I watched the Utah/USC game last week and noticed they have one guy that walks up and down the steps on 3rd downs with a huge sign to start their 3rd Down Bounce.  Why aren't there two or three OZone members with signs like this to unite the cheering?  If I were an OZone leader, there are a few signs I would have ready to make sure everyone is loud and in unison:

-There should be some stadium-wide cheer/chant from the time an Ohio first down is obtained and the time it is announced.  The do play the bobcat screech nearly every time over the PA system.  (WVU's is really cool.  Don't copy it, but come up with something similar)

-There should be a consistent noise or cheer for defensive 3rd downs from the time the 2nd down play is over until after the ball is snapped.  The opposing teams should never have a quiet second on the 3rd down play clock

-The OU/Oh Yeah chant could be stadium wide with a little coordination from the cheerleaders and dance team.  During timeouts this could be loud and intimidating if it was slower and lasted 30 seconds or more.  If sign were used, everyone would know when it was their turn to yell.  (Think the school up north that spells out our name in their stadium)

If the current OZone cannot organize this, the cheerleaders and dance team could.  It would only take a few folks on each side of the stadium to get Peden really loud.

I tried to get the whole band to shout "OU!" and hopefully get the other side of the stadium to shout "Oh Yeah!"  I got almsot the entire band shouting OU, but only about a hundred or so students shouting Oh Yeah on our side...

This thread could apply equally well to the !@#*()%#@()$*@# NLDS.

One cheer, out of the '60s that I haven't heard for a long time, that used to get the crowd going was:

"Rip 'em, Tear 'em up, Give 'em Hell, OHIO!"

I suppose we could bring this back, and have one side of the stadium do the "Rip 'em, up, tear 'em up" . . . and the other side the "Give 'em Hell, OHIO!"

I recently sat by the band for the first time.  I was unaware of 1/2 the cheers you guys do...  It cannot be heard from front and center of the O Zone.

What about getting the cheerleaders up into the stands with signs like get loud or make noise?  I think the people I sit around in 105 would get to their feet more often if they had someone telling them to do it.  The cheerleaders are barely seen by anyone on the tower side because they are limited to the corners of that side of the stadium and blocked by a brick wall.  In basketball they come up into the stands until the opposing team scores for each half.  I think they need to try something for football. 

On top of that and I hope this ruffles feathers so something actually gets fixed for crow atmosphere, is that you almost sound like LSU complaining it was too hot in Gainesville. They are college kids, make it exciting and they will be excited. 

People aren't going to come practice cheers.

Spot on. Trust me, I've tried. But there just isn't any interest from anyone outside the first row core Ozone, the group that tries to get everybody loud. We were planning on spreading out a bit this game, so hopefully that works. We just have to face facts, we're not and SEC school that lives and dies football (as much as I wish we were), there won't be a yell practice like Texas A&M has with 5,000 people (I've tried organizing that, with almost 0 response). The biggest issue is students get geared up for night games. Remember Temple last year? It was borderline deafening for a good part of that game on our side. Once the night games kick in in November, that's when you'll start seeing us get really loud. In the meantime I'll do my damndest and see how it goes.

Is there an admission qualification to join the Ozone?   Maybe some brief indoc on SUAC, Alma Ohio, and the strong obligation to cheer lustily?!

How come you guys don't sing the Commander's "Lost In The Ozone Again" song?  It's quite fitting.

One drink of wine,
Two drinks of gin
And I'm
Lost in the ozone again.

It's "the Commander."  Or George Frayne, if you prefer.

Just play the song over the PA enough and it'll take hold.

I don't think that the jr institution in columbus had to teach people to sing Sloopy.

George definitely likes Athens. I helped produce SpringFest  and he happened to be a headline performer. After the show had started, his tour bus rolled up almost to the stage. It  read Whore of Babylon on the lighted sign above the windshield . After a few minutes, out popped  the Commander wearing a pair of dirty shorts, Ray-Ban aviators and a wrinkled Hawaii shirt. He saw a large crowd -- including lots of co-eds -- enjoying a warm, sunny day in southeastern Ohio. Decorum doesn't allow a direct quote. But based on what he said it was clear that he had an appreciation for the environment in which he found himself on that day,

If i remember correctly, I think his band got its start when he was an undergrad at the University of Michigan. Think he was in Nashville last March?