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Ted Thompson
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Posted: 12/2/2012 8:37 PM
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Use this thread to talk about anything game-related. For away games, we'll have a separate travel thread.

Date: December 28th, 2012  2:00 PM

Opponent: Louisiana-Monroe   (8-4, 6-2 Sun Belt)

Site: Independence Stadium in Shreveport, LA

Bowl Central

TV: ESPN  (Dave Lamont, Kelly Stouffer and Cara Capuano with the call)

Radio:  Ohio Radio

Webcast: TBD

Ohio Game Notes

Louisiana-Monroe Game Notes

Louisiana-Monroe media guide, roster and statistics.

Fan website:  WarhawkNation  (Scout)     

Ohio Injury List (status is my interpretation based upon media reports):

OL Eric Herman - Probable
OL Vince Carlotta - Out (concussion)
DE Tremayne Scott - Probable (foot)
DT Neal Huynh - Probable
OL Matt Prichard - Out (knee)
OL Ryan McGrath - Out for season (leg)
RB Ryan Boykin - Out for season (knee)
WR Landon Smith - Out for season (ankle)
S  Xavier Hughes - Out for season (shoulder)
TE Jordan Thompson - Out for season (knee)
OL Sam Johnson - Questionable (ankle) 
CB Jamil Shaw - Out for season (shoulder)
WR Mario Dovell - Out for season (broken bone in leg)
CB  Travis Carrie - Out for season (shoulder)
WR Sebastian Smith - Out for season (broken leg)   
Last Edited: 12/28/2012 9:59:17 AM by Ted Thompson
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:01 PM
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Is this a local game for our Monroe in LA?

Hey, the athletic department might make some dough on this one.  Selling tickets may be easy especially if the LA Monroe fans make a run on OUr ticket site if LA Monroe sells out their own ticket allotment. 

Will be a tough atmosphere playing a true away game with a lively away "home" crowd from just down the road.

Looking forward to seeing the 110 take the parade by storm while the team findis their MoJo in 2012.

 

Last Edited: 12/2/2012 9:05:22 PM by MonroeClassmate
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:06 PM
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1.1 Million payout. 
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:08 PM
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BobcatCrew wrote:expand_more
1.1 Million payout. 


...based on ticket sales
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:10 PM
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Does the athletic department put on some kind of travelling package for these things usually?  I'd love to see what a price would look like...
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:11 PM
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Did a quick check of fight price and they were not cheap. Long drive as well. Any chance there may be fan buses for this game to help with costs?
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:15 PM
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Not sure if we sneaked in or we would have got in somewhere else...

espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8703346/louisiana-tech-bulldogs-9-3-turns-bid-go-bowl-game
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:17 PM
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MariettaCatFanatic wrote:expand_more
Did a quick check of fight price and they were not cheap. Long drive as well. Any chance there may be fan buses for this game to help with costs?


Looks like you can fly round trip out of either Columbus or Charleston to Dallas for about $400. Dallas looks to be about a 3 hour drive to Shreveport. If I make this trip and there's no OBC/Athletic Dept. package offered, I think that's what I'll do.
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:35 PM
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Beau will kick arse gainst Monroe.

I'm a poet and don't know it....look at my feet....they're Longfellows.
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:40 PM
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MariettaCatFanatic wrote:expand_more
Did a quick check of fight price and they were not cheap. Long drive as well. Any chance there may be fan buses for this game to help with costs?


Maybe. Not much further than New Orleans two years ago. Although I have to say that bus ride was absolutely miserable.
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:42 PM
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DE Tremayne Scott - Questionable (foot)
DT Neal Huynh - Questionable
OL Matt Prichard - Out (knee)
RB Ryan Boykin - Out for season (knee)
WR Landon Smith - Out for season (ankle)
S  Xavier Hughes - Out for season (shoulder)
TE Jordan Thompson - Out for season (knee)
OL Sam Johnson - Out for season (ankle) 
CB Jamil Shaw - Out for season (shoulder)
WR Mario Dovell - Out for season (broken bone in leg)
CB  Travis Carrie - Out for season (shoulder)
WR Sebastian Smith - Out for season (broken leg)  


So according to this  2 of OUR best D players should play. 

Carrie arguably the best probably not....but how bad was Shaw's shoulder injury?...when healthy he is a decent D player....as was Hughes.

Mario Dovell....which bone....just kiddin and bein a smart ass.



I think TT was hurt all year as well....so the guy who said that the team that lost to Kent State (and put up a hell of a fight) is wrong when he said that the Kent Ste team will be the Monroe game team.

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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:43 PM
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thatguyfromnebraska wrote:expand_more
Not sure if we sneaked in or we would have got in somewhere else...

espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8703346/louisiana-tech-bulldogs-9-3-turns-bid-go-bowl-game


That's snuk....we snuk in....like Dizzy Dean said....he slud into third.....hey so we snuk....who cares?
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:50 PM
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Not a sexy opponent but certainly more of a "name" bowl than the Potato, Pizza, or GMAC. I'll take it!

By the way, I believe the game time is 2 p.m. EST that day -- if you're looking at 1 p.m. on Independence Bowl site, that's because Shreveport is on Central time. ESPN.com says 2 p.m. EST.
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:56 PM
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that really is a miserable freaking time slot.

btw, is anyone else having trouble posting from Firefox lately?  This is all I get now:

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Posted: 12/2/2012 10:01 PM
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Lots of people apparently are based on my error logs. Use chrome or if you don't mind the lack of formatting of posts, just use the mobile version.. http://m.bobcatattack.com
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Posted: 12/2/2012 10:06 PM
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Their stadium is sweet....sez they only hold 30 some thousand...looks bigger than Peden....this game against Baylor had 31,000:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmx4uaSNLDo
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Posted: 12/2/2012 10:08 PM
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Posted: 12/2/2012 10:16 PM
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Doc Bobcat wrote:expand_more
Not sure if we sneaked in or we would have got in somewhere else...

espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8703346/louisiana-tech-bulldogs-9-3-turns-bid-go-bowl-game


That's snuk....we snuk in....like Dizzy Dean said....he slud into third.....hey so we snuk....who cares?

I know your opponent is happy to see you there regardless of how it happened. If our "friends" down the road were too stupid to say yes, well that's their problem. Like I said before, with the exception of the final score, I welcome you and hope you have a fantastic bowl experience. BTW - that's one heck of a RB you guys got.
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Posted: 12/2/2012 10:53 PM
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Odd but of all the seven MAC bowls, our payout exceeds all but the Orange Bowl.  With pooling and expenses deducted, it appears we will get a one twelth split of a 18-20 million pot!  Wow!!
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:04 PM
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Congratulations to AD Schaus for landing this bowl Invitation.
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:54 PM
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Am I the only person who would have rather been in the Military Bowl? Ohio has a big alumni base in DC. Not so sure about any alumni in Shreveport, LA. 

The game is at 2 pm on a Friday? Ok...I guess I get forward to watching the game on ESPN3 on a laptop at work. That's fun. 


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Posted: 12/3/2012 12:07 AM
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I'll admit, I would've liked the DC venue much better. But, let's all try to fight off this "bowl flu" that feels like it is coming on. We've reached a new plateau with Ohio football where a bowl appearance almost seems to be expected. That's great -- it means we're really established as a program -- but let's all (myself included) stop and appreciate any bowl appearance.

Detroit, Mobile, New Orleans, Idaho, Shreveport. Not bad for the last 7 years.
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Posted: 12/3/2012 12:11 AM
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If La Tech accepted the bowl you guys might not even be in a bowl.
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Posted: 12/3/2012 12:39 AM
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bigtillyoopsupsideurhead wrote:expand_more
Am I the only person who would have rather been in the Military Bowl? Ohio has a big alumni base in DC. Not so sure about any alumni in Shreveport, LA. 

The game is at 2 pm on a Friday? Ok...I guess I get forward to watching the game on ESPN3 on a laptop at work. That's fun. 




I love this selection. From the strictly personal point of view: I can't afford to go to a bowl game in either DC or Shriveport. That being said, I probably would have gone to a game in DC anyways. This way I'm not tempted to spend the money I don't have.

I think this is a matchup we've got a good chance to win, it'll probably be a fun trip for the team, it'll definitely be nicer weather, and as another poster noted, maybe the guys from the best reality-show on television will be roped into this somehow. I know Weller is a big hunter...maybe a duck hunting cameo?  Hahaha 

EDIT: I forgot to say this initially. Rather than looking at the bowl time (2pm on a working friday) as a detriment, look at the positives: The time and location make it an ideal chance to reacquaint Gulf Coast area alumni (I'm thinking primarily retirees) with OHIO University.
Last Edited: 12/3/2012 12:41:02 AM by mf279801
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Posted: 12/3/2012 1:24 AM
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Notbobbykealser wrote:expand_more
If La Tech accepted the bowl you guys might not even be in a bowl.


True.....we'll call it ......Thesnukingivemeamilliondollarmakeme hollar......bowl.
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