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Game Thread 2015 Sugar Bowl: (1) Alabama vs. (4) Ohio State, Jan 1st @ 8:30p ET, ESPN (civilized thread)

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Buckeneye said:
Nevermind just alumni, you have over double that in people from the State of Ohio currently living in the South raised on Buckeye football. Mili is right, distance is irrelevant.

The long arm of THE Buckeye Nation reaches all.
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About 20/25 years ago read an article which said 20% of FL pop. were Ohio transplants. On that same note did a post a couple years ago re: state population, I'll give you an example of 4 states:

1960:

Ohio ~ 9.7 million
Georgia ~ 3.9 million
Florida ~ 5 million
Texas ~ 9.6 million

2013 estimate:

Ohio ~ 11.6 million
Georgia ~ 10 million
Florida ~ 19.6 million
Texas ~ 26.4 million

This is part of the reason GA/FL/TX now are the hotbeds for hs football recruits as it's a matter of increased population over the past 50+ years as well as weather and environment ie football is basically a religion in Texas. And of course FL is no longer considered a southern state because of OH/IL/PA/NY etc. transplants from the north. Nowadays, this would also apply to NC/SC/NM/AZ as well ie many northern businesses have moved down south for various reasons.

I digress.

And yes, there are Buckeyes everywhere as they travel better than any school in the country, even Notre Dame.

ND ~ 120,000 alumni
OSU ~ 475,000 alumni

Again, a matter of #s ie yearly student enrollment.

carry on
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Not exactly true. I'm an associate member of the local OSU Alumni Association...I've never taken a single class at OSU and until Nov 2006 I was never even within 100 miles of campus.
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Yep. Same with Bama. If you donate the money, you can become an associate member as well. These university's want the money. That's the bottom line. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Can't blame anyone for helping their favorite school. That's where the schollys come from and coming from a father of three, God Bless those who donate and pay dues that support the schollys!
 
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shiloh said:
[Population growth from 1960 to 2013 being significantly faster in the south than in the north] is part of the reason GA/FL/TX now are the hotbeds for hs football recruits as it's a matter of increased population over the past 50+ years...
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I think changes in total population distribution are a small-to-negligible factor in the increased strength of southeastern football compared to midwestern football over the past 50-60 years.
 
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Enduro R said:
Correct. It seems that most alumni donate to the sports program. They also join more sports related clubs for alumni in order to get preferred seating at sporting events. The funds still seem to find their way to the front office for academic scholarships, etc.
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irrelevant.

My point was, the alumni base itself. There's 500,000 dues paying alumni. With 50,000+ graduating every 4 years, you can figure out how many don't pay dues.
 
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Coqui said:
So often people doubt the Buckeye horde. It's funny hearing/seeing their reactions when the Buckeyes arrive. I was laughed at on the Cal boards about the numbers I said would be there. That is until the game started.
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Coqui said:
irrelevant.

My point was, the alumni base itself. There's 500,000 dues paying alumni. With 50,000+ graduating every 4 years, you can figure out how many don't pay dues.
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The interesting thing is that Bama has a very large enrollment as well; yet practically nobody in the alumni association.
I like that somebody claimed they donate to the athletics directly and somehow it finds it's way to academic scholarships :lol: I'm not sure if they think we're stupid or they're naive.
 
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kujirakira said:
The interesting thing is that Bama has a very large enrollment as well; yet practically nobody in the alumni association.
I like that somebody claimed they donate to the athletics directly and somehow it finds it's way to academic scholarships :lol: I'm not sure if they think we're stupid or they're naive.
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Very large, yet still almost half the number of Ohio State. Both graduate and undergraduate for Bama was 34,852. Ohio State was 64,868.
 
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