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Game Thread tOSU vs. Virginia Tech, Sept 6th @ 8pm ET, ESPN & ESPN3 Skycam

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Mike80 said:
The real problem is when you get up to cheer a great play or just watch because people in front of you stood up and some crusty old fucker who hasn't stood for more than 30 seconds in the previous 40 years starts bitching at you as if it's your problem.
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As as "old fucker" myself, (what's the feminine for that, btw? fuckerette?) I can say that not standing more than 30 seconds is sometimes the result of an aversion to significant pain. Anyway, I have been in the stadium for games as recently as a couple years ago, and people in front of me would stand sometimes--not for the whole game, just for a while. I may have had to duck and dodge to try to see around them, but it really didn't occur to me that there was someone I should be reporting them to. I just figured it was my fault for living long enough to get old, and that standing at the game was something that still-youthful people do--part of the scene there. If I really wanted to see, I stood up and tried to see around the six-footers who were, incidentally, taller than me when they were sitting down. Who do you report that to?

Sounds like, as with so many things, the atmosphere in the stadium is on the verge of becoming stuffy to the point of suffocating. We don't seem to have a middle ground in our culture anymore. It's either the Mileys and her ilk seeing how much ruder and cruder they can become, or it's the polar opposite with everyone sitting primly with their legs together not daring to utter a wrong un-pc syllable. Screw both extremes.
 
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BUCKDUBBS007 said:
Personally I might try to text the number complaining that there are no vendors delivering me my food and that I have to walk out to the concourse to get it... or something else completely frivolous just to mess with them.
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I fully expect the text line to get thousands of "F*** Michigan" or "There is a fat man with a maize and blue polo causing disruption in my section - please help" text messages. :hoke::hoke:
They'll abandon the idea by week five.
 
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I was wondering what happens when somebody whose not even there texts them. What happens if you complain about somebody in the last row of C Deck standing? They don't seem to have thought this out much...
That Baylor app sounds badass, but anytime you have that many wireless devices in close proximity... and video being such a bandwidth hog... I have serious doubts regarding its functionality. Even if you increase routers, there's a hard limit on the number of channels. You'd need some serious backbone to pump even 1990s tv quality video to 10,000 devices in the exact same moment.
Reminds me of this incident when Apple made a different but similar mistake with some 500 wireless networks interfering w/each other as all the apple fanboys couldn't share.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/wireless-networking/steve-jobs-wi-fi-meltdown-wwdc-450
Either way though, I like the ambition and idea to enhance fan experience with technology beyond just godzillatron
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
The only people that would throw a fit about standing are the blue hairs....and they don't know how to work a smart phone anyway.
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As a resident blue hair I resent your remarks. This is not Texas A&M, it is not Kyle Field, you are not The 12th Man. They put seats in the stadium for the expressed purpose of having people sit in them. Great play? Of course you jump up. 4th and 1 late in the game? Ditto. But if you absolutely must stand the whole damn game, go sit in the end zone with the kids.

In the meantime, the time and date of your post indicates that you have been taking time from your job to post on BP. My pension funds need you to be productive. Get your ass back to work, STFU about "blue hairs" and while you're at it get the hell off my lawn.:blush:

PS, I have BRUTUS on speed dial and this is one blue hair who knows how to use a smart phone - when I can remember where I left it.
 
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kujirakira said:
I was wondering what happens when somebody whose not even there texts them. What happens if you complain about somebody in the last row of C Deck standing? They don't seem to have thought this out much...
That Baylor app sounds badass, but anytime you have that many wireless devices in close proximity... and video being such a bandwidth hog... I have serious doubts regarding its functionality. Even if you increase routers, there's a hard limit on the number of channels. You'd need some serious backbone to pump even 1990s tv quality video to 10,000 devices in the exact same moment.
Reminds me of this incident when Apple made a different but similar mistake with some 500 wireless networks interfering w/each other as all the apple fanboys couldn't share.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/wireless-networking/steve-jobs-wi-fi-meltdown-wwdc-450
Either way though, I like the ambition and idea to enhance fan experience with technology beyond just godzillatron
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It's Baylor. God gave the Baptists extra bandwidth so they could text in their love gifts.
 
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LostLassie said:
As as "old fucker" myself, (what's the feminine for that, btw? fuckerette?) I can say that not standing more than 30 seconds is sometimes the result of an aversion to significant pain. Anyway, I have been in the stadium for games as recently as a couple years ago, and people in front of me would stand sometimes--not for the whole game, just for a while. I may have had to duck and dodge to try to see around them, but it really didn't occur to me that there was someone I should be reporting them to. I just figured it was my fault for living long enough to get old, and that standing at the game was something that still-youthful people do--part of the scene there. If I really wanted to see, I stood up and tried to see around the six-footers who were, incidentally, taller than me when they were sitting down. Who do you report that to?

Sounds like, as with so many things, the atmosphere in the stadium is on the verge of becoming stuffy to the point of suffocating. We don't seem to have a middle ground in our culture anymore. It's either the Mileys and her ilk seeing how much ruder and cruder they can become, or it's the polar opposite with everyone sitting primly with their legs together not daring to utter a wrong un-pc syllable. Screw both extremes.
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It's all fun and games until you've had someone complain about you standing up when it was 4th down in a close game. The sad part is it's happened to me more than once on a touchdown too. If people are only going there to sit on their asses all day and complain about people who want to get up and cheer, why go?

The point being - if I paid my money for a ticket (not to mention parking, dealing with the nominally intelligent Columbus drivers, etc), I am going to cheer as I see fit, and not as someone else sees fit. Your observation about the atmosphere becoming stuffy is right on point in my IMO.
 
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http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...n-for-virginia-tech-talks-hokies-frank-beamer
MEYER SAYS LEBRON JAMES SHOULD BE IN TOWN FOR VIRGINIA TECH; TALKS HOKIES, FRANK BEAMER, OFFENSIVE LINE

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer met with the media Wednesday to talk the Buckeyes’ upcoming nighttime bout with Virginia Tech.

Here’s everything you need to know.

Notes:

  • Meyer said NBA mega star LeBron James should be in attendance for Ohio State primetime bout with Virginia Tech Saturday. “I think he’ll be in town.”
  • Meyer said Saturday’s game almost feels like a season opener. “Our defensive coaches were actually saying, it’s hard enough to play Navy and the week after, you wish you had an easier team than this because we’re re-teaching the pass defense that’s really new from spring ball with a bunch of new players. That’s the way it is. We’ve had some pretty good days, but we’re gonna need tomorrow.”
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  • Talks about his relationship with Scot Loeffler.
  • Defensive coaches wish they had an easier team than Virginia Tech after preparing for Navy. Having to re-teach the pass defensive, "but that's the way it is".
  • Questioned about Virginia Tech viewing this as a chance to get back to national prominence. Urban dismisses that, saying they've been good for years.
  • OLine is much better. Settled down in 2nd half of Navy game. "No longer rookies, they're veteran players now".
  • Says VT's Dline has several NFL players & a great coach
  • Someone asks about recruiting Virginia. "Virginia has great talent"...Jalyn Holmes last year....obviously Percy Harvin
  • Very good friends with Frank Beamer. Nike trips, wives are friends. Has talked football & special teams with Frank.
  • Calls OSU Special Teams a good unit, more depth than last year. Played very well Saturday. Need to "knock one out" (return one).
  • Big recruiting game, big national audience, Ohio Stadium at night.
  • Hasn't discussed the stadium renovations....just wants players to play really hard. Doesn't want to dismiss the renovations, but team hasn't discussed them.
  • Still considers both Vonn Bell & Cam Burrows starters.
 
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Color me over optimistic but I think the D comes out and makes a statement against Va Techs meh offense......and the oline carries on their play from late I'm the game vs Navy and Ohio State wins by around 24
 
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