This is where the uphill battle in pursuit of a 4 seed really sinks in. Gotta get at least 1 birdie this week!
We are facing a tough road. As we knew already the schedule makers did us no favors. Of the five teams in the conference with a winning record only Toledo has played as tough a schedule as we have to date with Western Michigan, Akron and Buffalo each having easier schedules to date (Buffalo and Akron significantly easier). Here's how the records of the teams each of the five have left to play on the schedule looks:
Ohio 49-31 (3 home, 5 away)
Buffalo 47-33 (4 home, 4 away)
Akron 44-36 (5 home, 3 away)
Western 39-41 (4 home, 4 away)
Toledo 34-46 (4 home, 4 away)
Ohio plays five games against the other four teams (the next five games) and will have had 8 games total against them by the end of the season while the other four teams only face 6. That's a tough recipe but it's also an opportunity.