menu
Logo
99+
Bobcat Attack Menu
Logo
99+
Ohio Football Topic
Topic: CollegeFootballNews.com: 2017 Ohio Preview
Page: 1 of 1
GoCats105
General User
GC105
Member Since: 1/31/2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Post Count: 7,819
person
mail
GoCats105
mail
Posted: 6/2/2017 3:27 PM
settings_applications edit_note
http://collegefootballnews.com/2017/preview-2017-ohio-tur...
Last Edited: 6/2/2017 3:27:55 PM by GoCats105
RSBobcat
General User
Member Since: 8/23/2010
Location: Columbus, OH
Post Count: 4,504
mail
RSBobcat
mail
Posted: 6/2/2017 8:44 PM
settings_applications edit_note
I'm not sure what I'm more anxious about - how the team does - or the potential for bummer thread drifts all fall long........
Bcat2
General User
B2
Member Since: 7/6/2010
Post Count: 4,295
person
mail
Bcat2
mail
Posted: 6/2/2017 9:12 PM
settings_applications edit_note
shabamon
General User
Member Since: 11/17/2006
Location: Cincinnati
Post Count: 7,312
mail
shabamon
mail
Posted: 6/2/2017 10:26 PM
settings_applications edit_note
CFN has done a better job with their previews in past years. No mention of Ouellette. Do like me and pre-order Phil Steele's magazine.
OhioStunter
General User
Member Since: 2/18/2005
Location: Chicago
Post Count: 2,516
mail
OhioStunter
mail
Posted: 6/3/2017 11:07 AM
settings_applications edit_note
When the third best defensive player listed is a punter, I get a little nervous.
Bobcat1998
General User
B1998
Member Since: 11/7/2012
Post Count: 2,764
person
mail
Bobcat1998
mail
Posted: 6/3/2017 9:16 PM
settings_applications edit_note
DEFENSE
1. Quintin Poling
2 Javon Hagan
3. Cleon Aloese
4. Kevin Robbins
5. Chad Moore
6. Trent Smart

then Farkas :)
Bcat2
General User
B2
Member Since: 7/6/2010
Post Count: 4,295
person
mail
Bcat2
mail
Posted: 6/3/2017 10:06 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Bobcat1998 wrote:expand_more
DEFENSE
1. Quintin Poling
2 Javon Hagan
3. Cleon Aloese
4. Kevin Robbins
5. Chad Moore
6. Trent Smart

then Farkas :)
There will be a new face, McKnight?
Bobcat1998
General User
B1998
Member Since: 11/7/2012
Post Count: 2,764
person
mail
Bobcat1998
mail
Posted: 6/4/2017 10:11 AM
settings_applications edit_note
And I do like Evan Croutch at LB and feel like London Miller, jalen fox and kylan nelson will be solid in def backfield.
L.C.
General User
LC
Member Since: 9/1/2005
Post Count: 10,584
person
mail
L.C.
mail
Posted: 6/4/2017 10:17 AM
settings_applications edit_note
Bobcat1998 wrote:expand_more
And I do like Evan Croutch at LB and feel like London Miller, jalen fox and kylan nelson will be solid in def backfield.

I thought that coming out of Spring, Popp was the starter at LB, and M. Williams and Ellis were the starters at CB?
Pataskala
General User
P
Member Since: 7/8/2010
Location: At least six feet away from anybody else
Post Count: 9,465
person
mail
Pataskala
mail
Posted: 6/4/2017 10:28 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Not impressed with CFN. They say if we beat BG and take down Fiami "a few years later" we should win the east this year. Click on the Ohio schedule breakdown and you get WMU. And they still include UMass among the MAC teams. Really sloppy.
L.C.
General User
LC
Member Since: 9/1/2005
Post Count: 10,584
person
mail
L.C.
mail
Posted: 6/5/2017 8:02 AM
settings_applications edit_note
Pataskala wrote:expand_more
Not impressed with CFN. They say if we beat BG and take down Fiami "a few years later" we should win the east this year. Click on the Ohio schedule breakdown and you get WMU. And they still include UMass among the MAC teams. Really sloppy.

Indeed. They still haven't fixed the links in the article, which still point to the WMU schedule, but based on the pattern, I was able to guess the URL for the Bobcats Schedule Breakdown. This page wasn't up a couple days ago, but is up now:
http://collegefootballnews.com/2017/2017-ohio-bobcats-foo...
GoCats105
General User
GC105
Member Since: 1/31/2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Post Count: 7,819
person
mail
GoCats105
mail
Posted: 6/5/2017 8:10 AM
settings_applications edit_note
L.C. wrote:expand_more
Not impressed with CFN. They say if we beat BG and take down Fiami "a few years later" we should win the east this year. Click on the Ohio schedule breakdown and you get WMU. And they still include UMass among the MAC teams. Really sloppy.

Indeed. They still haven't fixed the links in the article, which still point to the WMU schedule, but based on the pattern, I was able to guess the URL for the Bobcats Schedule Breakdown. This page wasn't up a couple days ago, but is up now:
http://collegefootballnews.com/2017/2017-ohio-bobcats-foo...
I think it's mostly one guy who does these previews, Pete Fiutak. He's usually pretty spot on with this analysis, although his research and grammar could use some work with the smaller programs.
Sam bobcat
General User
SB
Member Since: 7/14/2015
Post Count: 633
person
mail
Sam bobcat
mail
Posted: 6/5/2017 8:49 AM
settings_applications edit_note
L.C. wrote:expand_more
And I do like Evan Croutch at LB and feel like London Miller, jalen fox and kylan nelson will be solid in def backfield.

I thought that coming out of Spring, Popp was the starter at LB, and M. Williams and Ellis were the starters at CB?

Evan Croutch is leading for the Will spot right now with Cody Grilliot battling hard too. This is not fact. Just my opinion from what I've seen and heard. I think we will see a lot of Eric Popp and Dylan Conner in rotation this year. Both of them looked great this spring and got a lot of 1st team reps.
L.C.
General User
LC
Member Since: 9/1/2005
Post Count: 10,584
person
mail
L.C.
mail
Posted: 6/5/2017 1:31 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Sam bobcat wrote:expand_more
Evan Croutch is leading for the Will spot right now with Cody Grilliot battling hard too. This is not fact. Just my opinion from what I've seen and heard. I think we will see a lot of Eric Popp and Dylan Conner in rotation this year. Both of them looked great this spring and got a lot of 1st team reps.

Thanks for the information. For whatever reason, Ohio never releases a depth chart until the one that shows up in the first set of Game Notes, which leaves everyone guessing. Sometimes Arkley will post his best guess, which is usually pretty close. Another place you can sometimes find an early depth chart that is close is here:
http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-c...

Where they get their info, I have no idea. It may come from Arkley. As of now the information there is just leftovers from last year with Seniors removed.
OhioStunter
General User
Member Since: 2/18/2005
Location: Chicago
Post Count: 2,516
mail
OhioStunter
mail
Posted: 6/5/2017 3:20 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Bobcat1998 wrote:expand_more
DEFENSE
1. Quintin Poling
2 Javon Hagan
3. Cleon Aloese
4. Kevin Robbins
5. Chad Moore
6. Trent Smart

then Farkas :)
This is what they have listed on the site:
Best Ohio Defensive Player

LB Quentin Poling, Sr. – The team’s leading returning tackler, the 6-0, 235-pound veteran came up with 109 tackles with four sacks and 13.5 tackles for loss. Great at shooting into the backfield and solid in pass coverage, he can do a little bit of everything.

But that’s nothing new – he’s been doing it all for his entire career. Steady, he came up wth 14 tackles against Tennessee and 11 against Toledo, but he came through every week in the middle.

2. S Javon Hagan, Soph.
3. P Michael Farkas, Soph.
4. LB Chad Moore, Sr.
5. NT Cleon Aloese, Sr.
Sam bobcat
General User
SB
Member Since: 7/14/2015
Post Count: 633
person
mail
Sam bobcat
mail
Posted: 6/5/2017 7:38 PM
settings_applications edit_note
L.C. wrote:expand_more
Evan Croutch is leading for the Will spot right now with Cody Grilliot battling hard too. This is not fact. Just my opinion from what I've seen and heard. I think we will see a lot of Eric Popp and Dylan Conner in rotation this year. Both of them looked great this spring and got a lot of 1st team reps.

Thanks for the information. For whatever reason, Ohio never releases a depth chart until the one that shows up in the first set of Game Notes, which leaves everyone guessing. Sometimes Arkley will post his best guess, which is usually pretty close. Another place you can sometimes find an early depth chart that is close is here:
http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-c...

Where they get their info, I have no idea. It may come from Arkley. As of now the information there is just leftovers from last year with Seniors removed.
It's almost like they don't take our angst into consideration! Haha
Thanks for the link, that's a new one to me.
L.C.
General User
LC
Member Since: 9/1/2005
Post Count: 10,584
person
mail
L.C.
mail
Posted: 6/6/2017 9:37 AM
settings_applications edit_note
Sam bobcat wrote:expand_more
...Thanks for the link, that's a new one to me.

Here is another link for you, this time to the preseason picks of a large number of publications (only 4 are up now, but in a month or so we'll seen many more):
http://www.stassen.com/preseason/consensus/2017.html#mac
Sam bobcat
General User
SB
Member Since: 7/14/2015
Post Count: 633
person
mail
Sam bobcat
mail
Posted: 6/7/2017 10:06 AM
settings_applications edit_note
L.C. wrote:expand_more
...Thanks for the link, that's a new one to me.

Here is another link for you, this time to the preseason picks of a large number of publications (only 4 are up now, but in a month or so we'll seen many more):
http://www.stassen.com/preseason/consensus/2017.html#mac
Thanks LC, great link!
bshot44
General User
Member Since: 2/12/2012
Post Count: 2,211
mail
bshot44
mail
Posted: 6/7/2017 12:55 PM
settings_applications edit_note
This quote from the CFN preview sums it up perfectly...

"Ohio hasn’t been bad, and it hasn’t been special, it’s been … just okay."

.... and I'll just leave this here (another quote from the article)

The Ohio Season Will Be A Success If …

Ohio finally wins the MAC title.
Last Edited: 6/7/2017 12:58:44 PM by bshot44
Showing Messages: 1 - 19 of 19
reply
vertical_align_top
vertical_align_center
vertical_align_bottom
add_comment
MAC News Links



extra small (< 576px)
small (>= 576px)
medium (>= 768px)
large (>= 992px)
x-large (>= 1200px)
xx-large (>= 1400px)