Ohio may have lost its leading rusher from a year ago, but offensive coordinator Tim Albin believes that those returning might be the most talented group of running backs the coaching staff has ever seen.
Ohio was not an offensive threat last year—that much is understood—but now the question is whether the Bobcats can increase their production this year after graduating eight seniors.
The Ohio coaching staff was hitting all the right buzzwords Friday when the Bobcats’ defense squared off against its offense in the team’s first spring scrimmage.
Bats and brooms serve two fundamentally different purposes, but Ohio used the former to bring out the latter this weekend with a sweep of Northern Illinois.
Despite battling in every game this weekend, a common theme arose for the Bobcats in their three losses: close but not close enough.
Editor's Note: This story has been edited to reflect a correction. This weekend was Ohio's first, but not only, home meet of the track season.
Although professional baseball teams were opening their regular seasons across the country this week, collegiate programs are nearing their midway point.
It has been more than three months since Ohio went full speed on the gridiron.
After traveling thousands of miles to compete during the last month, the Bobcats will have only a short walk to their tournament this weekend.
The Ohio men’s and women’s golf team return to the links this weekend after a long hiatus.
After Ohio defeated Toledo 15-1 last weekend, several players threw up their arms in the shape of an O. The Bobcats hope to make some W’s with their arms this weekend, as they hit the road to take on Ball State and Miami.
With April Fools’ Day in the rearview mirror, some Ohio coaches took time out of their days to discuss the ideas of swapping teams with another Bobcat.
In 1950, Joseph Sobeck sought to change the world by introducing a fast-paced sport that was easy to play, based off of the rules of handball, squash, and paddleball. It was then that the game of racquetball was born.
It doesn’t take much for Ohio to get up for its rivalry games, but the team sat down quicker than usual during the Bobcats’ game against Marshall Wednesday.
Heading into the season last year, “talented, but young,” was the way Ohio’s secondary was often described.
Another successful NCAA men’s basketball tournament means another year of profit for the host organization. But for its member institutions, the story might be a bit different.
Jim Christian grimaced as his then-fiancée, an Ohio University alumna, led the “winning team, losing team” chant during the final moments of an Ohio win against his Kent State squad in the 2005 Mid-American Conference men’s basketball tournament.
Newly hired men’s basketball coach Jim Christian hopes to have his squad in elite company next season, but he’s already risen to the top in other categories.
Through one weekend of Mid-American Conference play, coach Jodi Hermanek’s team is showing improvement coming off three consecutive wins.
Any former high-school athletes now at Ohio University wishing to act on their “competitive fire” need look no further than the wide-open grass fields on West State Street in Athens.
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