November 16, 2024

Ohio State football season ticket renewals down nearly five percent for post-Urban era


If you’ve wanted to make it out to one of college football’s cathedrals, the 2019 season might just be a good time to take in a game at the Horseshoe. While there is of course rabid interest in Ohio State’s upcoming campaign to see how new head coach Ryan Day will fare, it seems some of the Buckeyes faithful are not quite as faithful as expected as the program enters a new era without Urban Meyer helming things. “We were down by about four or five percent,” OSU athletic director Gene Smith said on his new school-produced podcast about the program’s season ticket renewals. “So we usually renew at about 97 or 98 percent. This time, we renewed at 94 to 95 percent. So we had some extra inventory.” Add in fewer tickets distributed to visiting teams at the historic venue and there were a surprising number of seats still available that the school…

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