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Topic: THE CURRENT SITUATION

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71 BOBCAT
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THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 9:43:23 AM

THE CURRENT SITUATION:
1) Current record 5-4
2) 3 games remain; next 2 at home against Kent & Ball State both have loosing records and away @ NIU.
3) There are 5 Bowl slots for the MAC; BG, TOL.,WM, & NUI are pretty much locks. The teams in the running for the last slot are Ohio, Buf. & CM.
4) 7-5 final record should win the final bowl game. There could be a tie for the last slot at which point the choice will be up to some committee that represents that last bowl game. I would think that Ohio would have an advantage based on the number of recent bowl appearances and having Solich.
5) Each team has about the same level of difficulty in their remaining schedule. However, CM does have 2 of their last 3 games on the road.
6) Even though I have WM as a lock I do have to mention that they have the toughest schedule; BG, @ NIU & @ TOL. If they were to loose these last 3 they would probably be out of bowl consideration at 6-6. That would open another slot for the 3 teams currently vying for the last bowl game.

CONCLUSION:
I believe that Ohio can still control it's own destiny to get to a bowl game. If accomplished then we will have something to cheer about.

GO BOBCATS ...... MAKE BOBCAT NATION PROUD

Last Edited: 11/6/2015 10:25:44 AM by 71 BOBCAT

BillyTheCat
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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 9:46:34 AM

OHIO cannot finish 7-4

Paul Graham
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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 9:51:40 AM

I would love to see them finish strong and get a bowl game where we can get Poling, Papi, JJ, BB, Vick and the cheerleader guy healthy and focused.

Alan Swank
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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 10:08:37 AM

71 BOBCAT wrote:

THE CURRENT SITUATION:
1) Current record 5-4
2) 3 games remain; next 2 at home against Kent & Ball State both have loosing records and away @ NIU.
3) There are 5 Bowl slots for the MAC; BG, TOL.,WM, & NUI are pretty much locks. The teams in the running for the last slot are Ohio, Buf. & CM.
4) 7-4 final record should win the final bowl game. There could be a tie for the last slot at which point the choice will be up to some committee that represents that last bowl game. I would think that Ohio would have an advantage based on the number of recent bowl appearances and having Solich.
5) Each team has about the same level of difficulty in their remaining schedule. However, CM does have 2 of their last 3 games on the road.
6) Even though I have WM as a lock I do have to mention that they have the toughest schedule; BG, @ NIU & @ TOL. If they were to loose these last 3 they would probably be out of bowl consideration at 6-6. That would open another slot for the 3 teams currently vying for the last bowl game.

CONCLUSION:
I believe that Ohio can still control it's own destiny to get to a bowl game. If accomplished then we will have something to cheer about.

GO BOBCATS ...... MAKE BOBCAT NATION PROUD

8 and 4, yes but if we finish 7-5 and Buffalo is 7-5 and Western at 6-6, how can you put us in when both of those teams ran all over us?

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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 10:09:00 AM

Another way to look at it: There are 80 bowl slots, but right now only 76 teams (including Ohio) are at .500 or better. That means at least four teams have to play better in their last three games or so than they have up to now just to have all the slots filled with .500+ teams. If Ohio gets bowl eligible, there's a very good chance that we'll land in a bowl somewhere; 7-5 might nearly make us a lock. Right now it looks like about six conference slots and Army's slot will be open. I expect we'll see some 5-7 teams in bowls this year.

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

bshot44
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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 10:15:26 AM

Alan Swank wrote:

71 BOBCAT wrote:

THE CURRENT SITUATION:
1) Current record 5-4
2) 3 games remain; next 2 at home against Kent & Ball State both have loosing records and away @ NIU.
3) There are 5 Bowl slots for the MAC; BG, TOL.,WM, & NUI are pretty much locks. The teams in the running for the last slot are Ohio, Buf. & CM.
4) 7-4 final record should win the final bowl game. There could be a tie for the last slot at which point the choice will be up to some committee that represents that last bowl game. I would think that Ohio would have an advantage based on the number of recent bowl appearances and having Solich.
5) Each team has about the same level of difficulty in their remaining schedule. However, CM does have 2 of their last 3 games on the road.
6) Even though I have WM as a lock I do have to mention that they have the toughest schedule; BG, @ NIU & @ TOL. If they were to loose these last 3 they would probably be out of bowl consideration at 6-6. That would open another slot for the 3 teams currently vying for the last bowl game.

CONCLUSION:
I believe that Ohio can still control it's own destiny to get to a bowl game. If accomplished then we will have something to cheer about.

GO BOBCATS ...... MAKE BOBCAT NATION PROUD

8 and 4, yes but if we finish 7-5 and Buffalo is 7-5 and Western at 6-6, how can you put us in when both of those teams ran all over us?

Similar situation in 2013...Ohio 7-5 (and absolutely smoked by Buffalo 30-3 and BG 49-0) while Toledo finished 7-5 (with wins over UB and BG) and it was Ohio who got a bowl game and Toledo got nothing.

The only logic when it comes to picking bowl teams is $$$$$$$. They thought Ohio still had some name-value and cache after the previous sniff of success in the Top 25.....so better TV ratings. (And Ohio fans tend to travel a little better to bowl games than Toledo)

So therefore, it was Ohio not Toledo who went bowling to Beef O'Brady-ville

71 BOBCAT
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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 10:25:30 AM

Alan,
I answered your question in my post. I felt Ohio would get the nod due to recent history of bowl appearances and having Solich as the coach.

I thank some others for bringing to my attention my typo on the 7-4 record which should have read 7-5.

GO BOBCATS

Last Edited: 11/6/2015 10:26:56 AM by 71 BOBCAT

OU_Country
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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 11:01:27 AM

Pataskala wrote:

So you're saying there's a chance?

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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 11:03:40 AM

What if they had a bowl between the worst two teams in FBS. Loser gets booted down to FCS.

I want a relegation bowl. I'd enjoy it more than any playoff system.

Alan Swank
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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 11:22:21 AM

Brian Smith wrote:

What if they had a bowl between the worst two teams in FBS. Loser gets booted down to FCS.

I want a relegation bowl. I'd enjoy it more than any playoff system.

That's kind of what happened this week with the republican presidential debate candidates.

OUcats82
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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 11:33:46 AM

Brian Smith wrote:

What if they had a bowl between the worst two teams in FBS. Loser gets booted down to FCS.

I want a relegation bowl. I'd enjoy it more than any playoff system.

Sounds like one of the line ups for an Ancient Roman gladiator card.

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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 12:10:35 PM

OU_Country wrote:

Pataskala wrote:

So you're saying there's a chance?

Yes, but we have to win at least one of the next three. There will likely be too many "P"5 teams in at 5-7 for us to get in win only five wins.

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

TWT
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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 12:39:58 PM

Wouldn't it be something if Frank was able to win the next two weeks at home against MAC schools with losing records and then go into a bowl game with all his guys back and be too much to handle for a lowly CUSA team. Finish 8-5 after flushing the conference race down the toilet.

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El Gato Roberto
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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 1:01:13 PM

OUcats82 wrote:

Brian Smith wrote:

What if they had a bowl between the worst two teams in FBS. Loser gets booted down to FCS.

I want a relegation bowl. I'd enjoy it more than any playoff system.

Sounds like one of the line ups for an Ancient Roman gladiator card.

Actually that's what happens in England in Football (soccer to us'ns). The lowest 3 or 4 teams in the Premier Division drop down to the lower league while the top 3 or 4 move up to Premier.

I was a proponent of this system between the old CBA and NBA, before the draft lottery. There would be no more "losing on purpose for that #1 draft pick" if a winner-take-all game vs. Sioux City was looming.

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RE: THE CURRENT SITUATION

Posted: 11/6/2015 11:21:17 PM

Just looking at the bowls that might have open slots. Based on this week's CFP rankings, there would be two SEC teams in the playoff, one B10 and one ACC. Plus at the moment, one AAC team could have an access bowl slot and MichSt might have an at-large slot. Adding these to their other bowl slots, and based on the number of .500+ teams currently in each conference, these conferences would be short of filling their bowl commitments: AAC (1), ACC (2), B10 (2), B12 (2), CUSA (2), and Sun Belt (1). Plus, Army's slot will be open. That's a total of 11 openings. Based on bowl info from Wikipedia, the follow bowl slots could be open:

Cure Bowl (both slots -- AAC and Sun Belt)
Quick Lane (both slots -- ACC and B10)
Independence (ACC slot vs SEC)
Heart of Dallas (B12 slot vs CUSA)
Cactus Bowl (B12 slot vs Pac12)
Armed Forces Bowl (B10 slot vs MWC)
New Orleans Bowl (CUSA slot vs Sun Belt)
Arizona Bowl (CUSA slot vs MWC)
Poinsettia Bowl (Army slot vs MWC)

Also, the following conferences have more .500+ teams at the moment than bowl commitments: MAC (+2), MWC (+2), Pac12 (+3)

Last Edited: 11/6/2015 11:57:24 PM by Pataskala

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