P-D: Wisconsin game should fill 30,000 seats

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:33 am

Here is my thinking, and yes, this may sound crazy to some of you "Townies" that are defensive to your bretheren, but: why in the hell would anyone from Bowling Green NOT want to be at this game? Now, this may sound revolutionary, but were it not for BGSU, who in the heck would have heard of Bowling Green, OH? It really seems to me that way, way too many people in BG are looking at the negatives associated with the University's presence and not the positives. What are the positives, you may be asking yourself? The fact that there is a university in town that makes Bowling Green a destination for both visitors and businesses! If you want more tax dollars coming into Bowling Green, then support the city's major driver: Bowling Green State University.

You can support BGSU by going to Cleveland Browns Stadium over Memorial Day Weekend.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:39 am

Bleeding Orange wrote:You can support BGSU by going to Cleveland Browns Stadium over Memorial Day Weekend.

And then go back on Labor Day weekend to watch some football!!!

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:06 am

JohnnySwoop '85 · Post by **JohnnySwoop '85** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:12 am

And here' s hoping that there will be BG football to watch on or around New Year's Day !!

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Tue May 23, 2006 9:23 am

Bleeding Orange wrote:but: why in the hell would anyone from Bowling Green NOT want to be at this game? Now, this may sound revolutionary, but were it not for BGSU, who in the heck would have heard of Bowling Green, OH?

Bowling Green, Ohio was here long before BGSU. What makes you think nothing would be in BG today if the state did not place a Normal College in the town back in 1910? Maybe there would be a private college in town instead.

And there are many people out there that do know about Bowling Green, Ohio but do not know about BGSU. There seems to be a little event in August each year that bills itself as a national championship that is held right here in little old Bowling Green, Ohio. I've got a feeling that a number of those people could care less about our university.

And if they want more tax dollars, then they would like for the university to leave town because over 1,300 acres is off the property tax rolls.

PGY Tiercel · Post by **PGY Tiercel** » Tue May 23, 2006 9:40 am

transfer2BGSU wrote:

And if they want more tax dollars, then they would like for the university to leave town because over 1,300 acres is off the property tax rolls.

That and many purchases made by the University is tax free. Any researcher who has Gov't grants and needs to run to the hardware store for supplies for the lab (common in the Bio department) doesn't have to pay tax on the service. Often food is exempt from taxes as well. At least here at UK catered lunches in which grant/department money is used to purchase the lunch taxes are not paid.

However Payroll taxes from a large employer to benefit the city.

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:39 am

transfer2BGSU wrote:What makes you think nothing would be in BG today if the state did not place a Normal College in the town back in 1910?

Growing up in Leipsic, I was told that Leipsic was the original choice as the site for the state college in Northwest Ohio. The powers that be in Leipsic (the Edwards family) did not want the college there, so it ended up in BG. So go look at Leipsic now to see if you think the city of BG would be what it is today without the Univeristy.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:40 am

Warthog wrote:
transfer2BGSU wrote:What makes you think nothing would be in BG today if the state did not place a Normal College in the town back in 1910?
Growing up in Leipsic, I was told that Leipsic was the original choice as the site for the state college in Northwest Ohio. The powers that be in Leipsic (the Edwards family) did not want the college there, so it ended up in BG. So go look at Leipsic now to see if you think the city of BG would be what it is today without the Univeristy.

Actually, there were a number of towns that were "finalists", including Fremont and Napoleon. If I remember correctly, it came down to Napoleon and BG, and they went with BG because it was dry at the time. In the "no booze" sense.

My how times change.

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:22 pm

So anyway, back to football.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:24 pm

Rightupinthere wrote:So anyway, back to football.

And not a moment too soon!

San Diego Falcon · Post by **San Diego Falcon** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:30 pm

Here is my thinking, and yes, this may sound crazy to some of you "Townies" that are defensive to your bretheren, but: why in the hell would anyone from Bowling Green NOT want to be at this game?

That's a good question that applies to this game and every game played at the Doyt given there is nothing else to do there if you're over 25 years old.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:53 pm

transfer2BGSU wrote:
Bleeding Orange wrote:but: why in the hell would anyone from Bowling Green NOT want to be at this game? Now, this may sound revolutionary, but were it not for BGSU, who in the heck would have heard of Bowling Green, OH?
Bowling Green, Ohio was here long before BGSU. What makes you think nothing would be in BG today if the state did not place a Normal College in the town back in 1910? Maybe there would be a private college in town instead.

And there are many people out there that do know about Bowling Green, Ohio but do not know about BGSU. There seems to be a little event in August each year that bills itself as a national championship that is held right here in little old Bowling Green, Ohio. I've got a feeling that a number of those people could care less about our university.

And if they want more tax dollars, then they would like for the university to leave town because over 1,300 acres is off the property tax rolls.

Semantics, Transfer. You know what I was getting at. Cute, though.

And as for getting the holiday wrong, well, they all taste like candy to me. I'm just lucky I didn't say "Sweetest Day" or something like that. Boy would that have been embarassing...

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:58 pm

Althouth I agree we should have better crowds at the Doyt and also for this came, this makes me think back to last fall when I was doing a BGHS football game on the radio away at Napoleon.

Five minutes from kickoff there were about 50 people on the visitor's side (BG's side). This was in stark contrast to the crowd at Buckenmeyer Stadium that purchase reserve, chairback season tickets to support their high school football team. As I was getting ready to go on the air one of the three newspaper reporters covering the home town team leans over to me and says "pretty bad crowd for you guys, huh?"

To which I thought (to myself), well our town (having grown up in BG I can say that) doesn't get in to high school athletics like similar sized towns. Compound that with the fact that it was the Friday of the Black Swamp Arts Festival and Napoleon isn't exactly like driving up to Rossford, I didn't put much into the sparce crowd before it was brought to my attention.

I think that in the same way I roll my eyes and don't get caught up in high school football crowds and supporting the team and this and that , when the team is comprised of mid-adolescents, I think a similar sentiment might prevail with many residents of Bowling Green as far as supporting the University. If you don't have a connection to the team, be it the Battling Bobcats or the Fighting Falcons, why would or should you come out and support the team?

Not sure if my rambling makes sense, the thoughts just popped in my mind later in this thread.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:11 pm

DD:

Good observation. Just because folks live in or around BG doesn't mean they are automatically bleeding orange and brown. I don't attend any sporting events for our district's high school, nor do most folks I know, outside the few who actually have kids participating in some way.

To get that type of local backing, the university would have to make a persistent and consistent long-term outreach effort.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:32 pm

Dayons_Den wrote:and Napoleon isn't exactly like driving up to Rossford,

Exactly... the streets to Napoleon aren't paved with gold.