Football: Bobcats look for strong start to MAC play against Zips
By Brandon Kors | Oct. 3, 2013An old adage coaches say is for their teams to take one step — or game — at a time.
An old adage coaches say is for their teams to take one step — or game — at a time.
The only Ohio player to ever be picked in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft returned to Athens this weekend a part of Ohio’s first annual Alumni Game on Saturday.
The Bobcats will be looking to douse the offensive attack of Liberty in this weekend’s much-anticipated matchup.
After sweeping their first weekend of Mid-American Conference play, the Bobcats will host MAC East rivals this weekend after spending the past three weekends on the road.
Entering the week, the International team was described as too young and too inexperienced to compete with the United States’ squad at the Presidents Cup, and that turned out to be the case Thursday.
Matt Waters joked that during his visit to Iowa Western Community College he didn’t know he would be playing football with the superhero Thor — a moniker he applied to Ty Branz, who sticks out because of his long blond locks of hair.
Phil Gieseker is a born-again Bobcat.
This time last year, the National Hockey League was in its third labor stoppage under commissioner Gary Bettman and numerous fans throughout the United States and Canada said they wouldn’t support the league if the season didn’t start on time.
Watching Peyton Manning carve up the Philadelphia Eagles for 327 passing yards and four touchdowns Sunday evening was like watching the series finale to “Breaking Bad.”
Some freshmen take time to mature and learn their roles in college but that has not been the case for Ohio, as this year’s true freshmen have entered the program and made an immediate impact on the pitch.
Every successful team has a dependable player that the team can turn to in big situations.
Peyton White placed seventh in Ohio’s last tournament, the Wolf Run Intercollegiate, and Ty Heriott posted a first-round score of 71 at the Marshall Invitational in early August — each made for the best mark of the respective round by a Bobcat.
The government might shut down Tuesday, but that won’t stop the Mid-American Conference and the weekly coaches’ teleconference.
Dual-threat volleyball players are hard to come by because of the usual height difference between players of various positions. Ohio freshman Mallory Salis, who is listed as 5-foot-8, is one of the Bobcats’ most versatile players, having found her niche playing both outside hitter and libero.
After a thrilling 3-1 win against Bowling Green to kick off Mid-American Conference play Friday, the Bobcats were unable to replicate their performance Sunday, as they lost 2-1 to Central Michigan at Chessa Field.
Having claimed the top spot of the Mid-American Conference East Division each of the past 10 regular seasons, No. 22 Ohio began conference play and its quest to continue the streak with a pair of victories this weekend.
Another pair of weekend games has come and gone for the Bobcats with the same result as the previous two: a split.
Ohio placed West Virginia behind a mountain of goals in the Bobcats’ 7-1 victory Friday.