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Posted: 9/27/2021 9:45 PM

Use this thread to talk about anything game-related. For away games, we'll have a separate travel thread.

Date: October 2nd, 2021 3:30 PM

Opponent: Akron (1-3, 0-0 MAC)

Site: Infocision Stadium

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Posted: 9/28/2021 7:18 AM

I made this my road game trip again as I usually drive home to pick up family for this game. At least it is a nice stadium and fun trip. Anyone going?

GO BOBCATS
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Posted: 9/28/2021 1:05 PM

I live 4.5 miles from the Akron campus. I will not be attending.

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Posted: 9/28/2021 1:40 PM

URBAN BOBCAT

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Posted: 9/28/2021 3:36 PM

Closest game all season to me. Have plans and not going. Need to see some improvement before I spend a fall Saturday in person with them.

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Posted: 9/28/2021 3:51 PM

I had bought the tickets early and promised to take my dad since he just turned 80 and has been wanting to go. I'll be there in green and white but not expecting much.

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Posted: 9/28/2021 4:19 PM

Bobcats are favored by 9.5 somehow.

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Posted: 9/28/2021 4:42 PM

Sadly, whoever loses this game will be able to state with absolute confidence that they own the basement in one of the weakest football conferences in all of FBS. Heck, they may also be voted the absolute bottom feeder of all FBS teams.

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Posted: 9/28/2021 5:54 PM

Kinggeorge4 wrote:expand_more

I made this my road game trip again as I usually drive home to pick up family for this game. At least it is a nice stadium and fun trip. Anyone going?

+3

I am expecting the defense to start to make some stops and thus lots of punts between the two teams.

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Posted: 9/30/2021 10:59 AM

Hustle Belt trying to show some optimism: https://www.hustlebelt.com/2021/9/29/22699439/what-we-lea...

We will get by.
We will get by.
We will get by.
We will survive.

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Posted: 9/30/2021 11:19 AM

Pataskala wrote:expand_more

Hustle Belt trying to show some optimism: https://www.hustlebelt.com/2021/9/29/22699439/what-we-lea...

Interesting spin. Made it sound like we've played the non-conference schedule with one hand tied behind our back. I'm skeptical, but I hope they are right. Go OHIO!

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Posted: 9/30/2021 12:05 PM

MonroeClassmate wrote:expand_more

Kinggeorge4 wrote:expand_more

I made this my road game trip again as I usually drive home to pick up family for this game. At least it is a nice stadium and fun trip. Anyone going?

+3

I am expecting the defense to start to make some stops and thus lots of punts between the two teams.

So the +9.5 should actually be the over/under on total points scored? 😂

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Posted: 9/30/2021 1:17 PM

OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more

[QUOTE=Pataskala] Hustle Belt trying to show some optimism: https://www.hustlebelt.com/2021/9/29/22699439/what-we-lea...

no optimism here:

College football rankings: Ohio takes over No. 1 spot
Anybody can rank the best teams, but only The Bottom 25 ranks the worst each week in college football
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Posted: 9/30/2021 1:45 PM

OU_Country wrote:expand_more

MonroeClassmate wrote:expand_more

Kinggeorge4 wrote:expand_more

I made this my road game trip again as I usually drive home to pick up family for this game. At least it is a nice stadium and fun trip. Anyone going?

+3

I am expecting the defense to start to make some stops and thus lots of punts between the two teams.

So the +9.5 should actually be the over/under on total points scored? 😂

Might be close. Ohio is averaging 9.7 ppg vs 1A teams and Akron is averaging 13.7. If the Ds show up, it could very well be a 6-3 game.

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Posted: 9/30/2021 2:13 PM

If ever there is a shot for us to win it is this game.

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Posted: 9/30/2021 2:57 PM

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If ever there is a shot for us to win it is this game.

Albin’s plan was clearly to start the season winless to lull the MAC into a false sense of security. Unfortunately, Vegas appears to have seen through the veil as we are still favorites at Akron.

I've seen crazier things happen.

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Posted: 9/30/2021 3:04 PM

For some reason, as I think about this upcoming Tussle of the Titans, I'm having flashbacks to the 1994 contest between the 0-1 Ohio Bobcats and the 0-2 Utah State Aggies. The final score in a drenching rain was 5-0 Aggies. These two teams went on to glorious positions in the coveted Bottom Ten of college football with Utah State finishing 3-8 and the hapless Bobcats completing a perfect slate of 0-11.

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Posted: 9/30/2021 9:31 PM

ou79 wrote:expand_more

If ever there is a shot for us to win it is this game.

Rest assured, Ohio will win this game.

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Posted: 10/1/2021 8:29 AM

SBH wrote:expand_more

I live 4.5 miles from the Akron campus. I will not be attending.

I’m probably just a hair closer than this (just north of Goodyear Heights Metro Park), but we have to go to a wedding on my wife’s side. This is a lot less annoying than it should be this year.

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Posted: 10/1/2021 10:14 AM

ts1227 wrote:expand_more

SBH wrote:expand_more

I live 4.5 miles from the Akron campus. I will not be attending.

I’m probably just a hair closer than this (just north of Goodyear Heights Metro Park), but we have to go to a wedding on my wife’s side. This is a lot less annoying than it should be this year.

SBH demanded that his 2 sons (and requested all family members) not schedule a wedding during an Ohio Bobcat athletic event.

Last Edited: 10/1/2021 10:14:16 AM by bobcatsquared

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Posted: 10/1/2021 10:20 AM

Pataskala wrote:expand_more

OU_Country wrote:expand_more

MonroeClassmate wrote:expand_more

Kinggeorge4 wrote:expand_more

I made this my road game trip again as I usually drive home to pick up family for this game. At least it is a nice stadium and fun trip. Anyone going?

+3

I am expecting the defense to start to make some stops and thus lots of punts between the two teams.

So the +9.5 should actually be the over/under on total points scored? 😂

Might be close. Ohio is averaging 9.7 ppg vs 1A teams and Akron is averaging 13.7. If the Ds show up, it could very well be a 6-3 game.

In reality it's 55 (?) on CBS's app. I'd probably take the under on either one of 54.5 or 55.5 and feel pretty good about it.

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Posted: 10/1/2021 10:30 AM

bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more

ts1227 wrote:expand_more

SBH wrote:expand_more

I live 4.5 miles from the Akron campus. I will not be attending.

I’m probably just a hair closer than this (just north of Goodyear Heights Metro Park), but we have to go to a wedding on my wife’s side. This is a lot less annoying than it should be this year.

SBH demanded that his 2 sons (and requested all family members) not schedule a wedding during an Ohio Bobcat athletic event.

I done SBH one better, and requested no funerals during Bobcat athletic events!

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Posted: 10/1/2021 12:00 PM

9.5 points makes no sense. We are on the road. That indicates that we might be more than a 2 TD favorite at home. How is a team that has looked as bad as anyone in the FBS that much of a favorite against anyone. As noted, this might be a low scoring game which makes it less likely for one team to cover a big margin.

If you are the betting sort (I'm not) and cam stomach betting against the Bobcats then this has to be one of the better bets in a while. We literally close look about 4 TDs worse than might have been predicted preseason. Even if you hedge on that and assume that we play halfway in between were we might have been on paper and how we have looked so far and assume that's only 2 TDs then I still don't think that we are a 9.5 point favorite on the road. It seems to me that people must be putting too much weight on how some of OUr recent games with Akron have gone.