I've now attended 155 OSU Football Games..

[Pokevette]

Since my first semester at OSU in Fall '81 through the recent Cotton Bowl, I think I have attended 155 OSU Football games:

Football games (155):
'81 = 8/12 (6 home games + @ No. Texas + Independence Bowl).
'82 = 6/11 (5 home games + @KSU).
'83 = 7/12 (5 home games + @CU + Bluebonnet Bowl Game).
'84 = 10/12 (6 home games + @ASU/@Tulsa/@OU + Gator Bowl).
'85 = 7/12 = (6 home games + @Mizzou).
'88 = 6/12 (6 home games)
'89 = 1/11 (0 homes games + @Tulsa)
'94 = 3/11 (3 home games)
'95 = 6/12 (5 home games + @Tulsa)
'96 = 7/11 (7 home games - Baylor + @Tech in Dallas)
'97 = 7/12 (6 home games + Alamo Bowl)
'98 = 7/11 (5 home games + @Tulsa/@Nebr in Kansas City)
'99 = 7/11 (6 home games + @A&M)
'00 = 7/11 (6 home games + @Tulsa)
'01 = 6/11 (6 home games)
'02 = 8/13 (7 home games + Houston Bowl)
'03 = 10/13 (7 home games + @OU/@A&M + Cotton Bowl)
'04 = 7/12 (6 home games + Alamo Bowl)
’05 = 6/11 (6 home games)
’06 = 7/13 (6 home games + Independence Bowl)
’07 = 6/13 (6 home games)
’08 = 7/13 (7 home games)
’09 = 9/13 (8 home games + Cotton Bowl)


I’ve attended 9 Bowl Games:
1981 Independence Bowl - A&M 33, OSU 16 (0-1)
1983 Bluebonnet Bowl – OSU 24, Baylor 14 (1-1)
1984 Gator Bowl – OSU 21, So. Carolina 14 (2-1)
1997 Alamo Bowl - Purdue 33, OSU 20 (2-2)
2002 Houston Bowl - OSU 33, Southern Miss 23 (3-2)
2003 Cotton Bowl - Ole Miss 31, OSU 28 (3-3)
2004 Alamo Bowl - Ohio State 33, OSU 7 (3-4)
2006 Independence – OSU 34, Alabama 31 (4-4)
2009 Cotton Bowl – Mississippi 21, OSU 7 (4-5)

I’ve been to games at:
North: Colorado, Kansas State, Missouri.
South: Oklahoma, Texas A&M.

I’ve yet to see games at:
North: Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa State
South: Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor.

(How's that for my 500th post?)

[Ostreak]

I once went to 128 games in a row....home and away.

[MajorMike]

Games at KU are fun, they have a fairly fun crowd over on the hill.

UT is ok, huge stadium and OSU tix are in the corner of the bowl. You will be amazed at UT how they are the 'sit down I can't see' type. That's why atm fans call them 'T Sips.' Everyone will stand up together and yell fight texas, but then sit down and golf clap.

Baylor is fun. Nice little stadium you get to pull right up to and park outside. Their little bear claw 'raar' thing is cute/lame/sad/humorous all at the same time. Their stadium is nice, little, quaint. Sort of like SMU, if you've been there. Maybe a little nicer than Houston's little stadium.

Don't go anywhere near lubbock if you have the choice.

I never been to Neb or ISU. I think a game at Neb would be one of those ultimate 'LAAAA (angelic singing)' moments. I hear ISU has a really nice referbished stadium.

Have you been as unimpressed with games at atm as I have?

[pistolpete2002]

I honestly can't tell you how many games I've been too. Last year I went to all but 2 games (@ Baylor & @ uo).

So far the conference places I've yet to visit are:

North: K-State
South: Baylor

I'm going to try real hard to make it to KSU this year, then Baylor next.

[andyokstate]

Wow man, that is impressive. Well done! I have been to far fewer and know that I could not recount them as well as you have. Have you kept a game journal or all of your ticket stubs?

Ostreak - What time frame did you have your big, uh, streak? Nice run!

Away games I've been to:
North: KSU (first year they beat us in ages - 89 or 90?), NU (in '07 when we throttled them...and yes, Mike, there was angelic singing), and ISU (they beat the crap out of us that year).

South: UT (70-14 loss), Tech (loss), OU (4x, all losses, dammit), Baylor (big win)

Looks like I need to stop going to away games. Whew. Other than the UT game, I've been treated well everywhere else. Never, ever, sit in the student section at an away game.

[pistolpete2002]

Games at KU are fun, they have a fairly fun crowd over on the hill.

UT is ok, huge stadium and OSU tix are in the corner of the bowl. You will be amazed at UT how they are the 'sit down I can't see' type. That's why atm fans call them 'T Sips.' Everyone will stand up together and yell fight texas, but then sit down and golf clap.

Baylor is fun. Nice little stadium you get to pull right up to and park outside. Their little bear claw 'raar' thing is cute/lame/sad/humorous all at the same time. Their stadium is nice, little, quaint. Sort of like SMU, if you've been there. Maybe a little nicer than Houston's little stadium.

Don't go anywhere near lubbock if you have the choice.

I never been to Neb or ISU. I think a game at Neb would be one of those ultimate 'LAAAA (angelic singing)' moments. I hear ISU has a really nice referbished stadium.

Have you been as unimpressed with games at atm as I have?


NORTH:
Kansas - nice campus, stadium was pretty empty when I went in 2002 and back when Bowman had his 300yrd game.

ISU - beautiful country and nice stadium. People weren't as friendly as I thought they'd be. Even had a worker at the stadium comment on how much friendlier the OSU fans were than the ISU people.

Colorado - nice campus, people were clueless that it was their homecoming game, but showed up anyways.

Mizzou - some rude fans, loud stadium, good losers!!! :D

Nebraska - great fans, nice before and after the game. Huge stadium that get's loud.

KSU - never been.

SOUTH:
UT - Fun town, good party street (6th St, if I remember correctly) Big stadium that can get loud when we're lettling them come back and beat us after a huge lead. (Thank Les Miles for that!!)

Tech - hate the town, people are crazy/weird/delusional. Stadium is nicer after the renovation. Been there in 2002, 2008 and sometime in between. I keep telling myself NEVER GO BACK!!!

A&M - went last year, campus was ugly, fans were nice. I wasn't impressed with the stadium or the crowd, except for the swaying of the grand stand on the south side!!

OSU - Best Fans, best stadium, most beautiful campus than any other school in the country!!

Uo - exact opposite of OSU

Baylor - never been.

[Ostreak]

It started in '97 and ended when I moved out of Oklahoma a few years ago.

Worse places: Wyoming and Mississippi State, two very disgusting and nasty towns

Worse experience: First time I went to A&M and had a screaming cadet get in my face and threaten to kick my ass. Why? Because I was wearing a ballcap inside their student union.

Favorites: Austin, because of the polite fans and bigtime feel of going to a game there. Boulder, for obvious 14,000 foot reasons reasons.

But nothing anywhere in the country is as great as going to a game in Norman and seeing us win.

[FalseGod]

Come to Austin for the party.

My favorite place to watch a game is at Baylor because the seats are always so good and not crowded at all.

[superpoke]

I thought more people would have made the full Big 12 tour. Interesting.

I always found Baylor to be a lousy trip. Sure, the parking's great, the food is good, and there's plenty of your own fans when you go...but the Baylor fans are depressing. You can feel the apprehension they have, waiting for that first mistake that will make everything fall apart. It's a really awful atmosphere, and the stadium's a dump.

Colorado is the most picturesque setting in the league. Absolutely beautiful. That's in direct contrast to its fans, who are either slightly apathetic or students. Stories about marshmallow throwing at Folsom Field are not false - there are signs everywhere stating marshmallows are strictly prohibited, not that they stop anyone. A good portion of the crowd is chemically altered, and I think their stadium announcer takes a sedative before the game. Colorado deserves better football fans for that stadium.

Iowa State isn't much in the way of a stadium, but the Clone fans do get with it. I have to believe they were the inspiration for the growing bus army we see in Stillwater on gamedays. The difference is that in Ames, they don't repaint the buses. Clone fans like their pregame brews a lot. All in all, though, it's pretty mediocre.

Kansas is odd, because when they're winning, you'll see some of that KU basketball attitude seep out of the fans. But when they're not, the only people who care are the students. Overall, similar to Baylor, but with worse parking and less depression. Stadium's a lot nicer, too.

Kansas State is the trip most like an OSU gameday. That's the best way to explain it. The stadium's not great, but I'd go back to Manhattan anytime.

Missouri is another mediocre one. They fill the place up and support the Tigers, but the stadium, despite its renovations, is not that great. The rock "M" is pretty cool, though. Worst parking in the conference is in Columbia.

Nebraska is awesome. It just is. Been to the last two games in Lincoln, and had a great time both trips. Great fans, good food, and one hell of a spectacle regardless of how the Huskers play. It's a huge stadium that doesn't feel huge because of how many seats are in the end zone, and it gets LOUD. Fantastic trip, and the only real must-see venue in the league.

OU's an awful trip unless you're going to root for OU, and even then, I'd wager it still kind of sucks. Can get loud, but most of the time feels as dead as an NFL game. But then you add the fans on top of it, and it's just terrible.

Texas is a big place that gets loud, but the previous comments about its "sit-down" type of fans are spot on. Usually the older fans are the nicer ones...some of the students are just jerks. I really wonder what a game there would be like if we ended up winning.

Texas A&M is overrated. I know that's blasphemy for some folks, but it's the truth. You have all the "traditions", and even the visitors have to follow them, as Ostreak pointed out (and God help you if you walk on the grass at the Union) - which is stupid. I've never heard Kyle Field get as loud as everyone likes to claim it does, either. Just not what it's made out to be...kind of like Texas A&M as a whole.

Texas Tech is the worst. Yes, even worse than OU. Small children will give you the finger for wearing your school colors. The students are horrible, and a lot of the older fans are too. The stadium is being renovated, but it's all exterior stuff - inside the stadium still feels stuck in the '60s. Plus, it's in Lubbock, so it's windy and sand blows in your eyes, and there's nothing to do after the game unless you make the drive to Amarillo. Just awful.

[FloridaPoke]

Here's one hard to beat. Only because it used to be my business 10 years ago, I've visited and toured every Division I football stadium in the 48 contiguous States, and been to football games at every team in the Big 12, nine of the 11 (all but Illinois and Mich State) in the Big 10, all of the SEC and 9 of the Pac 10 (all but Oregon), plus Army, Navy and Air Force (West Point the coolest of the three to watch a fall football game). Been going to OSU games for 45 years starting when I was 7. Not tired of it yet.

[AnniePokely]

I didn't renew my season tickets for the first time in a long time.

[cactusjack]

I thought you had plans to move to the WWE or maybe by us?

[AnniePokely]

I just decided I'd probably try to make a few games. I don't really want to drive four and a 1/2 hours to and from by myself every week.

[FalseGod]

I didn't renew mine either. Hopefully going to be too busy with grad school this fall. I drove 7 hours by myself for all the games I went to last year and towards the end of the season I was pretty burned out on it.

[GoPokes83]

Great fan support Pokevette!!!

I've been to all B12 except Iowa. I was always too broke when I was in school and now it's just too dang far. With my dad's passing it's going to be weird having a Pokes FB season without our constant phone calls about the team and our games in BPS together, so I honestly don't know if I'll make a game outside of Texas this season. I'll hit both of those for sure. Even Lubbock.