music and let the game and band take over and it will get loud.
Huh? You'll notice that the band plays all the time. It's very rare that there's any piped in music unless it's pregame or halftime.
Unfortunately, Alan is right here, they play way too much muzak and there's too little 110. Other than the 110 the other stuff is fairly uniformly irritating. Sometimes it's rap . . . .other times it's way overmodulated electronic keyboard stuff. Let me add, there was one Ohio-centric rap piece put together by a BA guy a few years ago that was cool and that I wouldn't mind being play a time or two per game, but other than that let's make it all 110 when it comes game-time music.
Edit: Now that I think about it the aforementioned Ohio-centric rap song would need to be updated because it referenced some then current players.
Hmmm... is that Alan complaining about things that help pay the bills again? Perish the thought! :)
And good God, people, the reason the Convo is ever so quiet sometimes is that our fans really kinda suck. yes, there are way more than at other MAC schools and generally louder than at other MAC schools. The band has to fill 1/3 of the ozone and it's still not packed, and half of these lazy phone-checking zombies are sitting the whole time. and don't even get me started on the old people side. What type of gas are they pumping into the Rohr room?
Here is what I will chip into this conversation, as BA's unofficial O Zone representative.
There is a very large part of me that wants to taze people who are on their phones in the O Zone, or just set out a phone bucket at the top of the section. I understand that me and my friends are an exception to the typical college sports fan, but I don't see why we should be such a small proportion of the student body.
Next, I am excited by the current group of O Zone freshmen. They (about 7-10) are getting more involved. As a core group, we are trying to decentralize the chants and the dirt sheet responsibilities, so more people will be able to put their ideas and thoughts into play. So far, it's near impossible because the cheerleaders do the same five chants. It's hard to convince a new member to do something new that takes a while to pick up on because they'll get shouted down by an existing chant. I would like to clarify that I am not blaming the cheerleaders for anything. They help our established chants be louder. However, to make more people care, we need more people involved, and that is the struggle.
There are so many students here who will go up and chant and cheer for the Buckeyes, but can't be bothered to do the same for the school they actually attend. It is agonizing because I, like many of us, love this school to death, and love being loud and creative at basketball games. At this point, it saddens me to say that reforming the O Zone from its current dismal state seems like a herculean task. We, as an Exec board, are trying our damnedest, but it just doesn't seem to take. I, personally, am at a loss of ideas, and it sucks. Everything we try seems to fall on deaf ears and tippity-tapping thumbs.
Here's to the next home game.
*sigh*