Ah, spring is in the air despite some of the up-and-down weather that always seems to shake hands with the Midwest this time of year (yes, the calendar says it’s early May). Part of spring in Columbus, Ohio, means that there is some Ohio State football that we all get to be a part of.
Buckeye fans are a little more — shall we say — “passionate,” about that team wearing Scarlet and Gray, so they tend to follow all the comings and goings of spring ball and also show up in force at the annual Spring Game.
The same was true for the 2023 version. It helped that it was a pleasant and sunny day, but questionable weather hasn’t stopped OSU fans from making it inside the Horseshoe necessarily in years past.
In fact, Ohio State is routinely among the leaders in spring game attendance because — well, who wouldn’t want a chance to sit along the banks of the Olentangy among some good friends inside the venerable Ohio Stadium for a lot less money than games in the fall?
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But Columbus, Ohio, isn’t the only college football-crazed town. There are others, mostly in the South, that also have fans show out for a gloried scrimmage. Alabama, Clemson, Penn State, and Oklahoma, are just a few of the programs that also had a pretty good amount of fans show up for the fun of spring.
On that note, and in an effort to display the most passionate fanbases, here’s a look at the programs that led others in spring game attendance in 2023. You can probably guess where Ohio State lands, right?
