Well I'm already jacked. I plan on getting to my seat 10 seconds after they unlock the doors on Saturday. I feel that in recent memory, attendance at our football and basketball games has exceeded predictions even for highly-anticipated games. The only letdown I can remember was the George Mason game when there were rumblings of a possible sellout, and only about 7500 were there (but it was still one of the most fun games any of us have attended.) It will be the highest attended game of the Groce and TOS eras, but I think we come a little short of the 13,080 mark.

OHIO 73
College Replubicans (does anyone have that picture anywhere?) 59

Attendance: 12,604

Remember that games like Kent are anomalies, and games like Akron are the norm. We're better than Miami and I think we gut one out at home. 67-60. Believe me, there is nothing Charlie wants more than to ruin our day for this game. His troops will be ready, and I think they'll be extra dangerous coming off a home loss.

I too am seriously pumped up for this one.  Wishing I could bypass Friday for Saturday morning.  Getting to BW3 when they open to watch hoops and get primed.  Attendance wise,  I'm hoping for a number that starts with 13k, but I'm a realist in this case.  I'll say 12,480.  We win this one 68-58 by making free throws at the end.

Ohio 69 - Miami 54
Attendance: 13,004

hoping for at least 13,933 for attendance and a 71-63 Bobcat win.  actually have a guy from my work that is going down in a party van with a bunch of friends from college to take in this game.  it will be his first visit in years, so its nice to see this game bringing in the periphery of OHIO fans. 

Considering Groce just called me to let me know there still $3 and $1 tix still available and the fact I bought my 6 $1 tix the night of the Kennesaw St game, I'm gonna bet we will be a few sammiches short here...

12,800. Cats stay hot, 86-69.

Bobcats 97
Redskins 62

Attendance 12,081

Charlie Coles has a love hate relationship with the Bobcat fans. He loves our enthusiasm but it literally makes his blood boil. I saw him go after a couple of fans in the 80s when he coached for the Chippewas. Coach Coles is a great x's and o's coach. I can't think of a coach in the league who could do more with the little he has this year. We could make a statement of statement with a big win on Saturday. I can't wait to see it in person. I saw some great games against Miami as a student in the 80s, a mid week loss to the Redskins against a senior laden Ron Harper squad in 1986 might have been one of the better losses I have ever seen. In that game everyone realized that the young Snoopy Graham and Dave Jamerson were the real deal. How we ever finished in the bottom of the MAC (after Danny Nee left) with those future NBA players on the squad is beyond me. Perhaps the best game I ever saw in the Convo was the 1983 2OT win against a Ray Meyer DePaul squad. Amazing.

A couple of other notes, Shabamon very true in the 1980s Oxford was certainly home to many college Republicans, However as has happened in uppercrusty areas across the nation, it is now a haven for the liberal elites who swoon for you know who (1600 Pennsylvania Ave.)

Also the attendance figure for sellouts might be a little deceiving as it has changed through the years. The old total was once 13,000+ but I believe that has changed. Someone in 1970 must have bribed the fire marshall to get 14,000+ in the Convo for that big game against BG, but maybe someone else can comment on that because though I do have a faint memory of those games on regional ABC? coverage, I was far too young to understand the ins and outs of it. The 1985-86 saw some high attendance. The game against the Buckeyes in the NIT quickly sold out and the Miami game I mentioned earlier was a near Wednesday night sellout. It is great to talk about the old days, when the current era is also so very promising!

Ohio 62
Miami 59

Actual attendance:  10,857 

Reported attendance 13,080

Ohio 72, Fiami 62

I hope it's in the bag with enough time for some kind of adulatory chant from the Ozone - maybe after "Winning Team, Losing Team", something like a simple "Sorry Charlie" (as in the old Chicken of The Sea commercials) - Get's the win dig in as well as a nod to Charlie.

I wouldnt call losing in triple OT getting our butts kicked.

I think your thinking of a different game.  The game I am referring to Ohio was actually beaten pretty soundly but if memory serves, the Bobcats returned the favor in Oxford.

Someone needs to start a picture thread. Cant make the trip but I would like to see some pics of the old girl filled to the rafters again. Was there in 94 and 97 against Miami. Even though we lost, the Miami game in 94 was one of the reasons I chose Ohio University. Loved the bigtime atmosphere and electricity on campus.