The weather was horrible, more like December or January than the first day of November. From my vantage point in the east stands, the fat cats did stuff their loges, as usual.
What I am about to say will shock some of you who live far away and remember that close connection between YSU football and the community. That connection was broken long ago. Casual fans just don't care anymore. That is the price of failure in twelve of the past thirteen seasons. In the old days, when I met a casual fan, that person would ask me details about the team. Today, invariably casual fans that I meet ask me only one question: "Do you still go to the games?" When I respond in the affirmative, they actually laugh at me and ask me why. That is how far interest has fallen. It will take years of sustained winning to recapture at least some of that interest. Actually making the playoffs this season would be a start.
Oops, somebody please move these comments to the "no butts in the seats" thread that YSUGO just started.