They are living in the past. 10 years ago, Toledo was a bigger brand than Ohio. Not so anymore. Poor Rockets.

I agree in the fact that Toledo is a much better team than we are. No doubt about that. However, had they beaten Akron in the final game, they could have left no question to their bowl status. Even the Blade knows this.

I agree with several of their arguments.  Neither team really deserved a bowl, but if I was on a Bowl Committee, I would choose Ohio also.  We have the larger student population. a bigger alumni base, better home attendance figures, and more recent success in both football and basketball.  Basically, Ohio supports their teams better than Toledo does right now.  Toledo may have more historical success than Ohio, but using that logic would place Miami in a bowl.   

Get real folks, they should be furious!  We would be if the shoe was on the other foot.  It's obvious the Beef Bowl did not make a choice based on the on field performances of the two teams.  There must have been "other reasons" for OUr selection.  

Maybe it's because we've won our last two bowl games but they've lost two out of three.  Last year they folded badly in the 4th quarter and lost 41-15 to Utah St. (the team we beat the year before) in the Tater; two years ago they beat AFA 42-41 in the Military Bowl; three years ago they were 8-4 but lost to 6-6 FIU, 34-32 in the Pizza, right in their own back yard.  Maybe our recent success got the attention of the B O'B people.

Well the fact is that Ohio was chosen over Toledo, and if you read their forum, they have no alternative explanation, at least, no serious ones, so whether they like it or not, it comes down to fan support, and TV ratings. Most of their arguments center around "Toledo was the better team, so they should have been chosen".

Perhaps they were the better team, (at least on some days). What they don't seem to understand is that that has nothing to do with selections. I pointed out before the teams were selected, once you get down to the lower tier bowls, rankings, and team quality have nothing to do with who is selected. It isn't a playoff. It is a for-profit venture. How do bowls make money? They need fans in the seats, and eyeballs on the TV.

Based on the fact that Ohio was chosen over Toledo, Beef apparently concluded that the game would be better attended, and have more TV viewership with Ohio than with Toledo. That much we know, since they did chose Ohio. Is the conclusion correct? I have no way to know, but I'd say Schaus gets some credit here - I'd guess he actively made the case that Ohio would bring more fans and draw higher ratings, and that Schaus was more convincing than the Toledo AD.

Ten years ago Toledo had much more national awareness than Ohio. The fact that Ohio was chosen ahead of them is a credit to what has been built in Athens over the last decade.

Maybe Scooter McDougle just isn't as effective at influencing deals as he used to be.

Toledo was the site of MAC offices before moving to Cleveland. I don't know if that would lead to any rumors like that.

Might be tv ratings or name recognition but I believe it's also that we have one of the best AD's in the country. Schaus knows how to shift it into high gear  sell Ohio and close the deal.  He has done it each year in getting us to the best bowl possible.

Don't remember them knocking us out of the MAC tournament in the last ten years.  If I recall the year Hawkins threw his snit fit they had a slightly better record but it was all because they played the West. Our RPI and all other factors were better.