Well said my man.  This reminds me of a story from my junior year at Muskingum.  A friend was on the Pop Concert committee and the band Orleans was going to be doing a show in John Glenn Gymnasium.  He asked a couple of us to serve as part of their "road crew" and actually gave us yellow shirts that said Orleans on the front and Road Crew on the back.  After we had everything set up and were heading back for a little pre-school party at the fraternity house, we were talking about how F - in this and F - in that the show was going to be, words that I don't remember using that often back then but which for some reason were spewing from my mouth quite often that evening.  As we rounded the corner of a building we literally ran into my all-time favorite professor, a woman I respected so much that I took every history class that she taught.  She had clearly heard our loud conversation as we rounded the corner and she simply looked me in the eye as we passed her and said, "Road crew, really?"  That was 37 years ago and I clearly remember the effect that had on my behavior and language usage going forward. 

I think a parallel can be drawn between that incident and what some are saying on this board.  "Ozone, really?"

+1 to both Alan and Lande71 

Also, I haven't heard any of the apologists coming back and defending in the "high school" cheer against the Berg.

I don't worry about OSU fans.  I don't want to be compared to them in the least!

Thanks O-ZONE !!!!

watched another Buckeye game on TV heard another "a**hole" chant after a fall call plain as day. so, yeah.

I'm going to put this in about the plainest way I can:

If we wanted to roll out to every game and chant "F- you" after every foul, we could. Look at Syracuse, where that is common, or Duke, where much worse is said. We don't, and I don't understand what everyone's problem is with having a standard response that 1.) everyone knows, and 2.) is tamer than any other two word combination that could be put there. We're gonna do what we're gonna do, and you guys are going to do what you're going to do. Are we having an internal conversation over new chants and traditions to try and start? Yes. Will there be some changes before the end of the season? Yes.

Let's focus on who we're playing and not about the fans. I love you guys, but the situation is more complex than it should be, honestly, and there's some stuff that I cannot comment on that ties in to what and how we do it.

Finally, The "High School Team" chant was not started by the actual O Zone, it was started by the band.

EDIT: After re-reading this, I realize I may have come across as disrespectful, which is not what I intended to do. I only hope to convey my frustration not with you, but with the culture that surrounds the O Zone as of late.

Younger people don't think saying "suck" is a big deal. Older people do. It's a generational thing.

The idea that everything said by a student section must be clever and original is ridiculous. "Suck" is not vulgar these days. I'm sorry if you think it is, but you're on the wrong side of the word's evolution on that one.

 

Any idea what game that was?

The fact that we're concerned about the use of the word "sucks", sucks. 

Yes. Aside from my grandmother, nobody cares. I say it at work in front of and to children (but NOT directed at them). It's never been an issue.