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This site also shows us at Purdue the following year. http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa/mid-amer/ohio-bobcats.php 2017 looks pretty awesome with two winnable games against the P5 @Purdue and home for Kansas. I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top Beat Michigan General User Member Since: 8/15/2013 Location: Almost Heaven Post Count: 245 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/15/2015 10:09:19 PM  What I don't understand is why do we schedule home/home with UMASS and Texas State and drop Marshall. We are competitive in Huntington and own them in Athens.. Huntington is a short bus ride and the other two are plane trips. It doesn't take a genius to figure out we make more money playing Marshall. I could careless if we ever played Umass and Texas state. We haven't played Umass in how many years and they are in our division. Back to Top Bobcat110 General User Member Since: 3/5/2005 Location: Mount Gilead, OH Post Count: 705 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/15/2015 11:18:57 PM  Beat Michigan wrote: What I don't understand is why do we schedule home/home with UMASS and Texas State and drop Marshall. We are competitive in Huntington and own them in Athens.. Huntington is a short bus ride and the other two are plane trips. It doesn't take a genius to figure out we make more money playing Marshall. I could careless if we ever played Umass and Texas state. We haven't played Umass in how many years and they are in our division. Looks to me like we had opportunity for a home and home with Kansas. So, playing at Kansas next year instead of Marshall....then get Kansas at home in 2017. Big 12 home & home >>> than Conference USA home and home? Last Edited: 9/15/2015 11:20:02 PM by Bobcat110 Back to Top OhioBobcat General User Member Since: 1/20/2006 Post Count: 1,618 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 9:10:54 AM  I wish this season was a year that Ohio played a much better non conference schedule because I feel this is a team that could rack up some wins over good teams. Sure Minnesota is still on deck, but playing teams like Idaho who might be the worst team in the country and an FCS school in Southeastern Louisiana leave a lot to be desired. Even Marshall this year wasn't very good. I'm sort of getting tired of our schedules being the same tired mix of FCS teams and bad FBS schools with usually only one headliner game sprinkled in. We're almost always assured of going 3-1 by default because the teams usually suck. Yes I like winning but I also like facing other decent competition, and I can't imagine the guy who come here to play for us wouldn't want to as well. It's like our AD targets some of the worst teams in the country like New Mexico State and Idaho and locks them up, which if no surprise seeing Kansas on there now too because they are arguably the worst Power Five team in the nation. Back to Top Bobcat110 General User Member Since: 3/5/2005 Location: Mount Gilead, OH Post Count: 705 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 9:53:50 AM  Yes. It's been a tired mix of: One Payday Road Game Two ...um....VERY winnable games vs. teams outside the midwest and no local interest Marshall I know they want two OOC home games each year, but seems like could either do teams with a little more namesake and dump one of the "very" winnable games. Back to Top UpSan Bobcat General User Member Since: 8/30/2005 Location: Upper Sandusky, OH Post Count: 3,802 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 10:25:29 AM  I think Ohio's schedules will be a little more appealing in the future. Next year the team has Kansas and Tennessee. In 2017, there is Purdue and a home game against Kansas, and in 2018, there is a game at Cincinnati with games still to be scheduled. Back to Top Tyler General User Member Since: 7/7/2010 Location: Arizona Post Count: 894 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 10:48:30 AM  That 2020 home schedule. Marshall and Cincinnati in Peden. Back to Top perimeterpost General User Member Since: 7/6/2010 Post Count: 3,165 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 1:17:45 PM  OUr ideal OOC schedule should look like this every year- 1. FCS, always Home. 2. P5 payday, tough but winnable, always Away. 3. P5 low level, H/H. 4. G5 Marshall or other top tier, H/H. MY STATE. MY TEAM. Back to Top Recovering Journalist General User Member Since: 8/17/2010 Location: Cleveland, OH Post Count: 1,851 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 3:10:09 PM  Bobcat110 wrote: Yes. It's been a tired mix of: One Payday Road Game Two ...um....VERY winnable games vs. teams outside the midwest and no local interest Marshall I know they want two OOC home games each year, but seems like could either do teams with a little more namesake and dump one of the "very" winnable games. What's the incentive to "improve" the schedule? In the last 10 years, Saturday attendance (when most non-conference games will fall) has been weather based. Only the die hards who post on this board base their attendance on the opponent in any way. That's been demonstrated by all the P5s that have come to Peden. That Pitt game's attendance was fueled by Frank Fever. Why should a program operating in the red pay up or leave money on the table if it doesn't add more butts in the seats or increase most fans' interest in any way? Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,574 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 3:36:28 PM  Recovering Journalist wrote: Bobcat110 wrote: Yes. It's been a tired mix of: One Payday Road Game Two ...um....VERY winnable games vs. teams outside the midwest and no local interest Marshall I know they want two OOC home games each year, but seems like could either do teams with a little more namesake and dump one of the "very" winnable games. What's the incentive to "improve" the schedule? In the last 10 years, Saturday attendance (when most non-conference games will fall) has been weather based. Only the die hards who post on this board base their attendance on the opponent in any way. That's been demonstrated by all the P5s that have come to Peden. That Pitt game's attendance was fueled by Frank Fever. Why should a program operating in the red pay up or leave money on the table if it doesn't add more butts in the seats or increase most fans' interest in any way? I'm not sure what you are basing that reasoning on. We've had two P5 programs come to Peden since Frank started. Pitt 24,545 UConn 24,617 Those are both good crowds, so I'll completely disagree that it is just "diehards" on this board who care about big-time opponents. In fact, I'd argue that average P5 teams like Kansas or Purdue are even more important to the casual fans because those are names they recognize as playing in the big conference. Meanwhile, I think most diehards on this board would consider showing up for no-name opponents. I like playing winnable P5 teams like Kansas. They aren't great at football, but I think they DO interest casual fans and I enjoy seeing good crowds in Peden. When the fanbase is excited, it makes the atmosphere more fun to be a part of. I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,076 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 4:52:10 PM  The Optimist wrote: Recovering Journalist wrote: Bobcat110 wrote: Yes. It's been a tired mix of: One Payday Road Game Two ...um....VERY winnable games vs. teams outside the midwest and no local interest Marshall I know they want two OOC home games each year, but seems like could either do teams with a little more namesake and dump one of the "very" winnable games. What's the incentive to "improve" the schedule? In the last 10 years, Saturday attendance (when most non-conference games will fall) has been weather based. Only the die hards who post on this board base their attendance on the opponent in any way. That's been demonstrated by all the P5s that have come to Peden. That Pitt game's attendance was fueled by Frank Fever. Why should a program operating in the red pay up or leave money on the table if it doesn't add more butts in the seats or increase most fans' interest in any way? I'm not sure what you are basing that reasoning on. We've had two P5 programs come to Peden since Frank started. Pitt 24,545 UConn 24,617 Those are both good crowds, so I'll completely disagree that it is just "diehards" on this board who care about big-time opponents. In fact, I'd argue that average P5 teams like Kansas or Purdue are even more important to the casual fans because those are names they recognize as playing in the big conference. Meanwhile, I think most diehards on this board would consider showing up for no-name opponents. I like playing winnable P5 teams like Kansas. They aren't great at football, but I think they DO interest casual fans and I enjoy seeing good crowds in Peden. When the fanbase is excited, it makes the atmosphere more fun to be a part of. Well he's probably basing the comment on the fact that a bunch of no name non FBS schools draw more than a Pitt. So why go that route if Pitt a regional P5 school will not draw as well as Norfolk State, why take a 2-1 deal or even a 1-1 if it's not guaranteed a win. ;-) Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,574 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 5:18:13 PM  BillyTheCat wrote: The Optimist wrote: Recovering Journalist wrote: Bobcat110 wrote: Yes. It's been a tired mix of: One Payday Road Game Two ...um....VERY winnable games vs. teams outside the midwest and no local interest Marshall I know they want two OOC home games each year, but seems like could either do teams with a little more namesake and dump one of the "very" winnable games. What's the incentive to "improve" the schedule? In the last 10 years, Saturday attendance (when most non-conference games will fall) has been weather based. Only the die hards who post on this board base their attendance on the opponent in any way. That's been demonstrated by all the P5s that have come to Peden. That Pitt game's attendance was fueled by Frank Fever. Why should a program operating in the red pay up or leave money on the table if it doesn't add more butts in the seats or increase most fans' interest in any way? I'm not sure what you are basing that reasoning on. We've had two P5 programs come to Peden since Frank started. Pitt 24,545 UConn 24,617 Those are both good crowds, so I'll completely disagree that it is just "diehards" on this board who care about big-time opponents. In fact, I'd argue that average P5 teams like Kansas or Purdue are even more important to the casual fans because those are names they recognize as playing in the big conference. Meanwhile, I think most diehards on this board would consider showing up for no-name opponents. I like playing winnable P5 teams like Kansas. They aren't great at football, but I think they DO interest casual fans and I enjoy seeing good crowds in Peden. When the fanbase is excited, it makes the atmosphere more fun to be a part of. Well he's probably basing the comment on the fact that a bunch of no name non FBS schools draw more than a Pitt. So why go that route if Pitt a regional P5 school will not draw as well as Norfolk State, why take a 2-1 deal or even a 1-1 if it's not guaranteed a win. ;-) If anything, the fact that Norfolk State outdrew Pitt is a sign of how much Frank Solich has grown this program in the last decade. In 05, Pitt drew over Peden capacity of 24k. Would Norfolk have drawn that much back then? No way. RJ claimed "frank fever" was the reason for high attendance at Pitt. In reality, Frank Fever is the reason for Norfolk State attendance being high. They built a fan base. 24k for Pitt a 10 years ago. Kansas will easily outdraw that. Because the program has grown. And Kansas will easily outdraw Norfolk. Because casual fans have name recognition with Kansas while there isn't any with Norfolk. Many on this board like to bash Frank but the clear reality is he has completely changed the culture of this program. 10 years ago, 24k for Pitt was a great crowd. Now, 24k for Pitt is being talked about like it isnt big enough. I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top Mike Johnson General User Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: North Canton, OH Post Count: 1,730 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 5:25:35 PM  I applaud scheduling during Frank's tenure. It's interesting that some of Peden's biggest crowds have attended games against the likes of Norfolk State, New Mexico State, etc. Two of the most disappointing Peden crowds that I recall were against East Carolina in 1998 and Minnesota in 2003. Neither approached a sellout and, if I recall correctly, Minnesota drew just above 20,000. I look at other MAC teams that schedule at least 2 money games and ask: How have they benefited home attendance and win-loss records? Scant evidence that such games have provided any meaningful boosts in attendance and in most cases have put those MAC teams on the way to losing records. I watched this year's OK State at CMU game - lots of empty seats. I'd like to think that WMU's stadium was filled for its Michigan State game - and if it was how many of those seats were filled by MSU fans. Each year Phil Steele's preview mag shows a team's W-L record for the last 10 years. Compare Ohio's with most other MAC schools. I like driving to Peden, knowing that Ohio stands a good chance against whatever opponent is gracing the turf. http://www.facebook.com/mikejohnson.author Back to Top colobobcat66 General User Member Since: 9/1/2006 Location: Watching the bobcats run outside my window., CO Post Count: 4,476 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 5:36:41 PM  About the only complaint I have against the OOC schedules the past 5-8 years is that we play many of our 1 and 1 with remote or long distance schools like Idaho, North Texas, Wyoming and New Mexico State to name a few. Makes it look like we're in CUSA. Just kidding about that, but it would seem that there would be some closer teams who we could have scheduled. Back to Top L.C. General User Member Since: 8/31/2005 Location: United States Post Count: 10,470 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 6:48:00 PM  BillyTheCat wrote: Well he's probably basing the comment on the fact that a bunch of no name non FBS schools draw more than a Pitt. So why go that route if Pitt a regional P5 school will not draw as well as Norfolk State, why take a 2-1 deal or even a 1-1 if it's not guaranteed a win. ;-) Well, as you yourself have said, we can't take any of the reported attendance numbers too seriously. The other thing is that Ohio is frequently close to capacity, so if some match-up were to attract 40,000 fans, only 24-25,000 would get in anyway. There are tons of things that we know affect attendance: 1. Other events, such as Homecoming, Parent's Weekend, and Band Day 2. Weather 3. Saturday versus mid-week games 4. Start time (especially if it lines up with other games of interest) On top of these, no doubt the foe does have some impact, but it's very difficult to know exactly how much. “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ― Epictetus Back to Top Speaker of Truth General User Member Since: 1/26/2011 Post Count: 441 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 6:48:47 PM  colobobcat66 wrote: About the only complaint I have against the OOC schedules the past 5-8 years is that we play many of our 1 and 1 with remote or long distance schools like Idaho, North Texas, Wyoming and New Mexico State to name a few. Makes it look like we're in CUSA. Just kidding about that, but it would seem that there would be some closer teams who we could have scheduled. This is the best point brought up this whole thread. There is no huge incentive to play a power 5 at home, when you can play on the road and get paid. Our ticket situation is good for Athens. We will always play and FCS team and one pay game. The next two need to be home and home, and power schools are tough to come by that will do that. We need to win Non-Con games to be bowl eligible, no need to overload it. I do think we should be play closer to Athens though. WKU, Navy, APP State, Middle Tenn, Old Dominion. Those are all much closer. Back to Top TWT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,112 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 8:57:41 PM  perimeterpost wrote: OUr ideal OOC schedule should look like this every year- 1. FCS, always Home. 2. P5 payday, tough but winnable, always Away. 3. P5 low level, H/H. 4. G5 Marshall or other top tier, H/H. Item #3 of the low level P5 school isn't going to be happening in the future. P5 schools are moving to 9 game league schedules with a 10th game against another P5 opponent. That and with all new G5 schools willing to collect paydays leverage in having a P5 them play a 1 for 1 is severely reduced. The Kansas game was on the books several years ago and that is the only reason its still scheduled. Last Edited: 9/16/2015 9:01:03 PM by TWT Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086 Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,076 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 9:29:13 PM  L.C. wrote: BillyTheCat wrote: Well he's probably basing the comment on the fact that a bunch of no name non FBS schools draw more than a Pitt. So why go that route if Pitt a regional P5 school will not draw as well as Norfolk State, why take a 2-1 deal or even a 1-1 if it's not guaranteed a win. ;-) Well, as you yourself have said, we can't take any of the reported attendance numbers too seriously. The other thing is that Ohio is frequently close to capacity, so if some match-up were to attract 40,000 fans, only 24-25,000 would get in anyway. There are tons of things that we know affect attendance: 1. Other events, such as Homecoming, Parent's Weekend, and Band Day 2. Weather 3. Saturday versus mid-week games 4. Start time (especially if it lines up with other games of interest) On top of these, no doubt the foe does have some impact, but it's very difficult to know exactly how much. Your first comment is exactly my point, the rest is sarcasm Back to Top Beat Michigan General User Member Since: 8/15/2013 Location: Almost Heaven Post Count: 245 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/16/2015 9:33:06 PM  the123kid wrote: colobobcat66 wrote: About the only complaint I have against the OOC schedules the past 5-8 years is that we play many of our 1 and 1 with remote or long distance schools like Idaho, North Texas, Wyoming and New Mexico State to name a few. Makes it look like we're in CUSA. Just kidding about that, but it would seem that there would be some closer teams who we could have scheduled. This is the best point brought up this whole thread. There is no huge incentive to play a power 5 at home, when you can play on the road and get paid. Our ticket situation is good for Athens. We will always play and FCS team and one pay game. The next two need to be home and home, and power schools are tough to come by that will do that. We need to win Non-Con games to be bowl eligible, no need to overload it. I do think we should be play closer to Athens though. WKU, Navy, APP State, Middle Tenn, Old Dominion. Those are all much closer. I think I made the same point. We aren't going to play Marshall the closest FBS to us and schedule UMASS and Texas State. Back to Top Recovering Journalist General User Member Since: 8/17/2010 Location: Cleveland, OH Post Count: 1,851 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/17/2015 12:07:25 AM  The Optimist wrote: Recovering Journalist wrote: Bobcat110 wrote: Yes. It's been a tired mix of: One Payday Road Game Two ...um....VERY winnable games vs. teams outside the midwest and no local interest Marshall I know they want two OOC home games each year, but seems like could either do teams with a little more namesake and dump one of the "very" winnable games. What's the incentive to "improve" the schedule? In the last 10 years, Saturday attendance (when most non-conference games will fall) has been weather based. Only the die hards who post on this board base their attendance on the opponent in any way. That's been demonstrated by all the P5s that have come to Peden. That Pitt game's attendance was fueled by Frank Fever. Why should a program operating in the red pay up or leave money on the table if it doesn't add more butts in the seats or increase most fans' interest in any way? I'm not sure what you are basing that reasoning on. We've had two P5 programs come to Peden since Frank started. Pitt 24,545 UConn 24,617 Those are both good crowds, so I'll completely disagree that it is just "diehards" on this board who care about big-time opponents. In fact, I'd argue that average P5 teams like Kansas or Purdue are even more important to the casual fans because those are names they recognize as playing in the big conference. Meanwhile, I think most diehards on this board would consider showing up for no-name opponents. I like playing winnable P5 teams like Kansas. They aren't great at football, but I think they DO interest casual fans and I enjoy seeing good crowds in Peden. When the fanbase is excited, it makes the atmosphere more fun to be a part of. I never said the crowds were bad against P5 opponents. I asked a simple question: How do can this program justify spending money and/or leaving money on the table to get "name" opponents in Peden when there is absolutely no financial benefit? We pretty much hit capacity for our 1AA games, and likely will again this weekend. We hit capacity ANY Saturday that's nice, and that's a great thing. All I'm saying is that there's no measurable financial incentive to pay up to get the bottom feeders of the P5 world to come to Athens. Back to Top Beat Michigan General User Member Since: 8/15/2013 Location: Almost Heaven Post Count: 245 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/17/2015 1:37:51 AM  UConn 24,617 I remember being at that UCONN game. From what I remember there were way too many empty seats for that number. Back to Top TWT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,112 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/17/2015 1:53:12 AM  L.C. wrote: BillyTheCat wrote: Well he's probably basing the comment on the fact that a bunch of no name non FBS schools draw more than a Pitt. So why go that route if Pitt a regional P5 school will not draw as well as Norfolk State, why take a 2-1 deal or even a 1-1 if it's not guaranteed a win. ;-) Well, as you yourself have said, we can't take any of the reported attendance numbers too seriously. The other thing is that Ohio is frequently close to capacity, so if some match-up were to attract 40,000 fans, only 24-25,000 would get in anyway. When the Pitt game was played in 2005 ticketing at Ohio was handled differently. There were no family packs and when student overflowed the student section they were given tickets to sit in the corners. That is why the Pitt game was packed so tightly. Schaus has created a bubble of no shows by forcing fans into season tickets and requiring the students to sit in their section. Then he's selling SRO tickets to the stadium with limited reserved seating. 2005 Peden Capacity Reserved Sections (16,400) Student Section (5,600) Victory Hill (2,000) Participants (500) Total Capacity (24,000) Pitt listed attendance 24,457. Pitt actual attendance 24,301 (99%) 2015 Peden Capacity Reserved Sections (16,400) Student Section (9,600) Standing Room Only (2,000) Participants (500) Total Capacity (28,500) Marshall listed attendance 25,210. Marshall actual attendance 22,689 (90%) A Peden sellout today is defined as Reserved+SRO and then how many students turn out for the game. The crowd last week then was about 19,000 sold and 6,200 students, 10% of which between all season tickets (including the ozone season tickets) didn't show. Russ said the hill wasn't very full but fans were standing around the corners. Instead of increasing the seats they've increased the amount of people they can fit in there. That New Mexico State game back in 2012 set a record with 9,000 students leading to a record crowd and the Akron game that year was also one of the highest all time student games. That was before the premium family pack and the start of a few years in a row with increased season ticket sales. Today those crowds would be a couple thousand more. The academic center project had an aim of allowing another 1,500-2,000 spectators when it was first came out. When the design was presented it included bathrooms at the concourse level but no seats. Its because the game is to increase the SRO by another 1,500-2,000 and 30,000 overall SRO. With a big scoreboard upgrade in the other endzone it makes sense to push the SRO crowd under the academic center by the bathrooms and concessions. The most amount of reserved season tickets that can be sold is 13,000 because of the student and visitor allotments. That way they keep the demand tight. Tickets for homecoming for seats in the midfield reserve section are $44 dollars counting processing fee on Ohiobobcats.com. This is only the beginning for MAC schools creating an expensive ticket. Toledo is charging $70 dollars between the 40's for Iowa State. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086 Back to Top TWT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,112 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/17/2015 2:14:08 AM  Beat Michigan wrote: UConn 24,617 I remember being at that UCONN game. From what I remember there were way too many empty seats for that number. That's because Schaus doesn't allow students to have tickets in the empty seats anymore. They made an accounting change. Marshall drew 25,210 last week on average student attendance. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086 Back to Top OUs LONG Driver General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Copley, OH Post Count: 667 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/17/2015 8:57:03 AM  Wes, How are you producing official attendance numbers that no one else seems to have the ability to access? I was on the hill Saturday and it was a wet, muddy mess so that almost certainly discouraged a lot of people from sitting there. I was also on the hill for the Pitt game and that was pretty unreal. Back to Top OU_Country General User Member Since: 12/6/2005 Location: On the road between Athens and Madison County Post Count: 8,353 Status: Offline     RE: Future OOC Schedules    Posted: 9/17/2015 11:23:36 AM  the123kid wrote: colobobcat66 wrote: About the only complaint I have against the OOC schedules the past 5-8 years is that we play many of our 1 and 1 with remote or long distance schools like Idaho, North Texas, Wyoming and New Mexico State to name a few. Makes it look like we're in CUSA. Just kidding about that, but it would seem that there would be some closer teams who we could have scheduled. This is the best point brought up this whole thread. There is no huge incentive to play a power 5 at home, when you can play on the road and get paid. Our ticket situation is good for Athens. We will always play and FCS team and one pay game. The next two need to be home and home, and power schools are tough to come by that will do that. We need to win Non-Con games to be bowl eligible, no need to overload it. I do think we should be play closer to Athens though. WKU, Navy, APP State, Middle Tenn, Old Dominion. Those are all much closer. Navy and App State, just because of the areas around them, would be a fun road trip to make it a weekend. Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 25  of 34 Posts Jump to Page:   1 | 2    Next > View Other 'Ohio Football' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 334 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 333 Guests 1 Registered User:   Pete Chouteau There are no other users looking at this page.

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