Sports Column: The countdown begins: Bobcats, Buckeyes to battle on the court
By Brandon Kors | Aug. 26, 201378 days and counting.
78 days and counting.
Last season might have ended with a 45-14 thrashing of Louisiana-Monroe in the Advocare V100 Independence Bowl, but the conclusion of the Bobcats’ Mid-American Conference slate wasn’t nearly as inspiring.
Doing something for the first time is usually hard.
Despite winning the Mid-American Conference regular season title last season, Ohio was knocked out of the MAC Tournament one match short of the championship.
Come next week, another Fall Semester will be underway, which means another fall sports season is also on the horizon.
Ohio University has its own competition for an entity to become a club sport. This year, four new organizations have en tered the race.
In the case of former Ohio assistant coach Jonathon Sheridan, one year is all you need to make a difference.
Later this week, golf fans around the world will be watching the world’s best golfers compete in the final major of the season.
For almost two decades, the NCAA has sponsored a college football video game through Electronic Arts Inc., but this year’s game, which was released on July 9th, will be the last to feature the NCAA’s logo on the cover.
Ohio coach Dan Morris has stepped down as the head coach of Ohio’s hockey team after spending the past 12 seasons on the Bobcats' bench.
Perhaps it’s my pessimism being a Chicago Cubs fan, as it’s been 105 years since their last World Series title, or the humidity of the summer, but I’m irritated.
Former Ohio basketball player Reggie Keely became the first player from the winningest class in program history to agree to play basketball professionally, when announced on June 28 that he will join the Dan Helder Kings.
Ohio women’s basketball has struggled as a program recently, so it hired someone who knows how to turn things around.
Ohio’s transition from quarters to semesters forced many students to adjust their schedules to accommodate a summer vacation that arrived a month earlier than it did in years past.
Because of the switch from quarters to semesters, last summer was not much of a break for Ohio, as the women’s volleyball team was training the entire summer.
Ohio coach Dan Morris said that with 15 new players on the roster last season, he was unsure what to expect, but the Bobcats turned the unexpected into a typical season by the conclusion of the year.
With the departure of D.J. Cooper, perhaps the best Ohio player since Gary Trent in the mid-1990s, as well as six other players, one would think that the Bobcats have anywhere to go but down in 2013-14 season.
For most students at Ohio, the summer means enjoying time at home with family and friends, new job experiences and vacations, but for Bobcat athletes, it is a new routine.