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Paul Graham
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  Message Not Read  10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 12:28:42 PM 
Is it just me, or are we coming upon a 10'th anniversary?

Apparently a traditional 10'th anniversary gift is "Tin" according to Wikipedia. I say we shower Ryan, Ted and others with tin!

But seriously, can we really let such a milestone pass quietly?

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?!
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OUcats82
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 12:40:00 PM 
I want to say it's been longer than that?!

My first memories are sometime around the 2001-2002 time window?

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cincybobcat99
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 12:59:24 PM 
OUcats82 wrote:
I want to say it's been longer than that?!

My first memories are sometime around the 2001-2002 time window?


I'm going to go out on a limb here, but since Ted's profile says:

"Member Since: November 11, 2004"

I would guess that it has been 10 years.
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Alan Swank
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 1:14:46 PM 
cincybobcat99 wrote:
OUcats82 wrote:
I want to say it's been longer than that?!

My first memories are sometime around the 2001-2002 time window?


I'm going to go out on a limb here, but since Ted's profile says:

"Member Since: November 11, 2004"

I would guess that it has been 10 years.


But we had the old Tcom site before that. When did that start - you know the days of 3 Ball?
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BillyTheCat
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 1:29:08 PM 
Alan Swank wrote:
cincybobcat99 wrote:
OUcats82 wrote:
I want to say it's been longer than that?!

My first memories are sometime around the 2001-2002 time window?


I'm going to go out on a limb here, but since Ted's profile says:

"Member Since: November 11, 2004"

I would guess that it has been 10 years.


But we had the old Tcom site before that. When did that start - you know the days of 3 Ball?


I found this board in about 2008

Last Edited: 11/24/2014 1:29:53 PM by BillyTheCat
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Paul Graham
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 1:29:38 PM 
Granted, there was the old Tcom site. You guys are missing the point though.

This site...which is awesome...appears to be approaching its 10'th anniversary.
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Ted Thompson
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 2:58:34 PM 

Paul Graham wrote:
Granted, there was the old Tcom site. You guys are missing the point though.

This site...which is awesome...appears to be approaching its 10'th anniversary.


Well, this design of the site may be approaching 10 years. As Alan mentioned, it started with the TCOM site back in the mid-90's. That site was ahead of its time. I remember being able to listen to streaming audio around about the time RealAudio was just coming into existence.

But the powers-that-be I guess decided it probably wasn't best to host a fan message board (maybe NCAA no-no?). So then it moved to EZBoard (pay-for-message board site) that relied on donations to keep it alive. I remember Pete Chouteau funding many months.

For Christmas 2000, I was given web-publishing software called FrontPage. I built a front-end to the message board that allowed us to post game stories and recruiting news. In April of 2001, I registered the BobcatAttack domain and bought web hosting through FatCow. Mike Coleman was instrumental in helping lead me through how to actual get the files posted to the web. In fact, I think he may have a screen shot of the original front page. In addition to Mike and others, Rollie Merriman was extremely helpful in posting game videos and doing video interviews.

In May of 2003, I got an e-mail out of nowhere from a guy named Ryan Carey. Said he was working on a new version of the site. I didn't think much of it until he contacted me again in late 2003. I was blown away by the work he had done. He had built a complete content management system which cut down on the daily maintenance I had to do (like the daily newslinks) by a lot.

We started beta testing the message board in November of 2004 and I think rolled the site out to everyone in early 2005. And that site is what you see today. The content management system makes the daily work I do on this so much less time-consuming than before. I don't know what I would do without it.

I'm so thankful for the help I have received from folks like Mike, Rollie and Ryan and for those that have provided content like Lonnie McMillan. And those behind the scenes that have offered advice/support like Pete C., McKinney, Mike Johnson, Ben Shoemaker and others. Plus the awesome contributors that give this place the soul that it has. My Bobcat fandom and my life has been made much fuller by the people I have met through this site.

 

Follow Ohio Football recruiting on the BobcatAttack.com football recruiting database.

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Jeff McKinney
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 2:58:53 PM 
When did the meltdown and loss of info occur?

I've been around this board since the beginning of the TCom days.
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shabamon
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 3:48:06 PM 
I'm pretty sure the meltdown occurred in Summer 2010. I remember Paul Myerberg's countdown blog mentioning it in our football preview.

I would love to see the Rollie Merriman-style videos and interviews make a comeback. Perhaps an opportunistic young journalism student wouldn't mind making it a personal project.
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L.C.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 4:06:51 PM 
Jeff McKinney wrote:
When did the meltdown and loss of info occur?...

Here is the data loss thread:
http://www.bobcatattack.com/messageboard/topic.asp?FromPa...
date=7/6/2010

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ― Epictetus

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Ted Thompson
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 4:09:45 PM 

Here's the story on the 10th anniversary (April 12, 2011): http://www.bobcatattack.com/basketball/story.asp?PID=616 

And a screenshot of the original site:

 

Follow Ohio Football recruiting on the BobcatAttack.com football recruiting database.

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Alan Swank
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 4:33:14 PM 
Interesting reading that thread from the meltdown. Almost all of the posters are still posting today.

Last Edited: 11/24/2014 4:33:35 PM by Alan Swank
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Paul Graham
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 4:57:52 PM 
Ted Thompson wrote:
Paul Graham wrote:
Granted, there was the old Tcom site. You guys are missing the point though.

This site...which is awesome...appears to be approaching its 10'th anniversary.


Well, this design of the site may be approaching 10 years. As Alan mentioned, it started with the TCOM site back in the mid-90's. That site was ahead of its time. I remember being able to listen to streaming audio around about the time RealAudio was just coming into existence.

But the powers-that-be I guess decided it probably wasn't best to host a fan message board (maybe NCAA no-no?). So then it moved to EZBoard (pay-for-message board site) that relied on donations to keep it alive. I remember Pete Chouteau funding many months.

For Christmas 2000, I was given web-publishing software called FrontPage. I built a front-end to the message board that allowed us to post game stories and recruiting news. In April of 2001, I registered the BobcatAttack domain and bought web hosting through FatCow. Mike Coleman was instrumental in helping lead me through how to actual get the files posted to the web. In fact, I think he may have a screen shot of the original front page. In addition to Mike and others, Rollie Merriman was extremely helpful in posting game videos and doing video interviews.

In May of 2003, I got an e-mail out of nowhere from a guy named Ryan Carey. Said he was working on a new version of the site. I didn't think much of it until he contacted me again in late 2003. I was blown away by the work he had done. He had built a complete content management system which cut down on the daily maintenance I had to do (like the daily newslinks) by a lot.

We started beta testing the message board in November of 2004 and I think rolled the site out to everyone in early 2005. And that site is what you see today. The content management system makes the daily work I do on this so much less time-consuming than before. I don't know what I would do without it.

I'm so thankful for the help I have received from folks like Mike, Rollie and Ryan and for those that have provided content like Lonnie McMillan. And those behind the scenes that have offered advice/support like Pete C., McKinney, Mike Johnson, Ben Shoemaker and others. Plus the awesome contributors that give this place the soul that it has. My Bobcat fandom and my life has been made much fuller by the people I have met through this site.




Great story Ted! I guess I didn't realize (remember?) the site existed back in 2001. I certainly remember posting things during my college years (2000-2004)...must have been there.

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Brian Smith (No, not that one)
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 4:59:48 PM 
I wish we had the old posts from back before the data loss. I could document my evolution from young, dumb, raving narcissistic lunatic to slightly older dumb, raving narcissistic lunatic with less hair.

Last Edited: 11/24/2014 5:05:49 PM by Brian Smith (No, not that one)
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Mike Johnson
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 6:27:56 PM 
To Ted, Mike Coleman, Jeff McKinney, Ryan Carey I extend my sincerest gratitude. BA provides my daily dose of Ohio sports information, insights and entertainment.

http://www.facebook.com/mikejohnson.author

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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 6:52:55 PM 
Mike Johnson wrote:
To Ted, Mike Coleman, Jeff McKinney, Ryan Carey I extend my sincerest gratitude. BA provides my daily dose of Ohio sports information, insights and entertainment.


A great big D-I-T-T-O!!!
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Mike Coleman
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 7:18:29 PM 
For the longest time, the old ezboard site was still available to read. Looks like it finally bit the dust in the past couple of years. The last time I remember looking at it was after Groce left.

http://pub6.ezboard.com/bgobobcats
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 7:56:12 PM 
Mark Lembright '85 wrote:
Mike Johnson wrote:
To Ted, Mike Coleman, Jeff McKinney, Ryan Carey I extend my sincerest gratitude. BA provides my daily dose of Ohio sports information, insights and entertainment.


A great big D-I-T-T-O!!!

+999

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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 8:50:43 PM 
Ted Thompson wrote:
Paul Graham wrote:
Granted, there was the old Tcom site. You guys are missing the point though.

This site...which is awesome...appears to be approaching its 10'th anniversary.


Well, this design of the site may be approaching 10 years. As Alan mentioned, it started with the TCOM site back in the mid-90's. That site was ahead of its time. I remember being able to listen to streaming audio around about the time RealAudio was just coming into existence.

But the powers-that-be I guess decided it probably wasn't best to host a fan message board (maybe NCAA no-no?). So then it moved to EZBoard (pay-for-message board site) that relied on donations to keep it alive. I remember Pete Chouteau funding many months.

For Christmas 2000, I was given web-publishing software called FrontPage. I built a front-end to the message board that allowed us to post game stories and recruiting news. In April of 2001, I registered the BobcatAttack domain and bought web hosting through FatCow. Mike Coleman was instrumental in helping lead me through how to actual get the files posted to the web. In fact, I think he may have a screen shot of the original front page. In addition to Mike and others, Rollie Merriman was extremely helpful in posting game videos and doing video interviews.

In May of 2003, I got an e-mail out of nowhere from a guy named Ryan Carey. Said he was working on a new version of the site. I didn't think much of it until he contacted me again in late 2003. I was blown away by the work he had done. He had built a complete content management system which cut down on the daily maintenance I had to do (like the daily newslinks) by a lot.

We started beta testing the message board in November of 2004 and I think rolled the site out to everyone in early 2005. And that site is what you see today. The content management system makes the daily work I do on this so much less time-consuming than before. I don't know what I would do without it.

I'm so thankful for the help I have received from folks like Mike, Rollie and Ryan and for those that have provided content like Lonnie McMillan. And those behind the scenes that have offered advice/support like Pete C., McKinney, Mike Johnson, Ben Shoemaker and others. Plus the awesome contributors that give this place the soul that it has. My Bobcat fandom and my life has been made much fuller by the people I have met through this site.



Thank you.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 9:45:31 PM 
Ted, Ryan, Jeff, Mike, et al: Thank you so much for this great site. I'm an addict, but I guess there are much worse things to be addicted to. All seriousness aside, as Steve Allen used to say, but I really appreciate all the efforts you folks have put into this site through the years. I think this is far and away the best fan board of any G5 school that I've ever seen and much better than some of the P5 boards. Keep up the good work! :-)

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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 11:25:21 PM 
Delete Pending wrote:
I wish we had the old posts from back before the data loss. I could document my evolution from young, dumb, raving narcissistic lunatic to slightly older dumb, raving narcissistic lunatic with less hair.


Ditto.

Can somebody hit a pull up jumper for me?.....

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The Optimist
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/24/2014 11:53:49 PM 
Ohio69 wrote:
Delete Pending wrote:
I wish we had the old posts from back before the data loss. I could document my evolution from young, dumb, raving narcissistic lunatic to slightly older dumb, raving narcissistic lunatic with less hair.


Ditto.


Similar story here, but my grammar is improved.

I greatly appreciate the efforts of those who have made this site what it is.
Thank you.

I've seen crazier things happen.

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Bobcatbob
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/25/2014 8:30:14 AM 
Congrats, all leaders, contributors and sustainers, and thank you.

To think that I still have a job after 10 - 15+ years of surreptitious, workplace posting on this and the TComm site is truly amazing.
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oldkatz
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/25/2014 8:52:58 AM 
Thanks for all the hard work......and tolerance.

"All my inside sources tell me I have no inside sources." Salvatore "money bucks" Mafiosiano.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 10 years of BobcatAttack
   Posted: 11/25/2014 9:02:19 AM 
I congratulate you guys on sticking to your guns and not following the sheep to the slaughter, a.k.a. converting this site to a Rivals or Scout page, although I'm not sure that offer has ever presented itself or if that's how it works. The fact that this site is an independent source of information for Ohio University Athletics is a huge plus for me. Thanks for the years of service!
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