SFBlue

June 8th, 2016 at 2:51 PM ^

You guys are wrong. This is a good idea. It will help their fans come down from all the glue they have sniffed before the game. 

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MAgoBLUE

June 8th, 2016 at 3:29 PM ^

I love drinking and I love college sports but I don't think putting them together is such a good idea.  I always thought one of the only admirable things the NCAA did was to leave that money on the table.  It's one of the last remaining differences between college sports and the pros.

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The Mad Hatter

June 8th, 2016 at 3:41 PM ^

I'm fine with booze being sold at games, even though I never have any myself before or during.  I have a bladder the size of a mouse and I don't want to miss 1/2 the game waiting in line to use the bathroom.

Drugs > alcohol.

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Mabel Pines

June 8th, 2016 at 7:41 PM ^

Beer after. Don't have to use facilities as much. Source: smaller bladder than you. Squeezed three kids out, no drugs. (Added that last part because I knew you would sympathize. I wanted the drugs too. Hear epidurals are great.)

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amaizenblue402

June 8th, 2016 at 4:07 PM ^

If it wasn't bad enough for opposing fans going to the Toilet Bowl, now they sell beer. 

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ElBictors

June 9th, 2016 at 9:52 AM ^

What are you talking about? The Field House at Folsom stopped selling beer in 96 when joining the B12. Now ...you can buy beer in the suite section and the beer gardens in part because the Pac12 didn't have a policy like the B12 and of course, $$$$$. When the suites were built, it was the only spot alcohol was sold until 2014 when the beer gardens opened. When the ban went into effect in the 90s, the students response was to sneak alcohol in and in some ways, made it worse. The proximity to the dorms and in/out privileges is a separate issue than the ban and removal in 2014.

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BluByYou

June 8th, 2016 at 6:02 PM ^

How will they sort out liability, i.e., did a drunk driver who kills someone get drunk at  the horseshoe or elsewhere, but maybe a university is immune from suits of that kind.

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AlwaysBlue

June 8th, 2016 at 7:21 PM ^

$1,000 for tickets to a Tiger World Series game a few years ago. The group in the row ahead of me drank themselves senseless and by the seventh one of the woman was vomiting. I hate alcohol at sporting events. I won't even go to a Lions game (not a great loss) because of the alcohol fueled belligerence of the fans. What happens after they hit the road is a whole other matter.

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buckeyejonross

June 8th, 2016 at 7:25 PM ^

I don't disagree with any of that, drunks at sporting events are a nuisance, and I don't drink during football games because I only get 12-15 a year and would prefer to watch them sober, but the point is people have been drinking beer at sporting events for forever and society hasn't crumbled yet, so I think we're all gonna be ok here.

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Bando Calrissian

June 8th, 2016 at 8:38 PM ^

Yet there are few environments in sports with such a documented history of fans being rude, confrontational, and generally awful to all involved like OSU fans at the Horseshoe. You're already the Vet of college sports, and you're about to put bars in every corner of the stadium. Great plan. Everybody bring your D-cell batteries.

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SpikeFan2016

June 9th, 2016 at 10:51 AM ^

The key difference here is that the Cleveland Browns are horrible so their fans are basically apathetic/expecting to lose. 

 

OSU fans have a lot of pride (rightfully so), that they are already more predisposed to mix with violence than any other Big Ten fanbase and now we're adding more alcohol to that mix. 

 

You realize your school has had to implement a program to clean up fan behavior, right? That's how bad it is. 

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xtramelanin

June 8th, 2016 at 8:58 PM ^

you post like a decent fella, but be honest, your fan base on the whole is one of  the finest modern exhibitions of neanderthal man + booze in existence.  you make raider fans look like model citizens.  are there some michigan fans like that, sure, but a far, far smaller percentage.   you are going to need batallions of riot police when michigan comes to town in november.   it will not be pretty. 

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buckeyejonross

June 8th, 2016 at 9:38 PM ^

There is a lot of hyperbole in your comment. The idea that $9 beer sales are going to turn Ohio Stadium into The Purge is absurd. I understand OSU Fan stereotypes are based in reality and the Michigan Man loves to flaunt his sophistication over us (again, another stereotype rooted in reality) but this whole thread is hilariously over the top. It's like when I read about you guys and your MSU night game paranoia. If the SEC can handle night games and concession stand beer, I'm pretty sure anyone can. Get a grip.

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xtramelanin

June 8th, 2016 at 9:49 PM ^

and fwiw, i'm not flaunting anything - i'm just saying that the addition of legal booze to a party of 100K already reeling hooligan buckeyes is going to be a nightmare.   maybe i haven't paid attention to SEC schools, i never did play at one, but i have never heard or seen of the stuff that goes on at ohio on a such a predictable basis/rate. 

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FatGuyLittleCoat

June 8th, 2016 at 10:22 PM ^

Nice to see more teams joining this century and selling the product (s) that patrons want. Beer sales have been highly successful at other schools and I see no reason to be upset with this.

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