I need to buy this man a beer. Which also brings me to my next point..

Has there been attempts to have a formal pre-game BA get-together, perhaps or pigskin or something? 

Obviously OHIO fans tailgate and all that jazz, but it'd be cool to have a more exclusive type pre-game. Thoughts? 

Best case scenario is now a BCS bowl.    

The first game home game is at 7:00 against New Mexico State. Personally I feel the Pig Skin is unneccessarily expensive but it's a great idea to have people gather in one place hours before the game . I know the older guys have a Bobcat Attack tailgate but it might be better for the student/recent grad crowd to meet uptown.

What do you think about the Pigskin at 3:00 on that Saturday? I know I can wrangle together at least a half dozen of my friends remaining in Athens for the pre-game.

One benefit though of having the Bobcat Attack name attached (regardless of whether the older members show up or not) would be drink specials. I'm sure if management/ownership was approached they would offer drink specials. I would be willing to put together the letter if given consent.

I think it's a great idea. This would be a great way to keep up my "attendance manifesto" plan of bringing one person who then brings another person, so on and so forth. 

"you can't spell 'bobcat bash' without BA" -Biz-cat 

No, I wasn't at those games, but in my youth I talked to folks who were.  I always had an interest in local history -- even as a kid -- and tended to ask my elders questions about a wide variety of matters, including olde tyme football.  I still remember one old lady trying to explain to me how Pete McLaren and the boys grew long hair during football season to protect their heads during games.  Sounded far-fetched even then, but she said it with a straight face in all earnestness.  

OK, on to the questions at hand.  From the Oct 22, 1896 Messenger and Herald: "The Ohio University foot ball team defeated the eleven from the Young Men's club at Chillicothe Friday by a score of 12 to 6.  The Chillicothe men were much heavier than the Ohio University team, but our boys played the better game."  

In terms of the other scores that I related these all come from a paper that I did in school entitled "The Reporting of 19th Century Ohio University Football."  I spent many hours reading old microfilm and stories of games.  In the process I discovered an error in the Ohio University records.  At that time Ohio did not have the '97 victory over WVU in its records.  Several years later I gave a copy of this paper to Mike Ballweg, sports media relations director, who wrote his counterpart at WVU, who confirmed the loss by the Mountaineers in Athens.  It was then entered in the Ohio official records.  If you're interested, I can email you a scan of this paper which compares the reporting styles being used in the local media at the time with the styles prevalent on the East Coast, particularly in the NYT.   If you suffer from insomnia, reading a few pages of this pedantic report would probably make a good cure.  

is this real life?


when the man starts taking about 30 packs of Busch Light you know he's done his research. If i had a pill that would knock me out right now until Sept 1st I would take it. Let's GO!

Hell, 7 years after graduation and I think I still prefer Natty to Busch Light. I say "think", because employment has allowed me to move beyond Natty so I haven't run the taste comparison in a while. And there is always King Cobra if I really need some cheap beer.

Nothing is worse than Keystone, though. I don't care that there are 30 in a case.

The questionable status of Cobra is half the fun. The other half is the requisite rate of consumption.

Man, I am REALLY ready for football/Saturday afternoon drinking season.

Ah yes, the ol' Hyper Viper

Lol!!!

I am LOLH reading the latest posts in this string. We ARE Ohio, home of the people who know how to put the sports talk in its rightful place alongside or perhaps behind the revelry. Stay thirsty, my friends. 

For those that want to see more Rankings from 1-124, here are some more:
Athlon sports - ranks Ohio 59
rantsports - likes Ohio well enough to rank them both 42 and 48. Not a Brady Hoke-ism, they leave Florida International out to make room for two Ohios
sports-ratings.com  They are a little behind, and only down to #95, it seems

#95? REALLY? That is the biggest underrating I have ever seen. I suppose though that rantsports made up for sports-ratings.com's low rating by rating us twice. Thank Goodness.