Welcome Guest! Create an Account login email: password: remember me: BASKETBALL Latest News News Archive Schedule/Results Multi-Media Recruiting FOOTBALL Latest News News Archive Schedule/Results Multi-Media Recruiting MESSAGE BOARD Message Home - Ohio Basketball - Ohio Basketball Recruiting - The O Zone - Ohio Football - Ohio Football Recruiting - Ohio Volleyball - Ohio Baseball - Ohio Olympic Sports... - General OU Discussion... - Website Feedback... - Posting Policy Edit My Profile Private Messages Logout CHAT LINKS site searchwhere to watchcontact usabout usadvertise with ushelp Message Board BobcatAttack.com Message Board Ohio Football Topic:  Football Study Hall's Ohio Preview Topic:  Football Study Hall's Ohio Preview Author Message Ted Thompson Administrator Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: MAC Play Post Count: 7,668 Status: Offline     Football Study Hall's Ohio Preview    Posted: 4/15/2016 8:45:12 AM  Bill Connelly, one of the best in the business, previews Ohio: http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/4/14/11409302/ohio-bobcats-football-2016-preview-schedule-roster Follow Ohio Football recruiting on the BobcatAttack.com football recruiting database. Back to Top C Money General User Member Since: 8/28/2010 Post Count: 3,420 Status: Offline     RE: Football Study Hall's Ohio Preview    Posted: 4/15/2016 9:40:11 AM  Note that he generally does his previews in reverse order (worst to first), which would put his prediction for us at 4th in the MAC and 2nd in the MACE. Back to Top 71 BOBCAT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 1,892 Status: Offline     RE: Football Study Hall's Ohio Preview    Posted: 4/15/2016 10:01:18 AM  After reading through this article I have only 1 concern relative to this author that would have elevated this piece to be outstanding and on point. In his discussion around the 3 game, mid-season losses, he failed to mention the injury situation that was the real cause, i.e. line backer position. Once healthy we then won our last 3 games. While I know no publication is as close to the team as we are, still the injury issue was big during the 3 game losing stretch. GO BOBCATS Back to Top PhiTau74 General User Member Since: 8/6/2010 Location: Columbia, SC Post Count: 457 Status: Offline     RE: Football Study Hall's Ohio Preview    Posted: 4/15/2016 11:14:37 AM  I'd wait and see how much of our defense is left after the Tennessee game, picked 2nd in the SEC and 10+ wins by ESPN. Back to Top Cats-22 General User Member Since: 9/30/2006 Post Count: 370 Status: Offline     RE: Football Study Hall's Ohio Preview    Posted: 4/17/2016 10:26:53 AM  The article is missing some tidbits that you'd know if you were reading this site regularly, but still that was a great preview. Lots of interesting analysis. He challenges my long-held belief that returners on the lines are more important than returners at positions like the secondary (which he ranks as the single most important factor). This is especially relevant for Ohio, since an amazing 7 of the top 9 players in the defensive backfield are gone for 2016, but a strong Dline is coming back. Here's a separate article where he talks about the importance of returning experience in different categories. A couple of caveats, his findings are based on only a couple of years of data, and Phil Steele (who is as good at this as anyone) has said some things before that are the opposite of Connelly's findings. Steele says returning OL experience is a major factor, whereas Connelly finds sort of amazingly that it's a complete non-factor. (Connelly is counting total returning starts instead of total returning starters, which may be part of the explanation.) http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/2/5/1092191... Last Edited: 4/17/2016 10:27:36 AM by Cats-22 Back to Top L.C. General User Member Since: 8/31/2005 Location: United States Post Count: 10,470 Status: Offline     RE: Football Study Hall's Ohio Preview    Posted: 4/17/2016 1:31:25 PM  Steele has an amazing track record as consistently the most accurate forecaster, year in, and year out. It doesn't matter if you pick 3 years, 5 years, or 10 years - the winner is always Phil Steele: http://preseason.stassen.com/prediction-accuracy / “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ― Epictetus Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 6  of 6 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'Ohio Football' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 233 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 233 Guests 0 Registered Users There are no other users looking at this page.

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