Horseshoe seating question

[AirForceBuck]

I will be around full-time until June 06, when I start focusing my efforts in a conjugal sense within the confines of marriage

Congrats bro, I hope it last and I really mean that in all sincerity . But yeah, anything I sketch out and keep Ill make sure to get scanned on the computer and send to some of you guys. Two of my biggest loves (OSU and art) combined gives me much motivation, so Im just honored that I can give a big part of myself to something that keeps up OSUs image and also is a pretty big part of OSU. My major will be designing product logos, ads and what-not for companies so this is a pretty good learning step for myself....About getting new stuff for the site, I cant wait to see how the Spring Game turnout will be. I will be there helping out with what I can (just a poor college kid right now) so its got me amped.

Yeah, the ESPN Bored is out of control, and seems to be a big joke. Hopefully we can round up the worthy and respectful OSU supporters and steer them in this direction.

3 Things Im waiting for:
#1. Spring Game
#2. Texas Game
#3. Movie - "Into The Sun" with our beloved Eddie George (just glad he isnt playing a random football player like Terell Owens did in 'Any Given Sunday').

 

[CleveBucks]

I would say between the goallines that AA is very good. Nothing like being close enough to hear the bench, or the crushing sounds of helmets up close.

My favorite seats are the first row of A deck somewhere around 13A or 15A. You're up about 8 feet higher than the top row of AA and have nobody in front of you (and twice the legroom).

 

[Underdogg44]

I have been spoiled at every game I have been too the last two years at the shoe, my worst seats were 15A Row 1 for the Michigan game. Best seats were 19AA.. the seats right before the stairs of the row that went to 21AA. We took Grandma to the game, and got the seats because of her wheel chair. I was right on the 49 yard line.

AA has its + and _

+ Close to the game and if your behind the bench you get to see what recruits are there.

- The TV camera cart, if the play is in front of you, you get to watch it on TV.

 

[smithlabs]

I sat around 19AA for the Marshal game. I think there is a serious problem with OSU ticketing. Season ticket holders get better seats the longer they have tickets. By the time you get to the AA level, everybody is very old and subdued. Probably for big games the scalping takes care of that issue and motivated people are close to the field. I liked the watching the game from there but the atmosphere in my section was lacking.


Smithlabs

 

[Faust]

Seems like the seating spaces are smaller since the renovation...or perhaps I am that much bigger.

 

[cincibuck]

I've had a seat almost everywhere in the stadium in my 52 years of seeing the Bucks live. All things being equal, I like C deck the best.

From 69 - 74 I was able to get sideline passes to work as a photog. Lots of interesting perspectives from that angle, not the least of which is how fast those guys get on top of you when you're watching the action through a 200 - 400 mm lens. Photogs are limited to an area that starts on either 35 and runs down to the end zone. When you arrive someone from the athletic dept. shows you the line and tells you, loud and clear, that you are never to cross those lines. So I'm on the sideline for a Northwestern game that we lost in something like the 72 - 73 season. Some dandy from Chicago, Gucci alligator loafers, neat wool slacks, tie and blazer, Burberry trench coat with silk scarf and topped off with a $50 haircut is standing in our area all day with a Leica w/a 35mm lens. Doesn't take a single shot through three quarters of the game, but is always jawing at Woody whenever the coach gets near him. You know he's not there working with that kind of a set up and the press is always suppossed to at least try and act neutral. Anyway, late in the game and the bucks are down 3 and pinned back on their own 15 and we can hear this guy really baiting Woody. A halfback catches a pass and instead of stepping out of bounds, fights for a few yards more and gets stopped in bounds allowing the clock to keep running. Hayes is furious and waves him out of the game, grabs the kid by the jersey and pulls him in toward him for some serious ass-chewing. Suddenly Mr. Swell goes into action, getting as close as he can to Woody and snapping away. Woody finishes, slaps the kid on the back and sends him off to sit. Now you can see Hayes really concentrating on the game, chin out, fists pumping, shouting on every play, but he's also playing this guy. He comes down and stands right on the chalk line that serves as the DMZ between coaches, teams and photogs. The dude photog goes right up to the line and starts snapping away, Hayes, tries to wave him away, but the guy just gets closer. Hayes takes a step or two toward midfield and the guy follows, Hayes takes on more step and the Chicago photog crosses the chalk line. Now he's in Hayes' coaching box. Woody suddenly snaps around and punches the guy two or three times and kicks him at least twice, and I mean you could hear the punches thump on this guys chest and back... all so fast that none of us on the sidelines were able to turn from the game and snap a shot of it. The guy beat a hasty retreat and Woody went right back to coaching.

 

[Honor&Glory]

Hey everyone....
I have never sat down in the "AA" seats and was wondering if any of you who have been down there to watch a game could tell me whether they're good seats. I know they're close to the field, but are they too close? Are you able to see much of the field? If I get tickets down there, should I try to be higher up in the section?

Thanks in advance....

I sat in 6AA in the first row for the San Diego State game two years ago...I enjoyed the seats...except when the action was in the other endzone.. C deck really is the best if you want to see plays develop....But there is nothing like sitting right next to that ramp when TBDBITL takes the field...I still get chills thinking about it...

 

[bukIpower]

Ok I have a seating question as well..... How about Section 2B I'm there for the Texas game?

 

[ntd]

I sat in 30AA for a season...the only good thing about it was that I was one row from the players tunnel, so that was kind of cool...it was hard to see the field though.

I liked the A deck tickets that BuckeyeFromScum bought from me, they were high enough that you could see most of what was going on, and if there was something you were unsure about, the jumbotron was easy to see.

bukIpower, B deck is iffy...some of the seats are behind steel posts, so you never know with those. If you aren't obstructed by a post, they are just about the same as A deck, but harder to see the jumbotron from :)...great seats if it rains!

And you can rush the field from ANYWHERE, in 2002, my seats were in B-Deck, but I went up to C-Deck with some friends in the 4th quarter and we rushed form there, it just took a little longer :)

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

I sat in 30AA for a season...the only good thing about it was that I was one row from the players tunnel, so that was kind of cool...it was hard to see the field though

I've sat in 30A, 30AA and 28AA before.... besides being close to the tunnel it is close to TBDBITL. You may miss some of the action at the other end of the field but you can catch it on the scoreboard.

 

[CharlotteBuckeye62]

Great story about Woody cincibuck and you are very correct that C deck is the best seating area in the Horseshoe. I've used a ticket broker the last few years and he has gotten me great seats in C deck on the east side. Twice on the 50 yd line.
I have thought about trying seats in AA but I was sure they would only be good for a few plays a game. I worked in portal 20A from 1955 till 1968. Watched many games from the portal entrance (which was on about the 25 yd line) and when the play was on the north side of the 50 yd line the ability so see much action went down hill fast.

My first game in the Horseshoe was against Indiana in 1946.

 

[bukIpower]

Anyone know what row these 'steel posts' are in? I have Row 18, and if I have those things in my way I'm not going to be happy for the money I paid for these things! but screw it I'm still going to go regardless.