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Posted: 6/5/2012 2:10 PM
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The MAC has several listings, including OHIO.  


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1208811-power-ranking-...
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Posted: 6/5/2012 2:34 PM
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Yawn.  I doubt that this writer has really bothered to go to Peden for a game.  Yeah, our attendences are pretty low, but bring in a big game and it gets loud.  It also doesn't help when the stadium only sits 24,000 people.
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Posted: 6/5/2012 2:41 PM
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I knew it was going to be a Bleacher Report article before I even clicked on the thread.

We have what, the fifth smallest stadium in FBS? Pretty fair that it's one of the least-feared. I'm just surprised that Yager didn't make the list. Maybe all that sun reflecting off the empty metal bleachers strikes fear in opponents.
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Posted: 6/5/2012 3:04 PM
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ASK PITT PANTHERS IF WE ARE THE LEAST FEARED.
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Posted: 6/5/2012 3:41 PM
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1. EMU
2. Ball State
3. Buffalo
6. WMU
11. Akron
13. Kent State
18. CMU
32. NIU
33. Ohio

I guess that makes Ohio the 4th most feared in the MAC, trailing only Miami, Toledo, and BG.
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Posted: 6/5/2012 4:39 PM
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that pic of akron looked sure looks like the rubber bowl.  So much for that article.
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Posted: 6/5/2012 4:46 PM
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Who cares, its bleacherreport. I could visit the 10 nearest gas station bathrooms to where I'm sitting right now (downtown Buffalo), copy 100 random words off of the walls of each, and come up with a better sourced article about college football.
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Posted: 6/5/2012 4:53 PM
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L.C. wrote:expand_more
I guess that makes Ohio the 4th most feared in the MAC, trailing only Miami, Toledo, and BG.


Things like this are the reason Wikipedia is a more reliable source than Bleacher Report.
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Posted: 6/5/2012 8:24 PM
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Looks like Peden rates better than many CUSA stadiums.  I guess some of the Herd fans were wrong in saying Peden would need a major upgrade to qualify for CUSA.  Lots of CUSA stadiums in this report.  Many rank worse than Peden. 
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Posted: 6/5/2012 8:25 PM
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Bleacher Report...what a waste of perfectly good electrons.
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Posted: 6/5/2012 9:10 PM
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My guess is that winning percentage at home influenced the rankings as well as attendance, and that they factored in more than just the last few years.  Here is the home winning percentage for MAC schools since 1960:
Toledo .711
CMU .699
Miami (OH) .677
BG .657
WMU .642
Ball State .599
NIU .588
Akron .556
Ohio .526
EMU .440
Kent .434
Buffalo .425


If you want, you can pick your own years, and sort the data yourself . Here is just the Solich years
MAC 2005-2011 Home winning percentages
WMU .737
NIU .725
Ohio .692
CMU .629
Toledo .610
Kent .462
Ball State .447
Miam OH .432
Akron .421
Bowling Green  .405
Buffalo .385
EMU .333
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Posted: 6/5/2012 9:47 PM
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Hey, L.C., didn't you know Peden is the Wrigley Field of college football?  

Let me duck, while Alan hurls  a blunt object in my direction . . . for reminding him of Tom Boeh and one of his oft-repeated slogans.  
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Posted: 6/5/2012 11:56 PM
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Criticize the source if you will, but Peden oughta be better.  The only two times I can recall that place rocking was last year for temples at home ('black out') and the temples games two years ago befoe that, which was on a cold/nasty Saturday afternoon but which saw a somewhat sparse crowd get involved--very nice.

I imagine the home rout of stupd cow was loud last year also.  But I hand it to those hardy fans--on the old people side, they were--who go it going on a cold, bad weather Saturday 2.5 years ago against temples.
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Posted: 6/6/2012 5:41 AM
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was not the 09 game against temple on a friday? Correct me if I am wrong please but I thought that was one of those day after Thanksgiving games. If I remember right that was also the day all the Tiger news broke.
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Posted: 6/6/2012 7:58 AM
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Monroe Slavin wrote:expand_more
Criticize the source if you will, but Peden oughta be better.  The only two times I can recall that place rocking was last year for temples at home ('black out') and the temples games two years ago befoe that, which was on a cold/nasty Saturday afternoon but which saw a somewhat sparse crowd get involved--very nice.

I imagine the home rout of stupd cow was loud last year also.  But I hand it to those hardy fans--on the old people side, they were--who go it going on a cold, bad weather Saturday 2.5 years ago against temples.


did you watch the Marshall game last year?
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Posted: 6/6/2012 10:29 AM
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That game was a snow-ball thing.  We had, what?, six turnovers in the first half and we thrashed 'em from the git go.  Any fan could bandwagon that.  It was a celebration, not a tense/fans-contributed game.

When a home crowd advantage shows is much more in close, tough games.
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Posted: 6/6/2012 10:52 AM
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Were you there? That game was rocking from the get-go.
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Posted: 6/6/2012 11:18 AM
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Our students left at halftime of a 14-14 game on national TV with first place on the line. Peden stadium is on this list for a reason.
Last Edited: 6/6/2012 12:47:40 PM by Deciduous Forest Cat
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Posted: 6/6/2012 5:36 PM
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I would say that several things move a team up the "most feared" hierarchy.
1. Attendance - It all starts here. If there is no one there, there is nothing to fear.
2. Crowd involvement in the game - A small but loud crowd means more than a bigger one sitting on it's hands.
3. Team winning percentage - Even if there is a great crowd, there is still nothing to fear if the team isn't good enough.

By all three measures Ohio ranks higher than they did in years past, and continues to climb. If the teams keep getting better, attendance will continue to rise, and crowd noise will, too. The day may come when students look at their fathers with a baffled look and say "Really? You guys left at the half?".
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Posted: 6/6/2012 6:40 PM
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Interesting that Peden is more feared than UCLA and Southern Cal.  Guess they did not factor in the fear of being mugged at the Coliseum (USC)?
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Posted: 6/7/2012 11:32 AM
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Monroe Slavin wrote:expand_more
Criticize the source if you will, but Peden oughta be better.  The only two times I can recall that place rocking was last year for temples at home ('black out') and the temples games two years ago befoe that, which was on a cold/nasty Saturday afternoon but which saw a somewhat sparse crowd get involved--very nice.

I imagine the home rout of stupd cow was loud last year also.  But I hand it to those hardy fans--on the old people side, they were--who go it going on a cold, bad weather Saturday 2.5 years ago against temples.



I hate to jump on the "Criticize Monroe" bandwagon...

But...

What are you talking about?  The Temple game from two years ago was abysmal - it was Friday morning at 10AM, snowing, with nobody in the stands...  The folks who were there were loud considering their numbers - I guess...?  But that game probably wouldn't be in the top 10 most electric games at Peden in the Solich era...
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Posted: 6/7/2012 1:15 PM
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Criticize the source if you will, but Peden oughta be better.  The only two times I can recall that place rocking was last year for temples at home ('black out') and the temples games two years ago befoe that, which was on a cold/nasty Saturday afternoon but which saw a somewhat sparse crowd get involved--very nice.

I imagine the home rout of stupd cow was loud last year also.  But I hand it to those hardy fans--on the old people side, they were--who go it going on a cold, bad weather Saturday 2.5 years ago against temples.



I hate to jump on the "Criticize Monroe" bandwagon...

But...

What are you talking about?  The Temple game from two years ago was abysmal - it was Friday morning at 10AM, snowing, with nobody in the stands...  The folks who were there were loud considering their numbers - I guess...?  But that game probably wouldn't be in the top 10 most electric games at Peden in the Solich era...


If you thought that game was abysmal, you haven't been around very long.  at the same time, as a fan base we can't pat ourselves on the back because we drew 12000 with the excuse of it being the day after thanksgiving.  Are we doing well compared to 15 years ago? hell yeah.  do we compare favorably with our conference peers? Certainly.  On a national level, however, we belong on the list that is the subject of this thread.
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Posted: 6/7/2012 5:02 PM
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Block--Yes.  That game was on a Friday (day after Thanksgiving, I imagine) in horrible weather.  So, attendance was low.  I watched the game on TV.  TV is how I see most games because I live 2800 miles from Athens.  On TV you usually can't hear the crowd much (how I missed last year's stupd cow crowd, Shaba).  But on that Friday in the snow against temples, you could hear those who were there.  They were fired up loud.

And, it came from the old people's side.  Tell me how often that happens in Athens.





Hopefully, the current success is building generations for whom football will be significant such that the old people side will grow to be lOUd and prOUd on a consistent basis.
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Posted: 6/8/2012 11:31 AM
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Only 4 stadiums hold less? And we still cant sell out? 32 other venues are less scary?

That sounds like a damn compliment to me!
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Posted: 6/8/2012 4:45 PM
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That Fiami is not on this list discredits its legitimacy. 
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