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Topic: Ist trip to the Convo in 30 years

Topic: Ist trip to the Convo in 30 years

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Pataskala
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Ist trip to the Convo in 30 years

Posted: 3/22/2014 8:39:41 PM

I finally have a weekend that is relatively free. And I realized this week that it's been 30 yrs since I last set foot in the Convo. So so I decided to catch today's game. My wife has a knee issue, so I enticed my 13-year-old son to join me by used promising him there would be cheerleaders and lunch at one his favorite road-trip restaurants (Bob Evans). Some observations on the day:

* As much as I love Nelsonville, I thank God and ODOT for the new bypass. It takes at least fifteen minutes off the trip. And the rattlesnake fences are interesting.

* The Athens Bob Evans is a lot easier getting into and out of on a b-ball day than on any football day. I'm sure it's the same with most Athens restaurants.

* The football team's indoor facility looks first-rate.

* The Convo is holding up well after 36 years. Got some cracks in the outside concrete that need fixing, but it still is a jewel.

* Yes, we do need an overhead scoreboard. The auxiliary scoreboards that have been added since I was there last may have been ok in the day but they seem cheesy now.

* When I was in school, the band sat on risers in the end zone near the Ohio bench. Like them better across from the visitors' bench. Great intimidation factor.

* I thought the crowd was about 1,000 less than the 3,500 announced, but I could be wrong. It was still a typical Ohio crowd. It took the team to get them going. Might've had a bigger crowd if it wasn't so nice out today. Would've been a great day for a football game.

* OZone's "You suck, Dixon" chant was great.

* Campbell is much more intimidating in person than on streaming video. He had three blocks on one possession and was a monster, even against Wright's big guys.

* Wadly is a diamond in the rough. If he gets more PT next season, he could be just like Campbell.

* Nick and Travis drew a lot of attention today. That gave some open looks to others from beyond the arc (even Campbell -- his shot wasn't that bad).

* Wright looked a lot sharper than we did. Imagine what the game would've been like if we had our A game.

* Bean had a great day and has improved tremendously this season. He's still a bit inconsistent, and he needs to stay away from the tall trees -- he doesn't finesse them like DJ used to and more often than not winds up getting stuffed.

* The refs in the CIT seem to be letting them play more than we saw during the season. I think there were only 13 fouls combined in the first half.

* Even though the game was sloppy, it was still entertaining. It's hard to keep teams from being sloppy in these minor tournaments.

* My son seems to run into people he knows anywhere he goes. The cashier from his middle school was sitting behind the basket next to the Ohio bench.

* The Convo is still about the best place in the world to watch b-ball. It won't be another 30 yrs before I'm back there.

We will get by.
We will get by.
We will get by.
We will survive.

Andrew Ruck
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RE: Ist trip to the Convo in 30 years

Posted: 3/22/2014 9:02:48 PM

Wait, you live in Central Ohio and didn't go to a single game in 30 years???

Andrew Ruck
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Pataskala
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RE: Ist trip to the Convo in 30 years

Posted: 3/22/2014 9:17:03 PM

Andrew Ruck wrote:

Wait, you live in Central Ohio and didn't go to a single game in 30 years???

I've been in Central Ohio only since 1996. Up until about five years ago it was easier to make the effort to go to a football game than a b-ball game because the weather is more reliable in the fall. Since then it's been a matter of workload. Haven't been to a football game the past two seasons.

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RE: Ist trip to the Convo in 30 years

Posted: 3/22/2014 9:17:43 PM

Andrew Ruck wrote:

Wait, you live in Central Ohio and didn't go to a single game in 30 years???

My thought too. Dude - I'll give you a ride! I have extra tics often!

RS Bobcat

Andrew Ruck
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RE: Ist trip to the Convo in 30 years

Posted: 3/22/2014 9:30:04 PM

Pataskala wrote:

Reliable weather? You may have a point for this winter, but I'd say 90% of Ohio games in the past 30 years had not a drip of winter precipitation on game day. Workload??? No offense but you have 4,000 posts!

Glad you made it back today but this needs to become more of a habit. I live north of Columbus, make it to 10-12 games a year, and STILL feel guilty and sad when I miss out.

Andrew Ruck
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RE: Ist trip to the Convo in 30 years

Posted: 3/22/2014 10:01:23 PM

RSBobcat wrote:

Andrew Ruck wrote:

Wait, you live in Central Ohio and didn't go to a single game in 30 years???

My thought too. Dude - I'll give you a ride! I have extra tics often!

I too often have extras is share. Hope we'll see you there more often in the next few years .

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RE: Ist trip to the Convo in 30 years

Posted: 3/24/2014 4:09:41 PM

My last game in the Convo was against Miami and Billy Hahn was the coach. The game before that I was the floor engineer for the TV broadcast during the NIT game against O$U in 1986.

Attended the UVA game in Charlottesville in 2000/01 and have a perfect record this decade attending the Richmond game.

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RE: Ist trip to the Convo in 30 years

Posted: 3/24/2014 4:44:52 PM

Andrew Ruck wrote:

Pataskala wrote:

To each his own I guess and we all have lives outside of basketball...

...but I'm kinda with Ruck on this one. Even being in Cincinnati I try to make it to at least 1-2 games in Athens every year (football and basketball) and then whatever I can on the road if they are close or can make a weekend trip of it (Louisville, Miami, Xavier/UC, Belmont, etc.).

I'm sure Pataskala is as die-hard as they come. You can cheer from far away or very close. It doesn't matter to me.

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