skip-zip Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Tough choices Labor Day weekend. Do you go the the football season opener against Syracuse, or head to North Carolina for a pair of epic Soccer clashes... Tough choice? not really, football home opener is where it's at. Nothing better! Agreed. And you'll undoubtedly be in the overwhelming majority. In fact, if I were to take a "wild" guess, I'll predict that 20,000 people choose the football game, and about 20 will choose to travel to the road soccer game. Now I'll wait for the "Soccer is going to catch on in America someday" people to jump all over our comments. I actually don't think we'll make it near 20,000, but I hope I'm wrong. I think OSU is off that day so we might get a bigger turnout, and maybe...just maybe we won't have to see any ugly red at the stadium!!!!! I'm thinking a crowd similar to the Indiana game is what we should expect to see. I love soccer, and hope we can get that championship this year, but they are away games. I just don't see why you'd want to go all the way to NC to watch them, when you can watch the home opener for football. It's just hands down a better experience at football games, because it really is more than just a game. Tailgating, partying, basically a full day experience... I still don't understand why some Cowlumbus State fans insist on showing off their Red and Silver apparel at an Akron game. I wouldn't consider myself a soccer fan, but I am a Zips Soccer fan. I agree with you, the reality of the situation with it being a soccer game, and being hundreds of miles away, I expect that the ratio of those who will choose soccer over football will be about 1,000 to 1. I'll also be very interested in seeing what kind of crowd shows up for this game. For decades, we've normally gotten our largest crowd for the first game. Having a better opponent than last year will help. Will Labor Day weekend help or hurt? If OSWho is off, that will help. But I think ultimately, the fact that we no longer have the "first game on campus in brand new stadium" excitement in our favor makes me want to agree with you that we won't get close to the Morgan State attendance from our home opener last year. But, I am still hoping that we can do better than the Indiana game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Tough choices Labor Day weekend. Do you go the the football season opener against Syracuse, or head to North Carolina for a pair of epic Soccer clashes... Tough choice? not really, football home opener is where it's at. Nothing better! Agreed. And you'll undoubtedly be in the overwhelming majority. In fact, if I were to take a "wild" guess, I'll predict that 20,000 people choose the football game, and about 20 will choose to travel to the road soccer game. Now I'll wait for the "Soccer is going to catch on in America someday" people to jump all over our comments. I actually don't think we'll make it near 20,000, but I hope I'm wrong. I think OSU is off that day so we might get a bigger turnout, and maybe...just maybe we won't have to see any ugly red at the stadium!!!!! I'm thinking a crowd similar to the Indiana game is what we should expect to see. I love soccer, and hope we can get that championship this year, but they are away games. I just don't see why you'd want to go all the way to NC to watch them, when you can watch the home opener for football. It's just hands down a better experience at football games, because it really is more than just a game. Tailgating, partying, basically a full day experience... I still don't understand why some Cowlumbus State fans insist on showing off their Red and Silver apparel at an Akron game. I wouldn't consider myself a soccer fan, but I am a Zips Soccer fan. I agree with you, the reality of the situation with it being a soccer game, and being hundreds of miles away, I expect that the ratio of those who will choose soccer over football will be about 1,000 to 1. I'll also be very interested in seeing what kind of crowd shows up for this game. For decades, we've normally gotten our largest crowd for the first game. Having a better opponent than last year will help. Will Labor Day weekend help or hurt? If OSWho is off, that will help. But I think ultimately, the fact that we no longer have the "first game on campus in brand new stadium" excitement in our favor makes me want to agree with you that we won't get close to the Morgan State attendance from our home opener last year. But, I am still hoping that we can do better than the Indiana game. I have a few theories... 1. They are stupid obviously and think that they look good? 2. They think since they are at a football game they can wear any football jersey they want 3. They don't care about the zips, really are just at the game because they have nothing better to do and want to show off that they are really Buckeyes fans who have no connection to the school. 4. They are white trash that left their trailer park to go to a local wal-mart and all they could afford was osu gear. ...sadly when I see red and grey I actually lose respect for a person. Same as when I see Can't or Pittsburgh gear. I mean they could actually be nice people, but when associated with such an idiotic fan base, I can help but just assume they are like all the rest... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 I have a few theories... 1. They are stupid obviously and think that they look good? 2. They think since they are at a football game they can wear any football jersey they want 3. They don't care about the zips, really are just at the game because they have nothing better to do and want to show off that they are really Buckeyes fans who have no connection to the school. 4. They are white trash that left their trailer park to go to a local wal-mart and all they could afford was osu gear. ...sadly when I see red and grey I actually lose respect for a person. Same as when I see Can't or Pittsburgh gear. I mean they could actually be nice people, but when associated with such an idiotic fan base, I can help but just assume they are like all the rest... Glad we spend on time on the soccer forum talking about our number one soccer team and not the Buckeyes. Come on we've got nothing to be jealous about here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 I have a few theories... 1. They are stupid obviously and think that they look good? 2. They think since they are at a football game they can wear any football jersey they want 3. They don't care about the zips, really are just at the game because they have nothing better to do and want to show off that they are really Buckeyes fans who have no connection to the school. 4. They are white trash that left their trailer park to go to a local wal-mart and all they could afford was osu gear. ...sadly when I see red and grey I actually lose respect for a person. Same as when I see Can't or Pittsburgh gear. I mean they could actually be nice people, but when associated with such an idiotic fan base, I can help but just assume they are like all the rest... Glad we spend on time on the soccer forum talking about our number one soccer team and not the Buckeyes. Come on we've got nothing to be jealous about here. Nothing to be jealous about. But we do have the opportunity to go to Columbus and beat them up on their home turf again this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 I have a few theories... 1. They are stupid obviously and think that they look good? 2. They think since they are at a football game they can wear any football jersey they want 3. They don't care about the zips, really are just at the game because they have nothing better to do and want to show off that they are really Buckeyes fans who have no connection to the school. 4. They are white trash that left their trailer park to go to a local wal-mart and all they could afford was osu gear. ...sadly when I see red and grey I actually lose respect for a person. Same as when I see Can't or Pittsburgh gear. I mean they could actually be nice people, but when associated with such an idiotic fan base, I can help but just assume they are like all the rest... Glad we spend on time on the soccer forum talking about our number one soccer team and not the Buckeyes. Come on we've got nothing to be jealous about here. Nothing to be jealous about. But we do have the opportunity to go to Columbus and beat them up on their home turf again this season. Now that I can get behind. The game there two years ago was literally the best soccer game I've ever seen. High scoring, rivalry, lots of fans, etc., etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Tough choices Labor Day weekend. Do you go the the football season opener against Syracuse, or head to North Carolina for a pair of epic Soccer clashes... Tough choice? not really, football home opener is where it's at. Nothing better! Amen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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