With various posts about game start times, I thought it would be interesting to see where people are coming from for the games.

That is interesting. Hopefully the marketing department is paying attention.

In Albany. That's where Albany International Airport is. So 15 min. or less.

(Whispering) Win and they will come...

Do the players still high-five the Ozone after games? I don't recall seeing that after the couple of home games I've caught on ESPN+ this season.

If I/270-33 interchange backed up - anywhere from 1:30 to 1:45. If not - and drive back to Cbus after games 1:15. Have made it in 1:10 - And no speeding tickets (yet)

what in the world? They have been gone for a decade. What are you angling for? What makes you think anyone gone a decade or more is coming back? Anyone who has been watching for a long time may surmise you have some kind of agenda here, care to share?

I took special note of this last game because of the complete lack of Ozone at the game. Yes, they still went thru the area and random people almost all non-students came down to give high fives.

I'm ho[ping the new A.D. can come up with a was to revitalize the O-Zone.

Approximately 18 hours and 58 minutes door to door, according to Le Google. If I leave now I can make the Purdue tip.

Not at all. I have no idea why all of these people let their tickets lapse and many of them were not Green and White Club members. My comments were strictly from my experience as a sales and marketing rep and executive. Once a customer leaves a company, it's very difficult to get them back and the longer they are gone, the tougher it is to regain their business. Nothing more, nothing less.

Fair enough, and I take you at your word. That said, it’s odd to even reference people who weren’t brought back by two NCAA tournament teams, a player who made the NBA, an all-time PG, MAC championships, etc. Those fans are gone forever and it’s a waste of time and energy to try to get them back.

I’m more interested in getting back the people who trickled off in last five years of dull play and losing MAC records. I’d like to recapture an era where a disappointing crowd is around 5,000 and students actually filled the Ozone. That was reality a lot less than 10 years ago. And there’s a long way to go. As an example, I’ve offered my tickets to watch a B1G team in the Convo basically for free and no one has asked be for them. Kinda sad.

I was going to post sarcastically that half or more of these folks were kin to Larry, who has extended family -- cousins, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. -- all over the county. His family was one of the pioneer families in Athens County, and I believe that Ohio University's first graduate, John Hunter, was an ancestor. Tom Ewing was actually the second graduate, contrary to many university news release to the contrary. It was a two person graduating class, and Hunter had the better grades so he technically graduated first, as was the custom in those days.

Seriously, though, your point is well taken. I think the new AD would be wise to institute a marketing campaign to entice these folks back. As Alan points out, it's difficult, but it might be worth the effort. Somewhere the AD's office must have a list of the folks who quit buying season's tickets at about that time. Or such a list could be generated via a little research. A directed mailing to them, with some kind of a special one-time offer for former season ticket holders, might entice some of them back. It might be pointed out that our new coach is the first alumnus in the position since Larry Hunter, that might appeal to them. Just a random thought or two meant to be constructive.