Phil Earley knows offense. He also knows how to entertain the fans.
Earley, who was hired as the Ohio football team's offensive coordinator in January, said he thinks the teams' new one-back offense will entertain fans, perhaps as much as the Marching 110. At least, that's the hope.
I think part of college football is entertainment
he said. If you have something that's fun to watch you're going to put more behinds in the seats and be able to pay the bills a little easier. I think the band is pretty good but we've got the rest of the game.
After nearly seven months of discussion and speculation, the new offense will take the field for the first time during Ohio's season opener Saturday against Virginia Military Institute.
We're ready to hit somebody else
coach Brian Knorr said. That's for sure.
Ohio, coming off a 2-10 season, and a 1-7 record in the Mid-American Conference, finished nearly three weeks of preseason camp last Saturday with its third full-team scrimmage in eight days.
We were trying to give everyone
quarterbacks especially
a game feel under the lights
Earley said. We were trying to give them a feel that this was a real game
so that the first game doesn't really feel like the first game.
The Keydets, the opponents for that first game, finished 6-6 overall last season, and 2-2 in the Big South Conference. Their visit to Peden Stadium will mark the first time that the two programs play one another.
The team's focus, too, has been entirely placed on its first game, rather than the team's second and third games, against the higher-profile Pittsburgh Panthers and Miami RedHawks.
Certainly
VMI is all our kids are talking about
Knorr said. I think in the past
our kids were so excited about playing in Heinz Field
