Final thoughts from visit to Columbus and Ohio Stadium

Yes it was a game for the ages for us Hokies fans. 100,000 buckeyes and 7,000 Hokies, but it seemed like there were Hokies everywhere. In the stadium it was impressive to see 100,000 people make a sea of red and made me think how impressive lane would be if we could get all fans to wear only one primary color each game (love both orange and maroon). But what was really impressive was how much noise 7,000 Hokies could make. Often they would try to cheer over us, but we got louder and cheered harder. My buckeye friend kept commenting on our presence and noise and said we were the most vocal ( in a good way) fans he has ever experience at anOSU (and he has been at every home game since 1969).

I knew Ohio stadium was big (107,500), old (built in 1922), and had several ongoing winning streaks (but not anymore, insert snicker here), but what really surprised me was the lack of indoor facilities (think WVU). So 90mins before game time I am at a Buckeye tailgate at the main entrance of the stadium when, much to my surprise, I see #80 Demitri Knowles in uniform and in line in front of a red buckeye port-a-potty (on left).

Come on, no bathrooms in the visitors locker room! The other thing I noticed is that the port-a-potty must have been really rank, cause Demitri is looking a little pail.