If we play only five teams from the East next season, we'll likely have this year's top three teams from the West on our schedule. I look for return games at NIU and home vs WMU, with Toledo replacing CMU from the West. We haven't had Toledo since '10, so we're due. Assuming we play the same East teams, we'd have two of the West teams at home. We'll have Kent and Fiami at home; Buffalo, BG and Akron on the road. UMass could also be a road game since we last played them at home.

Even if we play all six East teams, we'll likely have two of the top three West teams.

It's been a while since we played Toledo and Ball State could also be up right?

Why are you being so negative about 2015? Everything is perfect and all set up for us to do the do!

The posts here seem to imply that it's a black art, practiced in some smoke filled room, and not a clear formula, and that is probably correct.

I do know that they take traditional rivalries into account, and so Toledo and BG play every year, which they normally wouldn't, since they are in different divisions.

What makes you think I'm being negative, Monroe? Please show me anything in my previous statement that's negative.

Strawman #1206

Three MAC loses likely.

Kent--while OHIO gets them at home, which is an advantage, wins vs Kent have been by the skin of the teeth and loses have been sMACk downs and numerous during the Solich tenure. Of course this game is very winnable for OHIO but history shows it has not been easy.

BGSU--2014 was the year to beat them with Johnson sidelined and they were inconsistent. Look for a start to finish solid BG squad for 2015 in their second season with the system now implemented by the new coach.

Toledo--Perfect against Solich--without a line, no wager should ever be made against the streak stopping.

A loss in non-conference and 8-4 is the 2015 result.

For improvement in 2015--I would hope to see the play at safety as the biggest defensive improvement. On offense, I'd love to see Duckworth win the QB competition. That would mean that he outperformed an experienced senior during spring and summer practice. It would also mean 2016, when the talent level should be near peak in Solich's stretch (part II*), that OHIO has an experienced young QB at the helm.

*Part II because the talent several years ago got OHIO into MAC Championship games then at least two years in the abyss

I'm not certain but I don't think Marshall JC - er University - is on Ohio's 2015 schedule.

I think Chuck Landon demanded it. They already have Akron in '16, Fiami & Kent in '17 and Fiami in '18. That's too much of the likes of the MAC to suit him.

I think it has to do with the evenness of 'playing field'. Academically, and what types of student athletes they can admit vs Ohio. Some would rather not deal with that disadvantage.

Not sure, but I think it may have been back when I was in school. Or it might have been back in Ephraim Cutler's day. It's been a long, long time. And, I believe we only have one home win against them in that same long time spell. Solich almost got one several years ago at Toledo, but someone muffed a punt late in the game and set up a winning score. Anyone else remember more details about that game?

GO JOEY GO






GO BOBCATS

Thanks for remembering the details. I still don't understand the touch beyond the line of scrimmage call. Can anyone explain this call to me?