The defense is indeed seriously depleted, especially the secondary, where 3 corners and a Safety have been lost, and a couple other safeties have missed time, plus several other DBs playing hurt. The young guys have been stepping up, and now have experience, so we expect a lot from them. One of the young corners who has been playing a lot is redshirt Freshman Devin Bass, from Omaha, by the way. Other than the 4 that won't be back, I think the rest of the secondary should be full speed for Miami, so things are looking better. Eventually you reach the point where more people are coming back from injury than getting hurt, and I think Ohio has passed that point.
Beside Ohio, Northern Illinois (NIU) and Toledo are getting Top 25 votes. Bowling Green, Ball State and Kent are also on track to be bowl eligible, and Western Michigan and Miami have a shot at being bowl eligible as well. At this point it appears that Ohio's final game, at Kent, will be for the MAC East championship, and the winner will face the winner of the NIU-Toledo game.
Miami leads the series by 51-35-2, and if Ohio wins, it would be the first time that Ohio has won 7 in a row.
Miami is the tenth oldest public University in the US, founded 4 years after Ohio University, which is the ninth oldest, so the rivalry goes back a very long time. There is also a connection via William McGuffey (known for McGuffey Readers), who was a professor at Miami for awhile, and later, President of Ohio University.
Last Edited: 10/25/2012 12:17:23 PM by L.C.