Man, that really sucks for you. I don't mean that sarcastically, i mean that's super unfortunate, You are missing out on the single greatest aspect of college ball, having a rival to hate. I have like 3 teams i hate, and man it's fun to hate watch, to see them lose, and it's more fun to play against them. the players feel it too, they love playing in rivalry games.
I know osu sucked last year, but I bet if that final home game was against OU instead of iowa state, they'd still have had more than 35k in attendance. It's pretty much a guaranteed sell out in most cases