Block "O"

[3074326]

Block O tickets sold out FAST this year. The seats aren't the best, but there's a reason they're so hard to get. I sat there for the Illinois game (:() last year and it was easily the best experience I've had at a sporting event. Better than the Steelers vs. Ravens the day after Christmas in Pittsburgh, better than Mario Lemieux's last home game (when he retired for the first time), better than anything. The energy in that little section is unbelievable. I wanted tickets in Block O this year, but I was too late.

It's still the same as osugrad21 said it was seven years ago, or it was last season at least. You're expected to participate, you line up way before gates are open to guarantee your seats, etc.

Two Block Os would be fantastic. :)

 

[mross34]

ESPN - The Nation's Best: Eighth Annual Herbie Awards - College Football

4. Ohio State -- Over the past five years, the Buckeyes' home field has proved to be one of the toughest places to play in the country. New student seating configuration with 15,000 students at each end zone will create an even more hostile environment at the Shoe.

Herbie repping Block O in his pre-season preview. Hopefully he's right, cause Penn State, Wisconsin, and yes, even Illinois, have had way better student sections in recent years from what I've seen.

 

[BearBuck27]

ESPN - The Nation's Best: Eighth Annual Herbie Awards - College Football


Herbie repping Block O in his pre-season preview. Hopefully he's right, cause Penn State, Wisconsin, and yes, even Illinois, have had way better student sections in recent years from what I've seen.

It would probably help if tOSU even had a student section. Put all 30,000 in the north end zone. That place would be rockin'.

 

[Buckeye86]

Hopefully he's right, cause Penn State, Wisconsin, and yes, even Illinois, have had way better student sections in recent years from what I've seen.

based on what criteria

 

[mross34]

based on what criteria

Pretty much what BearBuck referred to. The students all sit in the same section in those stadiums. They're a lot more organized with their cheers, and as a result they come across as much louder. Illinois' student sections sit between the 30s on one sideline. It makes them impossible to ignore.

 

[redbenn]

based on what criteria

Yeah, our student section is a joke. Jr year we were stuck in C deck between the towers, and around old alums. I love the fact that they were at the game, but we were a bunch of 20-21 yr old kids, who liked to have a few pops b4 the game, so we got rowdy and wanted to cuss and stand the whole game... they didn't like this, and were not too fond of us.

if we had a student section, kids could get as crazy as they wanted, without the fear of offending someone's 8 yr old kid and 78 yr old grandpa. no offense to them, as i was once that 8 yr old kid, and would love to be there as a 78 yr old grandpa... just not around the crazy college kids

 

[redbenn]

ok, were going to do stunt #3... lets do it...

sway to the left... to the right.... back... front... now shake it....

good work everyone

 

[mross34]

Block O is about as vanilla as a student section can get. You go to Wisconsin and you leave that stadium thinking their students are lunatics. To tell you the truth, if I didn't know any better, I'd have no clue where the student section was in Ohio Stadium.

 

[Buckeye86]

Yeah, our student section is a joke. Jr year we were stuck in C deck between the towers, and around old alums. I love the fact that they were at the game, but we were a bunch of 20-21 yr old kids, who liked to have a few pops b4 the game, so we got rowdy and wanted to cuss and stand the whole game... they didn't like this, and were not too fond of us.

you claim that our student section is a joke, even though you clearly didn't sit in a student section or even with other students

interesting

 

[mross34]

you claim that our student section is a joke, even though you clearly didn't sit in a student section or even with other students

interesting

I'll vouch for him. In 2003 he sat with me in Block O. In 2004, he sat in 3C with me. The bottom line is, at other schools, you sit in one section as a whole with students. Both times we were student and they were assigned to us by the university. Sounds like student seating to me.

 

[jwinslow]

The bottom line is, at other schools, you sit in one section as a whole with students.

and much of the rest is pretty docile... spreading out the students may not be as impressive individually (by section), but it certainly helps foster more noise across the board.

 

[mross34]

and much of the rest is pretty docile... spreading out the students may not be as impressive individually (by section), but it certainly helps foster more noise across the board.

I disagree. Beaver and Camp Randall are loud no matter where you sit.

 

[jwinslow]

I disagree. Beaver and Camp Randall are loud no matter where you sit.

You just quoted the top percentile of fans. Most are not nearly that loud across the board, and would benefit by spreading out their noise a bit, imo.

Beaver Stadium is quite impressive. But large portions of them sit down as well.

I'm also curious who PSU was playing when you were there.

 

[Mac]

I was in Block O the past 2 years, and of course I got shut out of it this year . Block O is not just a student section at OSU. It is the largest student body organization at OSU. They participate at all sporting events. But yes this year is the first year they are putting students at both ends. Pretty cool idea, and I think it will work out for the best. Especially making the North end more hostile. Memories in Block O will always be remembered. The touchdown pushups, the cheers, just everything. It is so far, my favorite place in the stadium. Now I haven't had 50yrd seats, and I'm sure those top it, but the college atmosphere and OSU tradition doesn't get any better than sitting in Block O.

06 scum game was the best by far. Waiting outside for an hour and a half before gates opened to get 2nd row in the middle was the best thing ever. I'm going to surely miss it this year :(

 

[mross34]

You just quoted the top percentile of fans. Most are not nearly that loud across the board, and would benefit by spreading out their noise a bit, imo.

Beaver Stadium is quite impressive. But large portions of them sit down as well.

I'm also curious who PSU was playing when you were there.

They were playing us, but I was there in 2003 (in addition to 2005) when they weren't very good and they were still loud as hell.

Also, I think this might be taking a turn in which I don't mean. In terms of overall crowd, Ohio State and Penn State are neck-and-neck and I'd be hard pressed to pick one or the other in terms of noise/intimidation. I'm referring only to the student section. You could surely admit that PSU's student section is much, much more impressive than OSU's.

Don't you think it could add to OSU's stadium experience with a huge student section like that?