The athletics director atOhio University has received a five-year contract extension for Athletics Director Jim Schaus. Schaus' contract extension runs through June 2017.
Under the new contract,
After a hard-fought seven games that resulted in
seven victories, Ohio Bobcat head football coach Frank Solich gave his players
several days off knowing that the team wouldn't be playing again until this
Saturday, Oct. 27.
Entering Saturday's football game against the Akron
Zips, many people, myself included, believed that a Bobcat victory would be
enough to propel them into the Associated Press Top 25.
The
Oct. 15 edition of Sports Illustrated
includes a lengthy feature story on the Ohio University Bobcats and head coach
Frank Solich, along with a short sidebar article by long-time SI writer Peter King about his first
autumn at OU in 1975.
As the Ohio Bobcats football team sits on the
precipice of being ranked in the AP sportswriters' poll for the first time
since the final week of the 1968 season, redshirt junior quarterbac
What do traditional NCAA football powers Michigan State, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas Tech and Penn State have in common?They all place worse than Ohio University in the latest Associated Press Top 25 rankings.
The Bobcat football team battled through injuries and
an early deficit against the visiting Buffalo Bulls on Saturday in a game
filled with streaks and record-tying performances. While some notable streaks
came to an end during the 'Cats' 38-31 victory, others were extended.
Although quarterback Tyler Tettleton generally gets
much of the attention for the Bobcat football team's current success, redshirt
junior running back Beau Blankenship is quietly having a stellar season of his
own.
Hallelujah! As of last Thursday night, the referee lockout was history, and the real NFL referees returned to the field after finally coming to an eight-year labor agreement with the NFL late Wednesda