You all sound like babies.  I am not condoning bad treatment at football games, but it is what happens.  At EVERY college atmosphere.  WVU fans were treated horribly when going to Lane stadium, but they still put butts in the seats.  You get more a-holes in Morgantown because there is an abundance of peoples compared to Marshall and Ohio in Huntington or Athens.  Either way, some douche bag flipping me the bird is not going to hurt my feelings or stop me from going to support my team.  I have friends that live 8 hours away with full time jobs that do not miss a game.  I'm not saying that it is possible for everyone to do that with their work, but I am guessing that there would be enough alumni and/or fans that could fill their allottment.

I am probably going to be yelled at by fellow Bobcat fans but we need to get a little more thicked skin. I am personally not going to allow another teams home crowd keep me from going and watching a team I love.

That's just crazy! Get your tickets in section 101, 103 or 105 and you will be surrounded by Ohio fans. Two years ago when Ohio lost a heartbreaker in Huntington I was on the press box side of the stadium surrounded by all Marshall fans and did not have any problems. When Ohio threw that last second touchdown pass I was pretty animated jumping up and down and no one said a word. In fact I went to the rest room on my way out of the stadium and as i was leaving some Marshall fans were celebrating and the guy noticed my Ohio shirt and stopped, looked me in the eye and said 'dude, I am really sorry because that is a tough way to lose". It wasn't a taunt. I just laughed and agreed.

I was a student during the transition from 1-AA to the MAC. Our fans weren't angels. A lot has changed since those days, namely winning like we did. Losing seasons will humble a fan base quickly. 

That all being said, I won't dredge up a bunch of reviews to prove it and beg you guys to come to Huntington to support your team. The less the number of you here the better, IMO. I don't want your team to have any advantage or be able to hear you guys cheering at all. For those that do come though, I hope you have a good time and enjoy the game and like I posted earlier are more than welcome to stop by the HerdNation tailgate and drink a beer.

This!

This is all that matters.

Yes, I've been treated badly at MU games over the years... so what?  I could tell stories... to what end?

In the end, I won't let a moron stop me from doing the things in my life that I want to do.

I go to watch my team.

I go to socialize with old friends that live in Huntington.

I go to be a BOBCAT.

Most of the Herd fans are lovely people.  Some are not.  I find this to be the general way of people, everywhere.  It's not particular to Herd fans.

I'll be there Saturday, and I'll be decked out in my OU gear.

Hope to meet some new people, and share some good times.

GO BOBCATS!

-john

If we expect OUr football team to be RELENTLESS then OUr football Team should expect Bobcat fans to be RELENTLESS as well!

I challenge all Bobcats who say they won't go due to Marshall's fans to step up and become RELENTLESS! This is not about their fans! This is about supporting OUr team! Join me in Huntington and become RELENTLESS!

Brings back good memories...

They trashed our locker room after this game if I recall correctly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diM2GhX1rfA

I'll be there with 2 other Cat fans/alums, but none of us will be counting against the OHIO ticket allotment. Just because our athletic department only sold 113 tickets doesn't by any means establish that only 113 Hunter Green wearing fans will be there. A large number will have been purchased directly from Marshall and another portion will be friends/family of corporate ticket holders.

I'm going to be attacked for what I'm about to say, but the only explanation I can find for the number of Ohio fans who report experiences that are totally foreign to my experience at Marshall is that many of these Ohio fans must go to Huntington with a real attitude that somehow brings out the worst in the small minority of idiots in the Marshall fan base.  This is the first year in a long time that I'll be missing the Marshall game because my wife and I are leaving for an Alaskan cruise on Friday. I will be watching the game in Seattle, Washington, via the Herd webcast for which I've already signed up.  Though I root for Marshall every other week, when I go to an Ohio-Marshall tilt I always wear my Ohio gear, and I've never encountered any thing like the hostility that some have described here.  I'm not doubting their accounts, but there's got to be some explanation for it other than just a random occurrence, at least in most of these instances.

Go Ohio!
Go Marshall! (Except this Saturday)  

Oh please ..

The guys sitting behind the bench were not drunk, they were local business men who felt because tghey paid for seats behind the bench they had a license to saythings that would make an army drillseargent blush.... and you implying that i would go into a hostile atmosphere somewhere at the end of a career that starts in long heated rivalries between Blue collar manufacturing towns in Indiana and then travel for four years following Ohio in many facilities and somehow think that the same person who goes down and greets and welcomes every set of visiting parents to the convo pre game is going to somehow turn into a raving lunatic inciting the home fans on the road is ludicrous.

Some of the things you say here Carl are just over the top, implying that one goes looking for some itch to scratch is just insane. I appreciate the MU fans who are here supporting their team and am amused at the efforts they are going through to justify things. Fact is the 3 occassions I have been in Huntington were really quite nice as I am a fan of history and took time to explore the town, the restaurants and the architecture. The only bad part was having to encounter .....on all 3 occassions abusive and mean spirited fans. ALl the justification in the world is not going to change my opinion or the facts of what transpired. I found excellent food, OK parking, a nice arena, a large fannbase and more than my fair share of total jerk offs.....and in my limited view of the world where I only get to a littel more than a hundred or so games a year ini multiple sports from Charlotte to Providence to tulsa and many places in between........huntington and buffalo are the 2 places I really would avoid going back to based on past experience ....not with the towns or the schools or the teams...just due to the fans. To the credit of the Herd Nation when I went over and talked about the experience many of those were very complimentary of Ohio and my son ...and were very apologetic. My only wish is that they would come forward and check the fans who are a bit over the top.No one is going to deny all fanbases think it their right to abuse the visitors but there should be alimit and some decorum. I have had no problem in the past walking over to one of our fans who was being a Douiche.....the IUPUI game comes to mind.... and discussing with him how we should treat our visitors. .All I ask of any fanbase is to remember ...it really is just a game ...why so whacko?

"This is all my Marshall gear...burn every f***ing thing I own of ya....Everything you can think of dawg...Only thing left is her shirt....She can root for those f**ing losers...bunch of f**cking bums"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6NP-FQr1RQ&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aViEb3sE0H4&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-txZtbe4vY


I must say though, this thread is starting to make wish I was making the eight hour round-trip drive .  I don't recall another fan base making such an effort to talk us into traveling to game at their stadium.

Same here! (minus the eyepatches). I'm excited to watch the Cats in person for the first time this year, I'm excited to check-off another stadium in my quest to see one at all of them, and I'm excited to get some Tudor's on Sunday morning! Any chance of a Jesco White Bobblehead give away at the game?

For what it's worth, my trip to Huntington in 2010 wasn't terrible.  A few of my 110 buddies and I got there early to tailgate with other Ohio fans, but ended up tossing a football with some Marshall fans who warned us to "Wait it out" if we beat them later, since our tickets were over by their student section.  They were some of the nicer fans I've encountered.   

We did have OHIO painted across our chests, so it's not like we were innocent fans going into the stadium, so the general ribbing and expletives we received weren't surprising.  But it wasn't terrible, and it was nothing I would cry home about.  I'd say it was a rather PG-13 kind of day.  I was a bit taken aback when we moved over to the Ohio fan section, and we were harassed non-stop by a group of six-year-old kids as their parents just watched.  Some of the things that came out of their mouth I would've been slapped for saying, but you can just attribute that to awful parenting, since there was no effort by their parents to stop them.  

And not surprisingly, it got worse when we leaved the stadium.  Most of it was students, including the empty beer can thrown at our car.  We just laughed and said, "Wait until next year, friends" (not in those exact words...)

Overall, I was impressed by the passion and the atmosphere, and I wasn't surprised by anything that happened.  I didn't have a family there with me and I was a student at the time, so obviously my expectations were a bit different than those with family or loved ones there.