Be careful calling this biggest MAC win ever for Cats. Some feel strongly that it's not.
I agree...I think it is.
13' pt underdogs on road vs team playing for 6th straight MAC West title that had been 22-0 in November since 2009 and 35-1 in last 36 home games.
Yup. Best MAC win of Solich era for sure for me.
Better win than beating a 9-2(7-0) Temple team in 2009 to with the MAC East?
It's nor even a better win than when Ohio beat NIU 2009 that was a must-win game in order to play Temple for the MAC East title the following week.
If you can't think of a better MAC win you're not trying very hard.
The Temple and NIU wins were big. I agree with that, but those Ohio teams that won were really good teams...some of the best we've had at Ohio.
The 2015 Bobcats that rolled into DeKalb were not anywhere in same neighborhood. Considering the injuries and who they beat and the circumstances.....I think this is more impressive.
Not displaying significance of winning MAC East, but a 13' point underdog going into NIU and winning like that was not expected.
The wins over NIU & Temple in '09 were expected somewhat.
Werent major upsets like tonight
It's really only a major upset because of what NIU has accomplished recently and what they were about to do (go to a 6th straight MAC title game). Other than that, this NIU team isn't nearly as great as the ones we've seen. It doesn't take away from the win at all, but I think I agree with perimeter that 2009 had better wins. Hell, I'll even say the 2006 win over NIU was better than this. That year jump-started this program.
I did think it was rather impressive that Ohio's 3rd string QB came in and played better than NIU's 3rd string QB. Just a weird game with injuries everywhere.
And I probably rip play calling more than anyone, but where was this gameplan against everyone else this year? The TD pass to Heitzman was perfect and it should have worked twice.
It's already been stated many a time, but the defense is a completely different team when Poling and Johnson are both healthy.