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Monroe Slavin
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Posted: 10/23/2013 1:59 AM
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For the record, though, please tell me how much you think that we will or should beat redhawk by.  Really; please commit it to record here.

I'll be curious to see if there's any backtracking in case we don't perform to that standard.  



Here, let me start:  injuries....weather...fired up opponent...  

All, apparently, acceptable notwithstanding that these are about always true for both sides in any game.
    
 
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Posted: 10/23/2013 10:07 AM
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Monroe Slavin wrote:expand_more
For the record, though, please tell me how much you think that we will or should beat redhawk by.  Really; please commit it to record here.

I'll be curious to see if there's any backtracking in case we don't perform to that standard.  



Here, let me start:  injuries....weather...fired up opponent...  

All, apparently, acceptable notwithstanding that these are about always true for both sides in any game.
    
 


We should beat miami by > 1 point. If we do that, I'll be happy.
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Posted: 10/23/2013 12:50 PM
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As for the trouble that we've had running the ball:

The Post wrote:expand_more
But Tettleton, who has thrown for more than 300 yards each of the past two games, credits the aerial success to defenses focusing on limiting a running game that averaged 203 yards per game last season.

Eastern Michigan was loading the line of scrimmage, often putting eight men in the box and rushing the gaps to prevent the Bobcats from gaining any traction on the ground.

Ohio did move the ball fairly efficiently on the ground against the Eagles, notching 4.4 yards per carry and matching last season’s per carry average. But on the season, the Bobcats are averaging 3.88 yards per carry, which is 88th in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Tettleton said that he hopes the recent success of the passing attack makes life easier for his running backs as the season progresses.

“Hopefully, with us throwing the ball around a lot, it’ll open up the run game soon,” Tettleton said. “We’ve just got to keep that going.”


(Courtesy of The Post http://thepost.ohiou.edu/content/football-redshirt-quarterback-breaks-his-own-record )

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Posted: 10/23/2013 6:00 PM
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Stupid Question here.   What does TOS mean....


Tim O'Shea.  We all mostly hated him even during mild succes...<snipped>.

Selective memory... I remember most of you handing my head to me when I criticized him.   Especially when, after the MAC tournament, and prior the NCAA trip, I ripped into him for having no scheme and said that we "got a lucky tip in at the buzzer"...

I only remember because it hurt my feelings and made me cry.

A lot.

For weeks and months and years...

Until Coach Groce showed up. Then I was happy again.

-john

 
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Posted: 10/23/2013 7:16 PM
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oucs 1986 wrote:expand_more
Stupid Question here.   What does TOS mean....


Tim O'Shea.  We all mostly hated him even during mild succes...<snipped>.

Selective memory... I remember most of you handing my head to me when I criticized him.   Especially when, after the MAC tournament, and prior the NCAA trip, I ripped into him for having no scheme and said that we "got a lucky tip in at the buzzer"


Thankfully, I didn't participate in that... oh, the posts from that time are gone? Guess people will just have to believe me!

(Tim's a good guy. OU just wasn't a good fit for him.)
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Posted: 10/24/2013 4:47 PM
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I'm not going to say he was a bad recruiter, because he did get Leon Williams, Jeremy Fears, Mychal Green, Jerome Tillman, Tommy Freeman, KVK, Devaughn Washington, Jeff Halbert, Steven Coleman and some other good players to come to Ohio. He wasn't great, but he wasn't terrible either. His recruiting tactics were...erratic? Selective? I don't know how to describe it. And I'm not positive it was even him recruiting those guys to come here. Did Rhodes play a big part in that?

The kicker for me was the whole way the Fears and Chatman situations were handled.
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Posted: 10/24/2013 7:27 PM
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If memory serves, the assistants did almost all the heavy lifting when it came to recruiting.

Those of us with inside knowledge of the O'Shea era would likely agree it was a weird environment. It would make a good book.
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