He plead guilty to a class 3 felony. Not laughed out of court. Who’s making this stuff up? Check out the Athens News article. I just went back and reviwed the 7 page thread on this. There’s always more to the story and I’m glad he’s doing well. I’ll defer to all his friends who love the guy.

+1...not sure how he's getting to McConnelsville that fast without a helicopter. Regardless, the BBQ is worth the drive. Hidden gem of a little town with no easy way to get there.

Please note when you drive State Route 78 you will be on the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry Memorial Highway. In my avatar you’ll see their regimental flag. I was able to get this designation for the highway a few years ago through the good offices of then-State Senator Troy Balderson. This highway passes through four of the five counties where men in the 78th OVVI lived. You can find out more about this regiment on my website: http://www.78ohio.org .

Not sure why there were deleted, I thought it was a fair question to always ask....if someone’s superiors know about alleged transgretions. I will leave you with this. Every athletic department in the country moves money from one pot to the other and often tries to get money into a pot they can spend. It’s why the bobcat club would rather have $1,000 donated to the annual fund than 2,000 for a scholarship. Discretionary spending makes the difference and moves a program forward.

The biggest issue I have with Ohio Basketball right now is something that Schaus probably can't fix, and that is that the MAC has made the decision to play most of their conference games on Tuesday and Friday. When I was a student at Ohio back in the 90's (1989-92), all of the games were on Wednesday nights and Saturday afternoons.

I am heavily involved in high school basketball, so Tuesdays and Fridays are out for me. By my count, the Bobcats had only three home MAC games on Saturday this year. Our local high school team had a make-up game on one of those dates, and the weather was too bad on the other two. I guess it's sort of like basketball's version of MACtion, playing football games on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

Anything to keep otherwise interested people from attending...

In what court?? The name Drake Bolon does NOT appear in either Athens Municipal court or Athens County Common Pleas court.

From my sources at the time. OUPD and Internal Audit found "accounting irregularities" . Bottom line he keep inadequate records on the O-Zone $$ spent on give a ways, free food and such.

I don't know Drake, I don't know the internal details of his situation when he left here. All I know is what I read here:

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2017/07/drake-bolon...

And I also know that there's no chance in he**, for ME, I would ever plead guilty to a felony that I did not commit. But that's me.

Were other season ticket holders getting this email? I didn't.

I got that one too, and I haven't had season tickets in a couple of years. It must have been blasted out to a larger email list than the original.

Here's what I just wrote to Jim:


Hello Mr. Schaus,

I saw that you are soliciting ideas towards improving the spectator experience at men's basketball games. I am not a season ticket holder as I am an alumnus living in Cincinnati. With two very young children, it is not the easiest to get to Athens consistently for games. We attended the home game this past season against Marshall. Prior to that, my last visit to the Convo was the 2016 season opener against Southern.

I am a basketball junkie at heart. I'll take my son to Xavier and Cincinnati games if it works out. I love watching basketball as close to the action as possible, but during my last two visits to the Convo, I sat in the 200s section vs Marshall and in a 100 section vs Southern with tickets bought secondhand. I would gladly pay a premium price to sit in a 100 section or one of the sections immediately behind the benches/scorer's table. When I try to purchase single game tickets through the athletics website, these sections are never available. I think you want to reserve these for season ticket buyers, but given how many of those seats are visibly unoccupied during games, it's hard to believe those sections are truly sold out.

If a 200 level single game ticket costs $15, I think the following prices are fair for 100 level seats on a single game basis:

Sections 105-100, 115-120: $20
Sections 101-104: $30
Sections 1-4: $40

These prices still make season tickets in those sections the better deal, but it also makes those sections available to people like me. In both games I mentioned above, your department has missed out on my money.

Thank you for your consideration. Congratulations on the Boals hire as well. I'm excited for the future of this program.