Buckeyes Athletic Department has some explaining to do

Four records -- that was what the Ohio State Athletic Department was hoping to set over the weekend, they ended up getting nada over the Scarlet and Grey Day Weekend.

They had to figure the prospects of a major flop was going to happen by Friday evening when only 3,000 people showed up to watch the Ohio State Baseball team lose to Purdue. They were hoping to set a stadium record of over 5,300. So what was the problem? Telling people you're going to set a record isn't enough to get people there? They forgot to give people a reason to show up. Previous large crowds showed up because the game provided significance. Don't get me wrong, Friday's game was a pivotal Big Ten match, however it was not even close in that respect to a season ending series against Minnesota or NCAA Super Regionals.

Less than 24 hours afterwards, the lacrosse team was hoping to take advantage of the football team to set a national lacrosse attendance record, but they only got about 1/2 of the crowd needed by the time the official total was taken at halftime. Reality says that is not a complete flop. You have now introduced thousands of people to a sport that lacks the notoriety of football and other sports.

But come on... A regular season game against Denver is no match for an NCAA Final Four game, which was what the record Ohio State was hoping to beat.

Percentages say the football team came closest to achieving their record by drawing 76,000 for the scrimmage. The goal was to get to 93,000. Ohio State could have had the record with the help of some better weather as well as maybe an appearance from a certain quarterback from Pennsylvania.

The Scarlet and Grey embarrassment ended today when only 535 showed up for a softball doubleheader against Penn State. But with all the press the team got last year, no surprise that they could not top that attendance record.

It actually appeared Ohio State fans spited the record attempts. Neither the softball or softball team had their biggest crowds of the weekend on the day they were supposed to set stadium records. The softball team had a crowd of 661 for Friday evening's game against Michigan, and the baseball team had 3,225 show up for a doubleheader against Purdue. Both are respectable crowds. This might just prove that some records are not meant to be broken (at least without rhyme or reason).