Great to know the head of the fan police is here. Please tell me everything about being a fan. I'd hate to disappoint you and be called stupid. Oh man, what a tragedy. I'm devastated. 

I don't want dead quiet at a game.  I go to Cleveland for a few Cavs games each year. Talk about anything but the game! Two DJs rattling on non-stop, games at every break in the action, cheerleaders, male dance team, female dance team, quiz games, kiss cam, shooting t-shirts-then hot dogs-then mini basketballs, a model zeppelin flies around the arena and drops little pieces of paper where a few are worth a pizza- blasting music so that there is not one moment of quiet and you can never converse with the person on either side of you for the din. They used to stop the music when the action started but not anymore. They play it until the ball crosses half court. Then, strolling through the concourse will remind you of hucksters every five feet hawking their wares like a middle eastern bazaar. Oh by the way, Cavs lost if you remembered that a game was even played. I realize that I'm not their demographic and they don't market to me, but it seems like they don't even want you to watch the game.

I can only imagine. With them in their old spot with the O Zone, the tendency to progressively speed up the chants was pretty consistent as it was.




Well, it is a message board

We need to stop being so harsh on the O Zone, and be thankful for what we have. 

I just got back from the UC vs. Syracuse game tonight. Big Monday, on ESPN, sellout, former #1 team in the country in the house. 

Both "endzones" were full of students for UC, but 70% of them barely made any noise. The only noise the student sections made all night was "ohhhhhh" and the occasional "defense" and even those were pretty weak. 

You know what NOT amusing?

Telling people to stop having fun.

Rush the court.

Run on the court when we beat Miami by 30, 1, 3, 10, 12. Have fun. Be young.

If the mass media in the Sports' analysisphere has had any negative impression on our viewing of sports it begins with their nerdy rule writing about when and how much fun we should have at sporting events.

There are many places to be stoic and humble...beating Miami is NOT one of them.

Okay.  This is sort of embarrsing.  After all, redhawk is not that good and I feel that we should've beaten them rather soundly.

But when we came back to win on Gary Trent Day, I stormed my living room.

They are also FIAMI.  And sorry it's not like a touchdown dance when you are down three TDs. It's like a TD dance when you are up three TDs...against FIAMI.  Everything is acceptable against them.  It doesn't matter if we are supposed to beat them or not.  It won't happen tonight.

I think I don't care. Let them do whatever they want. Is that really what you thought? "Big time" schools have students storm the court when they beat a team LOWER than them in the standings or rankings. Are they "small time"? Was Duke "small time" when they rushed the court after beating Virginia Freaking Tech a few years ago?

Well, that's actually a good thing, because last time I checked WOUB's goal is not to be amusing, it's to provide news to the southeastern Ohio region and give experience to aspiring student journalists.

And for the record, there really is no reason to have put the Black seats in front of the O-Zone. They haven't done it in years past, so what kind of genius came up with the idea and why did he choose this year to do it? I respect the fact that the Bobcat Black patrons give our program money, but is it imperative that they be seated in front of the student section? No, it really isn't. And if they have a problem with the O-Zone's behavior, it could be worse: they could direct their insults at you. 

Cool

I purchased 4 seats and have sat in them every game except one. The officials are rarely in my line of sight. I wrote a large check for the right to purchase them, as did everyone else in those seats. It is extra revenue for the athletic department that was not there last year. That is the reason those seats are there. Every major program in the nation has seats like these.

Overall, I would say the OZone is fine as a whole, but there a several individuals that rub me the wrong way. I'm amazed at this point in the season how uninformed some of our student section is. We are asked to sit down during the beginning of each half by the students in the front row even though everyone in the Convo is standing for defense. The irony is the students stand the entire game. Is it too early in the season for our student section to know who the players on the team are? I was also unimpressed with the dip*hit in the front row during the BG game taunting Reggie Keely the entire 40 minutes. I can't understand why a fan would relentlessly taunt one of your own team's starters. I hope Reggie heard him and finds him on campus some time after the season.

Bottom line is this regarding the student section: I have maintained for years that OU has the best student section. As a whole they are very good. There are some individuals that have lost my respect. The students have a right to be idiots, but I think a greater responsibility to help the Convo be a tough environment. Some of the behavior does not reflect well of Ohio University. I watched the ESPN3 replay this morning. As an alum, I was not especially proud of what I could clearly hear on the broadcast. I can see a point in the future where the OZone is put on a shorter leash with the administration. I hope it doesn't come to that.

Not sure where Alan got the info about the Black seats, but a very good percentage of the available seats were sold. Yes, there are different people in them, often because some of us can't attend every game.

I have two seats beneath the basket and they are excellent - a great viewing experience.  And every seat on the baseline was sold for the season.