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’Cats find a Way to kick to victory
October 13, 2008
Desperately seeking a win, Ohio delivered on Saturday for the first time all season. In the closest thing to a must-win the ’Cats have seen to date in 2008, Frank Solich’s squad took care of business against Kent State thanks to the right foot of Ohio kicker Barrett Way.>>
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Solich focused on his team’s current state, not Kent State
October 9, 2008
Ohio can do one of two things this weekend inside Dix Stadium at Kent State — win or dig themselves further into a hole that is currently chin high.>>
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Ouch! Bobcat defense fighting injuries at season’s midpoint
October 9, 2008
Not much has gone right for the Ohio football team this season. The Bobcats are off to a 1-5 start, the worst during Frank Solich’s tenure as head coach, and now the injuries are starting to pile up.>>
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Bobcat football team blown out at WMU, falls to 1-5
October 6, 2008
The Ohio Bobcats faced a big test in their second Mid-American Conference football game Saturday at Western Michigan. They came away with a failing grade. In front of 20,133 on homecoming weekend in Kalamazoo, the ’Cats fell to the Broncos 41-20. Ohio is now 1-5 for the first time since 2002. >>
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Ohio men’s b-ball player suspended
October 2, 2008
An Ohio University men’s basketball player was charged with three misdemeanors and has been suspended indefinitely from the team after he allegedly shot at four women with a plastic-pellet gun in an OU dorm in late September.>>
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’Cats hope for good start in first of three tough road games
October 2, 2008
Over the next three weeks, ’Cats football players will be seeing a lot of bus rides and hotels. Such is the life when you’re on the road in the Mid-American Conference.>>
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Redshirt freshman emerging from crowded Ohio backfield
October 2, 2008
Entering the season, the Ohio football team knew the running attack would look much different than it had the past several years. No more Kalvin McRae meant the Bobcats needed to fill the void left by the departure of the team’s career rushing leader and biggest offensive threat.>>
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Ohio football breaks through in a Homecoming shootout
September 29, 2008
On homecoming weekend, the Ohio Bobcats proved there is just no place quite like the friendly confines of Peden Stadium.>>
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OU inducts three former athletes into Kermit Blosser Hall of Fame
September 29, 2008
The Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame will add three names to its list of honorees this fall, according to a press release. The 2008 class of Jackie Visscher (Conrad), Geno Ford and Jen Thornton (Morris) were honored during homecoming weekend at the Ohio University Alumni Awards Gala and also were recognized at the Bobcats’ football game Saturday.>>
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Football team hoping to pick up first win Saturday
September 25, 2008
In college football, games are often won and lost in a matter of just a few plays. This season, Ohio football’s four straight defeats have been decided in large part by play in the red zone and on special teams.>>
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True freshman defensive back already making an impact
September 25, 2008
As Ohio University’s defense took the field Saturday against Northwestern, Travis Carrie was just trying not to think too much.>>
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Wildcats tack another loss onto Ohio’s winless record
September 22, 2008
The Ohio Bobcats accomplished one of its most important goals Saturday against Northwestern — they forced five turnovers, two more than in the previous three games combined. But in a less-than-appealing 16-8 loss to the Wildcats (4-0), Frank Solich’s squad lost track of its other goals, resulting in Ohio’s first 0-4 start since 2002.>>
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Bobcats hoping to bounce back after three tough losses
September 18, 2008
Asked Monday what he would say to Ohio quarterback Boo Jackson to keep him from dwelling on the two fourth-quarter fumbles last Saturday in a 3-point loss to Central Michigan, Ohio head coach Frank Solich gave an answer true to his personality.>>
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’Cats let another victory slip by
September 15, 2008
A total of just 16 points separates the Ohio Bobcats (0-3) from a perfect record through three weeks of the college football season. But after Ohio’s 31-28 loss to Central Michigan (2-1) Saturday afternoon at Peden Stadium, 16 points seems like a long ways away.>>
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Another week means another tough test for the Bobcats
September 11, 2008
Two weeks into the 2008 college football season, the ’Cats are 0-2 but have lost both games by a total of just 13 points. Injuries have been one of many storylines thus far, having kept middle linebacker Michael Brown out for consecutive weeks, and having knocked starting quarterback Theo Scott out for most likely the rest of the season after surgery on his left shoulder.>>
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Solich and his ’Cats not satisfied with failed upset bid
September 8, 2008
For three quarters, the Ohio University football squad was living a dream. The ’Cats faced a tough challenge against third-ranked Ohio State on Saturday afternoon, and for a few hours they had the college football nation on upset alert. In a game in which almost everyone expected a blowout win for OSU, Ohio took a 14-12 lead into the fourth quarter.>>
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’Cats fall short of improbable upset victory over OSU
September 6, 2008
For three quarters, the Ohio University football squad was living a dream. The ’Cats faced a tough challenge against third-ranked Ohio State on Saturday afternoon, and for a few hours they had the college football nation on upset alert. But in crunch time, Ohio State (2-0) stormed back for 20 unanswered points in the final 18 minutes of the game to pull out a 26-14 win. >>
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Despite being severe underdogs, ’Cats thrilled about OSU game
September 4, 2008
The Ohio Bobcats know they are underdogs heading into their match-up this weekend at The Horseshoe in Columbus against the third-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. To be exact, the ’Cats are 34.5 point underdogs.>>
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Deja vu for the ’Cats in first loss
September 2, 2008
Two seasons, two mirror-image losses for the Ohio Bobcats football squad to Wyoming.>>
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Ohio needs some things to go right for them to beat Wyoming
August 28, 2008
The Ohio University football team sits just hours away from starting its 2008 campaign on the road at Wyoming. The Bobcats are looking to avenge last season’s one-point loss to the Cowboys. Will they even things up with a win out West, or will the ’Cats start the season with a loss? The Athens NEWS tells you what has to go right to win, and what might just be the reason they lose.>>
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