Ohio Stadium aka THE Horseshoe (Official Thread)

[ScriptOhio]

Is there a scheduled replacement of the turf anytime soon? Not a fan of watching everyone slip and slide around every Saturday.

an Ohio State spokesperson announced on Tuesday that Ohio State does plan to replace its artificial turf next year, ahead of the 2022 football season.

 

[Hetuck]

Why did OU handle our slippery field better than we did?

UO

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Why did OU handle our slippery field better than we did?

Better shoes

 

[Jaxbuck]

Hopefully technology has progressed far enough for mankind to invent some grey paint that can finally be applied to field 3.0

Our colors aren't red, white and black.

 

[exhawg]

Why does it seem like they always wait too long to replace the field? This is at least the second time in the past 20 years they have had major field issues.

 

[Wadcutter]

Why does it seem like they always wait too long to replace the field? This is at least the second time in the past 20 years they have had major field issues.

$

 

[Jaxbuck]

$

The accountants on the board can say with more certainty but it's likely tied to a depreciation schedule but with OSU being tax exempt, maybe not?

My advice, like they would care to hear it, would be to stop being penny wise and pound foolish. Change the goddamn thing out a year earlier than GAAP says you should before someone gets hurt. If it's not a tax/depreciation thing then pay attention and change the damn thing out earlier next time.

and P.S. get some gray paint

/rant

 

[Hetuck]

Why does it seem like they always wait too long to replace the field? This is at least the second time in the past 20 years they have had major field issues.

It’s been 18 years since they had a competent AD.

 

[Bestbuck36]

I'd guess the depreciation amount is probably with a couple percent max at this point so it's not saving all that much to get a new one put in and save some ankles and knees and quite possibly, championships in the Shoe. But I always hated accounting and finance so maybe I'm missing a couple things. I just need healthy football players to rant about!!

 

[billmac91]

Better shoes

maybe tongue in cheek, but it’s a valid question.

if we are gonna have a shit field, at the very least we could get our kids equipment best suited to perform on it.

Curious how/

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

maybe tongue in cheek, but it’s a valid question.

if we are gonna have a shit field, at the very least we could get our kids equipment best suited to perform on it.

Curious how/

I was terse so that it could be taken tongue in cheek, but at bottom... yeah. I think it's definitely possible that Nike knows what kind of compound will have the highest coefficient of friction with an old field-turf surface. I think it's possible that they provided the Ducks with shoes that were specific to that environment. It would not be the first time that the Buckeyes lost a game because the other team had better shoes for the given conditions.

Having said that... by far the larger reason the Buckeyes lost is because the defense played the wrong scheme, poorly

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Are we just spoiled where weaker opponents aren't cool even in B1G play or are the blue hairs ruining the atmosphere?

 

[Onebuckfan]

tOSU crowd expects a masterpiece every week. It is what it is. 5 years of mediocrity would fix that. NO THANK YOU!!

 

[bukIpower]

Are we just spoiled where weaker opponents aren't cool even in B1G play or are the blue hairs ruining the atmosphere?

No this has always been an issue IMO... The horseshoe typically shows up for really big games but we just aren't consistent.

 

[Onebuckfan]

Not always, but I know if it wasn’t after 2001 it didn’t happen. The OSU crowd was penalized ..for disrupting the scUM offense.