This is one of my favorite threads to keep going, but does anyone do like me and after a loss you don't even feel like watching the sport at all until we play again? I had Rider/Rutgers on as background noise yesterday. That was it since Arky State.

What are you seeing.

Western Michigan just lost at home to Northwood (D2)

Stephens's ice is about to go from thin to melted

Yes that was me, although I think I made that point as more of a financial value sense (specifically live broadcast ratings) than attendance. But I'd make the same argument for live attendance as well, not just due to AI generated garbage but how we have really lost any sense of a monoculture in the last decade. Think back a decade or 2 and there was always a show or something virtually every one shared in that brought us all together. We don't have that as much as we used to, and shared experiences are something humans crave - Enter live sports with fellow classmates.

Anyway, Monday student crowd was really good. Thursday not as much of a turnout but still solid. And the football crowd was excellent, including many all the way to the final whistle. You can tell several pockets want to be a bit crazier and loud but are reluctant. Hopefully they come out of their shell.

I may catch shit for this, but it's time for Norm to come sit with the rest of us old farts. I love his passion and efforts, but it's just weird and confusing. Imagine if OSU football had some random old guy that coordinated most the cheers and urged them to get excited. We would relentlessly make fun of them. He no doubt generates some activity, but an argument can be made that he is negatively affecting just as much. He can come sit with me and I will join him in trying to get the elder fans hyped while the students figure it out on their own.

Two interesting scores in the MAC last night.

Buffalo over Doug Gotlieb's Green Bay Phoenix 83-76. Derrick Talton Jr with 21 off the bench for the Buffs.

Kent over Cornell 110-102 in a barn burner. 78 combined 3PT shots. Morgan Safford had 34 pts, 9-15 from 3PT.

Kent beat UNC-Wilmington in a game the ESPN announcer repeatedly labeled a matchup of top 25 mid-major teams.

UB showing some improvement with 3-0 start after tonight's win at DePaul.

Elmore James with a team-high 17 pts in Ball State's 31-pt loss at Wisconsin.

DePaul is at least better than what they were. I watched the last 7 minutes. The transfer guard from Wisconsin is a problem. A very good win for Buffalo.

Will this be the tallest player ever seen in the Convo? https://x.com/ThePortalReport/status/1993000943068250530

We're seeing a lot of competent seven footers in the early season. Be nice to have one sometime.

MAC 3-0 yesterday and 4-0 so far today. . . until this disaster down in Florida with OUr Bobcats. Big game coming up at 8 with Akron v. a very good Yale team, coached by former Ohio asst coach James Jones and EMU with a tough matchup with Louisville.

The optics on the status of OUr basketball program just got better. Thanks, FearLeon.

Eastern Michigan rolls into Cincinnati and is rolling out with a win. I nearly went to this one. $6 to get in the door.

I took my son to the Bengals/Jets game. His first regular season NFL game. Surely they can beat the winless dippy doppy Jets. No matter what else happens this season, my son can start off 1-0. Right? Right???

Making this look even worse for Boals and Ohio basketball is that Stony Brook, before beating LMU, defeated Bethune Cookman, which was coming off a recent win in the Convo.

So to sum up, Boals has our program at a stage where it's losing to 2 teams that in turn lose to his former team, Stony Brook. The Bobcats can make some amends Wednesday night in the Convo when they host the Maine Black Bears, who lost earlier this season to Stony Brook.