It's different, but you still know you're in Ohio Stadium. You can still hear the echoes and still see the ghosts and still remember the way it was when Francis Schmidt and Woody Hayes stalked the sideline in search of wins over Michigan. The fans may like that latter fact even more than the increased opportunities to dispose of their used beer. And it's going to be much louder when you play. The old 'Shoe, it was a great place to play and all that, but what it came down to was it was so spread out, kind of like Michigan Stadium, it just projected all the sound away and it wasn't loud on the field.
Cooper certainly hopes so, anyway.
I'm watching television last night and they're talking about the most intimidating places to play,'' he said. And we weren't mentioned, which upsets you a little bit. They talk about The Swamp, they talk about Neyland Stadium down in Knoxville, they talk about Baton Rouge, Death Valley down in Clemson and Lincoln and Ann Arbor and State College and all those places, and this place isn't mentioned. So I'm going to issue a challenge. This is the best stadium in college football and we need to make it in my opinion the most intimidating place in college football, the toughest place for a visiting team to come in and play.