With 110,045 fans packed into Ohio Stadium to watch the Ohio State Buckeyes down the Michigan Wolverines in a double-overtime thriller, it wasn’t hard to guess that the scarlet and gray faithful would bring the ruckus. Geologists had the same notion. To appropriately measure the noise level inside the Shoe, sensors were placed around the stadium to measure seismic activity and turn it into a “FanQuake” rating, a joint project between Ohio State, Miami of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Per cleveland.com, “the scale converts shaking into the perceived magnitude of a naturally occurring earthquake, if one were to occur centered 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles) below ground underneath the stadium.” RELATED: The 7 Loudest College Football Stadiums, Ranked The opening kickoff was rowdy enough, registering a 5.27 on the FanQuake scale, but the top pretty much got blown off the place when Curtis Samuel…
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