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Ohio State Fans & Boos

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HorticullyBuck;1271566; said:
well yea, of course. I just hate it when people on this board act like these kids are playing for nothing, i've seen it several times. These kids have IT MADE. you should'nt act like there making some great sacrifice. They love playing football, and most of the kids on the team are getting A LOT for playing here. Playing for OSU is a privelege.
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Without this sentence, I think most would have agreed with you.
 
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HorticullyBuck;1271479; said:
No, the players dont get the 65 $ (or 35$ of student) ticket money; they get part of the 11,500 dollars i spend a year in tuition. Yea its bad to boo, but dont act like these players dont get anything; compared to the rest of the students they get paid one hell of a lot more than we do. They dont get paid to play football they get paid to go to school there. This was a horrible argument.
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Uh, you might want to look up some figures before you start pulling numbers out of your ass. In 2006, football revenue alone accounted for over $35 million of the Athletic Department's total profit. Considering that football and men's basketball are the only two of OSU 30+ NCAA sanctioned athletic programs that generate enough revenue to turn a profit (That means they subsidize all the other programs), the football players bring more than enough money into the system to cover their tuition, room and board, and whatever perks they may enjoy. By comparison, that same year, the basketball team only managed $9 million in profit. In addition to being completely self-sufficient, the AD contributes tens of millions of dollars every year to the University's general fund, including scolarships and facility renovations. While other major universities are forced to cut funding for athletic programs, the revenue generated by OSU's profitable teams has allowed the AD to expand all of it's sports facilities to be the envy of the most elite schools in the country. You can hold a grudge against the football players all you want, but they are definitely not living it up on your tuition bill. If anything, their efforts help keep your tuition costs down.

Inside College Sports' Biggest Money Machine - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
 
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CPD

Buckeye fans turned on their own last week . . . Is it ever OK to boo?

by [email protected] Saturday September 27, 2008, 2:59 AM



COLUMBUS -- "That's unacceptable behavior," Grant Teaff said when the home fans booed his quarterback. That was decades ago, during Teaff's 21-year coaching career at Baylor, and after delivering a harsh message to fans on his radio show, he said it never happened to one of his players again.
"It's totally wrong," Teaff, now the head of the American Football Coaches Association, said this week. "That is not and should not be a part of college football."
Oh, but it is. Around the country, coaches have leapt to the defense of quarterbacks this season after home crowds turned on them. From Iowa to Tennessee, Boston College to Kentucky, Maryland to Ohio State, players have heard it -- and the fans weren't yelling "Boo-tiful pass."

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Lima

Column: OSU fans don't always see how good they have it

http://www.limaohio.com/sports/see_29302___article.html/column_don.html#slComments
October 10, 2008 - 4:37PM
Jim Naveau

COLUMBUS - Did it ever occur to Ohio State football fans that they are spoiled?
They get seven home football games a year and with the exception of the occasional Youngstown State game, those Saturdays are special. They're sort of like getting five or six additional cool holidays, like Thanksgiving, every fall.
OSU fans' favorite team has won 79 percent of the time in the last 15 seasons. One team, LSU, has won more Bowl Championship Series national titles, but no one has appeared in the title game more than their Buckeyes.
It's not this way everywhere. You have to look no further than today's opponent, Purdue, to see that.
Maybe the biggest story line for the Boilermakers this season is that it is coach Joe Tiller's farewell tour. The 65-year-old Toledo native is retiring after 12 seasons at Purdue and 44 years in coaching.
Tiller's Purdue teams have won 85 games and lost 57. They've gone to 10 bowl games in the previous 11 seasons. He ranks No. 1 among Boilermakers coaches in victories.
Like any fan base, Purdue's has its share of Tiller critics. But his 12-year tenure is longer than any other Big Ten coach except Joe Paterno.
By most college football programs' standards, it has been a good run.
But to be brutally honest, an Ohio State coach who won only 60 percent of his games and got his team into only one New Year's Day bowl, like Tiller did, wouldn't have lasted 12 years.
It's good enough at Purdue. It wouldn't be at Ohio State.
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I just wanted to say it again, to those that booed Todd, and to those that will boo in the future...

Fuck you douchebag. Get a fucking grip. After reading the comments related to the article that OSUBJ posted, I'm sick. It's fucking disgraceful, and you should be ashamed. You aren't entitled to jack shit. Fucking losers.
 
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Just a thought for those who have chosen to boo at the 'Shoe. Here's what all of the other Big Ten home fans experienced this week:

TSUN - lost to a MAC school for the first time in 25 games

Wiscy - lost their second straight home game after being ranked in the top 10 two weeks ago

Illinois - Rose Bowl team from last year lost to a team that won 1 game in 2007

NW'ern - after being ranked #22 in the Coaches poll, lost for the first time this season

Indiana - gave up 45 points and lost to Iowa, who had averaged 15 in their first two conference games

So of the 6 games played in Big Ten stadiums, I'd say the tOSU fans had the least to be disappointed about.
 
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BB73;1290277; said:
Just a thought for those who have chosen to boo at the 'Shoe. Here's what all of the other Big Ten home fans experienced this week:

TSUN - lost to a MAC school for the first time in 25 games

Wiscy - lost their second straight home game after being ranked in the top 10 two weeks ago

Illinois - Rose Bowl team from last year lost to a team that won 1 game in 2007

NW'ern - after being ranked #22 in the Coaches poll , lost for the first time this season

Indiana - gave up 45 points to Iowa, who had averaged 15 in their first two conference games

So of the 6 games played in Big Ten stadiums, I'd say the tOSU fans had the least to be disappointed about.
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We had the best of 6 "not so rosey" situations. That's one way to look at it. I guess you would say this glass is "half full".
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Of course if you leave it close to Buckyle (and unattended) it will probably be empty. :biggrin:
 
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ScriptOhio;1290301; said:
We had the best of 6 "not so rosey" situations. That's one way to look at it. I guess you would say this glass is "half full".
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Of course if you leave it close to Buckyle (and unattended) it will probably be empty. :biggrin:
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Empty and smashed over someone's head.
 
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ScriptOhio;1290301; said:
We had the best of 6 "not so rosey" situations. That's one way to look at it. I guess you would say this glass is "half full".
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Our glass may only be half full, but every other group of fans had the cup that was used in the "2 girls, 1 cup" video.
 
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I reserve the right to curse out any Buckeye . . . when I'm alone in front of my own TV. At the game I don't boo. That said, what's frustrating to me is watching the offensive coaching staff (and IMO the strength and conditioning staff since Lichter took over although I'm open to being convinced otherwise by people with more knowledge on that) squander the potential of the players. Even in 2005 and 2006 the OSU offense was not, in my opinion, elite by national standards, and it is getting tiresome to expect to see underachievement on the offensive side of the ball every week. Will we EVER get to see an Ohio State offense designed to flatout destroy opposing defenses that can actually execute at a high level? I keep hoping so, but even in our best years I feel that the talent has overcome the schemes and play calling. Bollman, at least, MUST go IMO.
 
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