I see. Did not get that in cursory reading. "at Madison" is as superfluous as the U in Ohio, Cal at Berkely, UC at LA. Green Bay, Stevens Point and.... UWM (Milwaukee) who seem to have laid claim to UWM..... all kind of have their own nomenclature but I have not heard the "at" used by anyone when referring to Wisky (though I would not doubt in professorial circles I would find that use)...like us they seem to be simply Wisconsin or UW....and my friends who are volley and football alum are equally as corrective as OHIO "U" alums when we do not refer to them as such.

Every now and then I have an epiphany of reality.

At this point in time, Ohio does not have any cache to suggest it merits a home and home with Dayton. It's been 10 years since they've been a middling team and even longer since they played in a single-bid conference.

Had Ohio built upon the success from 2010 and 2012, perhaps there's an argument to be made. But it didn't happen.

I'm wondering where you got this information. I'd like to see it happen, but I asked someone with direct knowledge of UD's scheduling and he knew nothing about it. (Ted would know who I'm talking about.)

I'm just going by Saul's comments from the Lancaster Caravan. He said they were "dangerously close to signing a home-and-home with UD" but UD needed a date during Ohio's Finals week. 

I'll have to go back and listen to the Dayton Caravan. He either mentioned it in his remarks or when I was talking with him. He said they could matched up in the Charleston Classic anyway.

Can you imagine the effigy burning by faculty and staff if OHIO announced a $72MM facilities investment in athletics?! Steve Hays would literally have a heart attack on announcement, and then upon burial, immediately start spinning in his grave.

People had a HUGE freak out because the University tore down a building in the Ridges complex that was irreparable without INSANE rehabilitation costs, eliminating people continually and illegally breaking in over the cyclone fence to "ghost chase", which was creating a huge liability for the University and the State.

You would have thought the Administration and Board of Trustees were drowning puppies in a public display in the Hocking when the nuisance was razed, so you ask "why OHIO struggles to be nationally prominent in athletics?" Dah doy.