Football: Ohio swaps jerseys for Halloween garb
By Rob Ogden | Oct. 27, 2011For one night this weekend, the Bobcats will stop trying to figure out how to scare opposing defenses and will focus instead on scaring one another.
For one night this weekend, the Bobcats will stop trying to figure out how to scare opposing defenses and will focus instead on scaring one another.
Back in March, the Davenport Panthers ended the Bobcats’ season in heartbreak: two wins short of a national championship. Seven months later, Ohio gets a chance to prove revenge is a dish best served on ice.
Coming off a meet in which they ran in the middle of the pack, the Bobcats have had 12 days to prepare for one final run at the Mid-American Conference Championships Saturday.
With 18 games in the books, Ohio has one more game to determine its fate.
Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn’t rush into it. Per the philosophy of coach Dan Morris, neither should a hockey team.
Athens High School’s Basil Rutter Field will play host to a matchup of monumental proportions Friday. Athens and Nelsonville-York have amassed 729 collective points and 18 combined wins this season.
Before facing Temple, Ohio decided to take a rest. A ’Catnap, so to speak.
Ruffles. Pringles. Doritos. Poker.
As the Ohio cross-country teams prepare for the Mid-American Conference Championships on Saturday, they are hoping the often-used idiom “practice makes perfect” will hold true.
Editor's Note: This article has been updated to reflect a correction. The game between Central Michigan and Ball State had been incorrectly labeled in the online version only.
Bobcats try to utilize time off
Every coach has benchmarks he or she strives for during a career. The first win. The first championship. A decade with a team.
Fresh faces on the basketball team will not be the only change in The Convo this season. There will also be new seats closer to the action than any others.
The unveiling of black jerseys just moments before a game proved to give another Bobcat team a boost.
After two one-goal tangles with conference teams this weekend, coach Neil Macmillan said he might have gained a few gray hairs because of all the tension.
Akron might have Firestone tires, but Ohio did all the rolling Saturday.
The Bobcats came into the weekend looking for two wins; instead they came away with only one point and finished one place shy of first in the Mid-American Conference East Division.
All was well in the Trimble High School locker room following the Tomcats’ 60-19 win against Southern Friday. Music was cranking from the stereo, smiles were on the players’ faces and the coaching staff even had Domino’s ordered in.
AKRON, Ohio — Ohio overcame its miscues and capitalized on Akron’s mistakes to win for the first time in three weeks.