So we follow what is written blindly because we refuse to think for ourselves?

Going fro two to get up six MIGHT make sense when there is enough time for many possessions and it would make sense in the final minute or minute and a hlaf.  It takes about 30 of though to see that it is wrong when there is plenty on time for one possession by each team but almost assuredly not 3 possessions left.  Its is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.  Hopefully were are smarter than a chart.  More complex charts exist than that that point to how many possessions are left in the game and how many scoring chances are likely to be left and those charts won't tell you to go for two there.

 

- Cops on the Pedan Roof directing bike cops to tailgates all around the Convo and Pedan Lots saying beer in a glass or coolers will not be allowed going forward. Tickets will be issued. Good luck with that. I'll spend my time uptown until kickoff. Expect tons of bitter folks addressing this with the brass. Way to go Athens! Eliminate an atmosphere that has only taken 10 years to build. Between that and the tow truck snipes, these Jack Pine Willies will succeed in keeping alumni away.

- When this team came out of the tunnel, there was zero intensity from any player. I actually thought I missed the entrance until I heard the motorcycle! 

- Some of these guys seem to have lost the edge. It may be a good thing to get some new blood in the starting lineups. I am not going to call out players by name. If you have been watching games the last year and a half, you know who I mean.

- Is this our program? Build up some excitement and lose every year at home to the likes of CMU this year, Ball State and Kent in the past few years? 

It's just depressing. After 25+ years as a Bobcat and spending time and money to follow our boys with dedication, yesterday was another blow that makes it hard to jump in 100% these days. 

Many we can lay an egg with the best of them. It's bad enough I am also a Reds fan. They have provided a quota reaching number of letdowns to fill a lifetime. Not to mention similar lackluster efforts from coaches and players that were less than acceptable. 

All of the sudden (or maybe we knew it) we would be on the wrong side of a score against the top teams in the East and West Divisions. BG and Buffalo on the road look like certain L's at this point. 

Maybe the Cops are doing me a favor now that I think about it. I could be a sign to find something else to do with my Saturdays.



 

Yet, Ohio ended up with a timeout it didn't even use.

 

Two point success rate over the past 5 years in around .41 or .42

 

You drink before High School game at a tailgate? Really?



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This is why I rarely post here anymore. Having a beer at a tailgate does not make one an abusive drunk. 

Many here take a post to the extreme. My point was simple to many of those here that know me. It's a joke that we want to set some temporary standard (and it will be temporary) to not allow people to tailgate and enjoy one of life'simple pleasures that 99% of the colleges across the US share - atmosphere, friends, a beer and food before a football game. 

Thanks to BillyTheCat for getting it right. Come to a HS Football Game in Cincinnati. You'll see what I mean. 1-2 beers does not condemn anyone. It's called freedom. 

 

The grand entrance of the team left a lot to be desired and I think it effected their play in the first half. The team wasn't even standing in the tunnel when the lead cheerleader with the giant flag took off. I think he saw the captains coming out of the tunnel for the coin toss at midfield and he jumped the gun. The rest merely followed as per usual. Either that or he he was cued too early. I guess you could say that it was a premature egress action. 

At any rate, the team kind of streamed out so I think it took them out of their usual flow and there was not the usual time to get them fired up while waiting in the tunnel. I don't think they caught up with the normal game flow until halftime.