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Posted: 1/2/2013 10:47 PM
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...because I grew up a fan of the program, but only 898 people showed up at Millett Hall to watch them host UMass. I don't care if their students are still on break, it's a new low.
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Posted: 1/2/2013 10:54 PM
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shabamon wrote:expand_more
...because I grew up a fan of the program, but only 898 people showed up at Millett Hall to watch them host UMass. I don't care if their students are still on break, it's a new low.


How about we become a Hockey/Football conference. Think about it. The most watched sports in our conference is football and Hockey. Basketball is 2nd tiered in schools like WMU, Miami, BGSU, and even Ohio has a strong following. 

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Average Attendance for Miami, WMU, BGSU, UMASS (if they join us for Hockey for some reason) 3,786 with UMASS. Without - 2848. Miami is at 94% capacity, WMU is at 98% capacity, UMASS is at 78.9%, and BGSU is at 41%. 

Average Attendance for MAC Basketball 2907. OU leads with 5,600. Miami averages 2,209 for basketball and 3,021 for hockey. 


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Posted: 1/2/2013 11:42 PM
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How about we become a Hockey/Football conference. Think about it. The most watched sports in our conference is football and Hockey. Basketball is 2nd tiered in schools like WMU, Miami, BGSU, and even Ohio has a strong following. 


C'mon now. Our club hockey team does not come close to outdrawing basketball. Not to mention, it's not remotely on the same level as WMU, Miami, BG, etc. Lumping us in with those schools is laughable.
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Posted: 1/2/2013 11:56 PM
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bobcat72 wrote:expand_more
How about we become a Hockey/Football conference. Think about it. The most watched sports in our conference is football and Hockey. Basketball is 2nd tiered in schools like WMU, Miami, BGSU, and even Ohio has a strong following. 


C'mon now. Our club hockey team does not come close to outdrawing basketball. Not to mention, it's not remotely on the same level as WMU, Miami, BG, etc. Lumping us in with those schools is laughable.


Every game that I went to was a sell out. 
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Posted: 1/3/2013 7:00 AM
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Bobcats_828 wrote:expand_more
How about we become a Hockey/Football conference. Think about it. The most watched sports in our conference is football and Hockey. Basketball is 2nd tiered in schools like WMU, Miami, BGSU, and even Ohio has a strong following. 


C'mon now. Our club hockey team does not come close to outdrawing basketball. Not to mention, it's not remotely on the same level as WMU, Miami, BG, etc. Lumping us in with those schools is laughable.


Every game that I went to was a sell out. 


A sold out Bird Arena is still only about 35% of our average basketball attendance.
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Posted: 1/3/2013 8:12 AM
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Hockey still exists?
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Posted: 1/3/2013 10:21 AM
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I don't even know if it's 35%....that arena is tiny. My perception in recent years is that the interest in our club team has declined. There's not nearly as much media coverage, and they don't advertise like they used to.

For me, it's always been a novelty...but I can't really get into it knowing that it's glorified intramurals.
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Posted: 1/3/2013 10:32 AM
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I remember when Don Strock's VT team came to Ohio in the '70s.  We were down by 4 TDs or so in the 3rd Q and people started leaving.  A hockey player I knew stood up and yelled "You don't leave a hockey game!"  He had taken Bluto's advice.
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Posted: 1/3/2013 10:38 AM
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bobcat72 wrote:expand_more
I don't even know if it's 35%....that arena is tiny. My perception in recent years is that the interest in our club team has declined. There's not nearly as much media coverage, and they don't advertise like they used to.

For me, it's always been a novelty...but I can't really get into it knowing that it's glorified intramurals.


I don't think that's particularly true among the students. But perhaps it is outside of the university. The 110 has become more active at hockey games and even has one game a year when they attend as a band and play in the stands. A friend of mine from the j school did a lot to resurrect the online radio and social media presence the last two years. Based on my personal observations being a student, I'd say interest actually increased from the time I was a freshman until I graduated last year. 

EDIT: Now, that's not to say it may have been even more popular before I got to Athens. I'm just saying I've noticed an increase in interest from where it was. 
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Posted: 1/3/2013 11:00 AM
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I don't even know if it's 35%....that arena is tiny.


I couldn't find a seating capacity number on the OHIO website. Wikipedia says it seats 2,000, so that's what I went with. I actually never went there in my four years in Athens, so I have no idea if the 2,000 seat number is accurate.
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Posted: 1/3/2013 11:32 AM
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Not to mention Miami, WMU, and BG are all in elite hockey conferences already.
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Posted: 1/3/2013 11:36 AM
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Count me in the party that really doesn't mind kicking Miami while they are down....
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Posted: 1/3/2013 11:38 AM
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If we were ever to turn hockey into a varsity sport, Bird Arena would need a serious renovation or we would need to build a new ice arena because no recruits would take us seriously compared to not only Miami's beauty, but even BG or Western Michigan's arenas.
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Posted: 1/3/2013 11:39 AM
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Bird Arena is 30 years due to be demolished. It was old back when I was a student!
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Posted: 1/3/2013 12:02 PM
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If only the Convo was outfitted for hockey...

We can dream, right?
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Posted: 1/3/2013 12:28 PM
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shabamon wrote:expand_more
If we were ever to turn hockey into a varsity sport, Bird Arena would need a serious renovation or we would need to build a new ice arena because no recruits would take us seriously compared to not only Miami's beauty, but even BG or Western Michigan's arenas.


I've often wondered why they didn't find a way to make that hockey arena in Oxford dual purpose?  It's a fantastic venue, and Millett is about as bad as it gets.
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Posted: 1/3/2013 12:59 PM
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I don't know how well you would be able to renovate or expand Bird Arena, but where else would you put an arena? Bicentennial Park? Look at WMU stadium only 3,500 seats. If we decide why the hell not and decided to fund raise a campaign to get money for a new Hockey arena, we could take down the Aquatic Center and build a facility their with a new pool, 4,000-5,000 seat Ice Hockey Arena and yeah...
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Posted: 1/3/2013 1:30 PM
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If we were ever to turn hockey into a varsity sport, Bird Arena would need a serious renovation or we would need to build a new ice arena because no recruits would take us seriously compared to not only Miami's beauty, but even BG or Western Michigan's arenas.


I've often wondered why they didn't find a way to make that hockey arena in Oxford dual purpose?  It's a fantastic venue, and Millett is about as bad as it gets.


They didn't want to do that.
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Posted: 1/3/2013 2:06 PM
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If only the Convo was outfitted for hockey...

We can dream, right?


Since I know nothing about hockey, would a rink fit on the floor of the Convo? 
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Posted: 1/3/2013 2:09 PM
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I thought I heard somewhere that an ice rink was supposed to be included in the Convo but got removed from the plan due to funding falling through.
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Posted: 1/3/2013 2:26 PM
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If only the Convo was outfitted for hockey...

We can dream, right?


Since I know nothing about hockey, would a rink fit on the floor of the Convo? 


No, not even close.
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Posted: 1/3/2013 3:23 PM
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Having an arena that supports basketball and hockey only works if you have other places to practice for those sports.  Hence why it is only done in the pros and at big schools like tOSU which have practice facilities.
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Posted: 1/3/2013 3:32 PM
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Having an arena that supports basketball and hockey only works if you have other places to practice for those sports.  Hence why it is only done in the pros and at big schools like tOSU which have practice facilities.


 Hockey could obviously practice in Bird, and basketball could practice in....Grover?
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DayvidGallagher wrote:expand_more
Having an arena that supports basketball and hockey only works if you have other places to practice for those sports.  Hence why it is only done in the pros and at big schools like tOSU which have practice facilities.


 Hockey could obviously practice in Bird, and basketball could practice in....Grover?


South Green imo
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Posted: 1/4/2013 9:28 AM
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Tyler Charles wrote:expand_more
I don't even know if it's 35%....that arena is tiny. My perception in recent years is that the interest in our club team has declined. There's not nearly as much media coverage, and they don't advertise like they used to.

For me, it's always been a novelty...but I can't really get into it knowing that it's glorified intramurals.


I don't think that's particularly true among the students. But perhaps it is outside of the university. The 110 has become more active at hockey games and even has one game a year when they attend as a band and play in the stands. A friend of mine from the j school did a lot to resurrect the online radio and social media presence the last two years. Based on my personal observations being a student, I'd say interest actually increased from the time I was a freshman until I graduated last year. 

EDIT: Now, that's not to say it may have been even more popular before I got to Athens. I'm just saying I've noticed an increase in interest from where it was. 


I don't know if on-campus interest for all of the hockey games has increased or not, but I do know that for the last 3 years, Byrd Arena has been PACKED to the rafters for the Parents/Dad Weekends.  Going to a hockey game is still a good time!

And oh yeah, in a nod to the thread, Miami still sucks!
Last Edited: 1/4/2013 9:31:37 AM by Mark Lembright '85
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