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The steady decline of student attendance

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cincibuck said:
You looking for sympathy? $75 for tuition, $375 for a room in Park Hall. Three meals a day except for Sunday. Sunday dinner had to be bought on the economy. Maid cleaned our room and made our beds 5 days a week. Activity card was something like $35 for all home football games and 1/3 of the B-Ball games. After freshman year I always had seats in c between the 45 -30 yard lines. Books were a bitch though, about $150 per quarter.
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Must have sucked, hand crank on the front of the car and shit...
 
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cincibuck said:
You looking for sympathy? $75 for tuition, $375 for a room in Park Hall. Three meals a day except for Sunday. Sunday dinner had to be bought on the economy. Maid cleaned our room and made our beds 5 days a week. Activity card was something like $35 for all home football games and 1/3 of the B-Ball games. After freshman year I always had seats in c between the 45 -30 yard lines. Books were a bitch though, about $150 per quarter.
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I'm sure you could have saved on that had Allah Gore invented the internet earlier....
 
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The problem at MSU better never become a problem here at Ohio State. I took shifts off work every year so I could refresh my ticket page for hours to get tickets and would not leave until the last note of Carmen Ohio at the earliest, win or lose. We had a 70 inch 1080P for all my years there with practically every game on the plan...I love college football all around but I would never, ever trade that for being there while I was a student. Even now (granted I do not have kids, a wife, etc. on Saturdays) I would take the atmosphere in Columbus over my couch in a heartbeat, even if it was for the Kent State game. However, I certainly share the concerns with everyone in this thread on where everything is moving. Raising ticket prices. Ridiculous concession prices. Booting students out of the good seats for the old money. Over-regulating every minutia of game day. Corporatizing every thing to an excruciating level. Those are issues I would like to see addressed.

But that is apples to oranges with MSU...it has already been stated, they are a basketball school. Even if you had those exact conditions in the Horseshoe, no way you see that.
 
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Missed this thread earlier. I'm off, it's cold and I'm bored so I found it now.

When I was in school (the 80s) we couldn't wait for the games. There weren't many games on TV in the first place and those of us old enough to remember know the picture/sound quality differences between then and now. Game day weekends were the best. These days, there are about 20 games on TV every Saturday. People play NCAA fantasy football so they want to track other games - not just see "their" school play. The HD experience is great, there's no bad weather to deal with, you can drink cheaply and as much as you like, the list goes on an on. It's not just that way at tOSU, it's everywhere.

Add to it higher ticket prices and higher tuitions and it's no wonder student attendance is down and unlikely to come back up again.
 
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cincibuck said:
You looking for sympathy? $75 for tuition, $375 for a room in Park Hall. Three meals a day except for Sunday. Sunday dinner had to be bought on the economy. Maid cleaned our room and made our beds 5 days a week. Activity card was something like $35 for all home football games and 1/3 of the B-Ball games. After freshman year I always had seats in c between the 45 -30 yard lines. Books were a bitch though, about $150 per quarter.
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I was in Smith Hall...and....and yeah I remember those "yell wars" too:

PARK EATS S.H.I.T!!!


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Shakes head I'm a yougin was Siebert and the towers which was greated for football games. Wake up 30 mins before gametime be in my seat before the band was out and stay till after carmen ohio.

But you malke me sick I'm still have 10k in loans to pay off
 
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Jake said:
Missed this thread earlier. I'm off, it's cold and I'm bored so I found it now.

When I was in school (the 80s) we couldn't wait for the games. There weren't many games on TV in the first place and those of us old enough to remember know the picture/sound quality differences between then and now. Game day weekends were the best. These days, there are about 20 games on TV every Saturday. People play NCAA fantasy football so they want to track other games - not just see "their" school play. The HD experience is great, there's no bad weather to deal with, you can drink cheaply and as much as you like, the list goes on an on. It's not just that way at tOSU, it's everywhere.

Add to it higher ticket prices and higher tuitions and it's no wonder student attendance is down and unlikely to come back up again.
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Shit, what was the name of that god awful company that did production after the Oklahoma-ND court case opened up broadcasting rights? Gamedays were the best in the 80s. My freshman year, I was so shitfaced walking into the Shoe for the Byers loses a shoe game that I was holding up two saltine crackers from the dorm cafeteria fucking with people who'd come and try to buy the "tickets" only to realize that they were crackers as they got close enough. Yeah, I was an asshole back then too.
 
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http://mweb.cbssports.com/ncaaf/wri...ndance-home-crowds-drop-to-lowest-in-14-years

Ohio State, which averaged 106,296 fans, ended Michigan's 16-year run atop the attendance leaders. Michigan dropped to third at 104,909 behind No. 2 Texas A&M (105,123).

The biggest increases among Power Five schools: Texas A&M (21 percent), Maryland (14 percent), LSU (11 percent), Mississippi State (10 percent), Rutgers (9 percent), Florida State (9 percent) and UCLA (nine percent). Texas A&M, LSU and Mississippi State expanded their stadiums this season. Maryland and Rutgers were new Big Ten members.
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Also, UAB got hosed and go Eastern Michigan.
 
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