@AustinWard I heard you and Birm talking about the crowd in The Shoe on today's episode of The Beat. I was at the 1st Penn State Whiteout against OSU in 2005. To this day I still don't know why Ohio State can't create that same atmosphere in The Shoe.
I've had an idea from a while now on how the athletic department could team up with the Ohio State engineering department to maximize the crowd noise. If somebody did a study of the acoustics on the field level of the stadium, the athletic department could find the best location for students to sit. The engineering department could even place speakers around the stadium to try out different combos. It sounds like a great project for a thesis.
If you have the football team's ear it might be an idea to throw out there. I'm tired of dead crowds in The Shoe for big games. I was at the Oregon game in A Deck in 2021, surrounded by quiet gray-hairs sitting on their butts. The stadium didn't get loud until the end of the 3rd Quarter. There's no excuse for that in a stadium that holds 100K+.
I've had an idea from a while now on how the athletic department could team up with the Ohio State engineering department to maximize the crowd noise. If somebody did a study of the acoustics on the field level of the stadium, the athletic department could find the best location for students to sit. The engineering department could even place speakers around the stadium to try out different combos. It sounds like a great project for a thesis.
If you have the football team's ear it might be an idea to throw out there. I'm tired of dead crowds in The Shoe for big games. I was at the Oregon game in A Deck in 2021, surrounded by quiet gray-hairs sitting on their butts. The stadium didn't get loud until the end of the 3rd Quarter. There's no excuse for that in a stadium that holds 100K+.
