Football:Bobcats look to replace household names
With the second week of spring practices underway, the next phase of players getting acclimated to their new roles has begun — even if some players don’t know exactly what role they’re settling into.
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With the second week of spring practices underway, the next phase of players getting acclimated to their new roles has begun — even if some players don’t know exactly what role they’re settling into.
Players and coaches have filed into Walter Fieldhouse for the first days of spring practice throughout the week. Thursday, however, the new facility will be packed even further when professional scouts enter the building for Ohio’s Pro Day.
Players and coaches have filed into Walter Fieldhouse for the first days of spring practice throughout the week. Thursday, however, the new facility will be packed even further when professional scouts enter the building for Ohio’s Pro Day.
Building an indoor practice facility was not Ohio football coach Frank Solich’s first priority when he accepted his current position, but it was certainly on his list.
Heading into this weekend’s Mid-American Conference Championships, Ohio coach Joel Greenlee said that he wanted six national qualifiers.
The weekend that Ohio and nine other Mid-American Conference teams have been wrestling for the entire season has finally come, as the MAC Championships are set to commence day one of action at Kent State University. The preliminary matches will get started at noon with quarterfinal matches following at 1 p.m.
Many fans have been openly critical of the lack of offseason buzz generated by general manager Walt Jocketty and the Cincinnati Reds organization this winter.
With a surge of majors and falls, points can pile up in a hurry in wrestling matches, something Ohio found itself on both the good and bad side of Sunday.
Ohio is two days removed from its final Mid-American Conference dual of the season and two weeks away from wrestling in the MAC Tournament, which has created a sort of dull space that could cause complacency and a drop in focus for many teams.
On TV, Olympic athletes can seem larger than life, resurfacing for a month every four years to showcase their talents on a global stage.
Ohio’s most recent weekend of competition could be viewed as a setback. After a narrow victory against Clarion — which has a losing record — and a loss to Old Dominion in Ohio’s final Mid-American Conference dual of the season, the momentum the Bobcats created with a 4-1 January record seems to have evaporated.
There’s a saying that what you’ve done doesn’t matter nearly as much as what you’ve done lately.
Ohio’s season of Mid-American Conference wrestling has been a bit of roller coaster.
During its three-dual winning streak, one of the biggest features of Ohio’s performances was its ability to pick up bonus points, which is what tends to separate top teams and individual performers from the pack.
Although the outcomes were the same, this weekend’s pair of victories for Ohio came in completely different styles.
Last weekend Ohio found disappointment and triumph on the mats, as it dropped a dual meet to rival Central Michigan before returning to Athens to defeat Eastern Michigan.
Until this point in the season, each competition that Ohio has prepared for has been surrounded by excitement. Through all of the excitement, however, one question has been brought up again and again:
Following a tough road loss against one of Ohio's biggest rivals on its schedule, the Bobcats were in need of an opportunity to bounce back.
Certain teams are fortunate enough to be good for so long that, not only do they find themselves with a target on their backs, but they grow accustomed to that target and continue to win in spite of everyone else aiming to dethrone them.