So you are saying if we had Ohio states stadium that we would be amazing? I think if we had their stadium it would look bad because it wouldn't even be half full for every game, what 5* recruit would want to play at a large empty stadium? NONE. Would you rather have a large empty stadium with bad fan support or a smaller sold out stadium with great fan support.
Players want to play for good teams that win more that 8 games not teams that win 5-6 and just make or miss a bowl game.
Just a little history....
As early as 1913, Ohio Field at High Street and Woodruff Avenue was unable to contain the crowds attracted to many Buckeye home football games. This led to faculty discussion of moving the site elsewhere and building a new facility. The growing popularity of football in
Ohio led to the design of a horseshoe-shaped stadium, conceptualized and designed by architect
Howard Dwight Smith in 1918. A public-subscription Stadium Campaign to fund the project began in October 1920 and raised over $1.1 million in pledges by January 1921, of which $975,001 were actually honored.
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The stadium was completed in 1922 by E. H. Latham Company of Columbus, with materials and labor from the
Marble Cliff Quarry Co. at a construction cost of $1.34 million and a total cost of $1.49 million. The stadium's original capacity was 66,212. Upon completion, it was the largest poured concrete structure in the world.
Many university officials feared that the stadium would never be filled to capacity.
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1. Ohio State built a stadium with a larger capacity then JTS in 1922.
2. University officials feared they would never be able to fill the 66k capacity stadium in the future.
3. Since 1922 they have grown the capacity from 66k to over 102k.
4. Their stadium did not regularly sell out until after World War II.
