Maybe the students were participating in what they thought was a  sanctioned "BobcatLove No Show/Walkout" to protost the lousy non-conference schedule?

After having some time since yesterday to reflect on the matter, I will start by stating that the Administration should seriously look at not scheduling anything family oriented on this weekend.  Now let me explain what I mean.

I arrived yesterday in Athens around noon and had a nice meal with my sons and their invited guests.  We then proceeded uptown to hit the bookstores and walk around.  We walked through the Main Green and I want to thank the administration for putting-on the condom display/demonstration at the Main Gate.  Not only was it informative but the graphic show was excellant.  I know all about free speech/etc. but did that need to be presented at the corner of Court Street at 1:00 p.m. at the Main Gate to the Campus on Game Day?

I should have realized something was wrong earlier this week when I phone the "front office" and was awarded with great seats on the Tower side of the stadium at the Fifty yard line on the isle about 9 rows up?  When we actually took our seats with about 20 minutes to spare before kick-off and no one and I mean no one was sitting any where near us, that should have been my second clue.  Well in to the first quarter and still no one around us should have been my third clue.

I also want to thank and compliment the coed who decided to dress up as a school girl complete with plaid skirt, thigh high stockings and blouse unbuttoned to her navel for making my kids day at the stadium.  I also want to thank the coed over around the South Green who was very well endowed and who had her blouse basically wide open.  My kids and I really needed to see the clevage.  And finally, to the prostitute on the side street doing the parking near Stimson Avenue, nice touch.

I have been following the Cats since the 60's.  In watching the game, at one point I thought I was in some type of time wrap from the 70's with the noise level/crowd.  What a joke!  Actually, given those and the level of play/visiting team I at one point thought perhaps I had been transported to a time when Coach Lichtenberg was OUr coach.

In short, what a terrible experience all the way around.  I realize that Halloween can not be stopped.  But, try not to schedule another home event that weekend in the future.  Perhaps one reason for so poor attendance was that the locals realized what it would be like in Athens this weekend.  It have been approximately 30+ years since I had spent Halloween in Athens.  Based upon yesterday's experience, my kids may very well not be attending OUr institution in the future.

Sorry!

I was with you up until complaining about costumes. Sometimes the things presented on campus aren't things we would necessarily bring up to our younger ones. I think it was worth a try to do a halloween home game. I wouldn't do it again.

They haven't been called "coed"s since the 70's.

And if you do send your kids somewhere else, say Cincinnati, Ohio State, Akron or Marshall, that darn well might be a real prostitute on the side street.

Ohio isn't one of the top party schools in the nation for nothing.  I figured you would know that since you went there.  May I suggest a small Christian college for your kids.  Possibly Liberty or David Lipscomb?

//your kids see way more edgy stuff on tv

Love, Purdue? Purdue, are you serious? Notre Dame maybe,(may not be so farfetched as they appear to be dumbing down their home scheduling to get to 6 wins to be bowl eligible with such powerhouses as West. Mich and Tulsa with less than stellar results, maybe they will do a road trip to Athens) but I digress.
We're a National punchline when it comes to football? Really? Question, on the National scene is OHIO better known for:
a. It's football program
b. It's Halloween Party
Point, we are an afterthought on the National scene for our storied football program as is ALL other MAC schools. I was just in Miami for their "Homecoming" game and let's just say I didn't have to secure tickets on StubHub. So much for them landing those "quality" name opponents such as SEC powerhouse Vanderbilt or Big 12 Champion caliber soon to be Pac 10 Colorado, for laying the foundation to standing room only soldout home crowds.
Purdue? I remember just a few scant years ago being in Peden for the Minnesota game, a Minn. team that featured 2 NFL caliber running backs and was just as worthy a Big 10 opponent as Purdue certainly and yet a packed house it wasn't! Or UConn, a very formidible Big East team with an "it" coach who had just put a couple of kids in the NFL as First rounders, just two years ago played on a Friday nite "move in" weekend with ESPN television coverage(similar conditions to the storied Pitt game) and the "crowd" had to be bouyed by $5 ticket bargains and it was "High School Band Night" which filled a couple of sections of the student side. Purdue would have backed the place though, yea right.
Love, I started this journey in the Glory Year, 1968. We were "undefeated, Nationally Ranked and we played in which Florida Bowl:
a. Orange
b. Gator
c. Tangerine
Obviously the answer is C a bowl which no longer exists against an opponent that no longer plays in the Big Boy Division. My point, that prior to the BCS, ESPN, Big Ten Networks, etc., the MAC still played in the Ugly Stepsister Bowls and the only thing that has changed since that time is that tons of insignificant bowls have been added to allow yet more MAC teams play in Ugly Stepsister Bowls. In spite of this the "system" is substantially stacked against the MAC caliber conferences as I think any rational human being would have a hard time making a case that we are competing against , oh say Ohio State, on anything resembling a level playing field and we NEVER will, all the OSWho shirts be damned.
Also, don't count me in the "giddy" camp when it comes to being "bowl eligible". I'm in the camp that there are too many bowls and it plays to the detriment of programs such as ours that are "rewarded" with a bowl trip playing for Pizza and if we win we get to add peperoni. I can't imagine the "fruits" of our reward if we find ourselves in Idaho this bowl season. We will probably have to pay for the eggs, but the "Idaho Potato Home Fries" will be all you can eat. Point, our "success" contributes to our "demise" as we LOSE money which we don't have going to bowls that have "negative" payouts.
We're the MAC and as Dennis Green said: We are who we thought we would be! It really makes not a whit of a difference whether it's the Ragin Cajuns or the powerhouse Iowa State Cyclones. We'll still be the MAC. Oh, yea we need to get out - right- how's that appear to be working out for a Love favorite whipping boy Marshall?
To end this rather insignificantly long meadering apistle, scheduling ANY game in Athens on Halloween is STUPID! The students aren't going to show and scads of the general populace are "SCARED" away.
To end: will OHIO get National attention due to:
a. OHIO scheduled the Ragin Cajuns not Purdue
b. It's Halloween in Athens, what level of police protection was necessary THIS YEAR
ps. I'm a HUGE Solich fan - Go Bobcats!

But the way to generate attention and excitement isn't by getting blasted at home in 4 non-conference games. Yes, having a marquee home non-conference game against a big-conference opponent each year or every 2 years would be nice, BUT thats gotta be balanced against it being a middle/bottom of the pack opponent in those conferences, and that can be somewhat hard to predict 2-6 years out, when the schedules seem to be made up. Yeah, beating UCONN or Pitt or Minnesota at home (and we weren't close against minnesota) is great for the program and would pack the stadium, but if its a choice of getting lit up 44-0 at home by a V. Tech vs eeking out a win over the Ragin' Cajuns, I'll take UL every day of the week.

First of all, no one is calling for 4 marquee non-conference home games.  One every year or two is all anyone is really proposing.

Second, how many more seasons of playing (and usually beating) a string of patsies will it take to develop the winning reputation that will increase attendance and excitement?  We've only had one sub-500 season since 2005, but have seen no appreciable uptick in either. 

Agreed

If we can get BCS guy to Peden, why not host one every year?

+1. We're in the Golden Era, enjoy it while it lasts.

So what.

+1 to Flomo as always. Perfectly summed up.

Maybe an elite few of us just want to strive for something better than mediocrity in our lives. Obviously not a lot of you on this board, but some of us do.

I wish someone would have warned me in 1994 before I came to Ohio from Kansas City that the fan base was so collectively mediocre. I probably would have taken my talents elsewhere.

Lots of small minded folks on here. Guess we'll keep on enjoying the grind through the Sun Belt and FCS schools. Fun times.