Here's the attendance for every Saturday home game Ohio has played since 2011

25,893- New Mexico St 9/8/12
25,542- Akron 10/13/12
24,511- N Texas 9/7/13
24,244- Marshall 9/17/11
23,673- Norfolk St 9/22/12
23,155- Gardner Webb 9/10/11
23,146- Ball St 10/15/11
20,044- Buffalo 10/6/12
17,155- Kent St 10/1/11

and yet Marshall fans were claiming that they brought 8K fans to Athens in 2011 and here they go again suggesting that they are going to bring more fans to Peden then we are used to seeing.

No doubt Marshall will bring a nice, vocal crowd, but let's not pretend its something that's unusual or special.

in fact, if you want to see who really does pack a stadium take a look at Marshall's home games during the same time frame.

34.424- VaTech 9/24/11
33,436- OHIO 9/15/12
27,509- Rice 10/15/11
27,189- Tulsa 10/6/12
25,317- W Carolina 9/8/12
24,247- SoMiss 9/10/11
22,563- UCF 10/27/12
22,456- E Carolina 11/26/11
22,041- Memphis 11/3/12
20,735- UAB 10/29/11
18,831- Houston 11/17/12

The numbers clearly show- Ohio affects Marshall's attendance more than Marshall affects Ohio's.