If OHIO wins the upcoming MAC Championship game AND goes on to win the first bowl game in the school's history, would it be a bigger story than beating Georgetown in the NCAA's (or, fill-in-the-blank for the best basketball/football moments).

If they did win both, my guess is that at 11-3 (most wins ever for a Bobcat squad) they would end up being ranked in the top 25 for the first time in the modern era. Are we about to witness THE defining overall sporting moment in the entire history of Ohio University?

It's possible!

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I totally agree. The basketball win gave OU a ton of press, more then win the FB team wins out this year will. That is due to the focus the whole country has on March madness and OU became the biggest "bracket buster" that year. 

When the Football team wins the next two, it put this team in a class of their own in Bobcat history, but will be nothing more then a blip on the national football radar.

So what do we count as bigger, making the national sports news, or winning the MAC championship and our first bowl? I chose the later.

It is very hard for any football win or season to eclipse the kind of attention a program receives from something like the Georgetown win.  Truthfully the only way for football to do this would be with an upset win over a highly ranked BCS team or with an undefeated run kind of like Ball State had a few years back.  Now I would say winning the MACC and the bowl game by this football team would put their accomplishment in my eyes higher than the basketball team's.  It just won't garner the attention from students and the nation like the Georgetown win did.

Its kind of sad to think how if injuries and luck had gone our way just a bit more we would have beaten Buffalo and Ball State and thus be 11-1 with a lone loss to a good Rutgers team.  As a fan you can't complain because this could still be the best season ever for OHIO football.  Its just one of those "what if" thoughts that just really racks you. 

Although the G'town win drew attention, I think MACC/bowl wins would be comparable to the pre-season NIT win in '94: wins at O$U, at #14 UVA, and at the Garden vs. GW & NMSU.  G'town was a one-shot deal; MACC/bowl wins (coupled with the recent exposure on ESPN) would have a more prolonged effect.  After the NIT win, the Cats were nationally ranked and had a big red bullseye on their backs for every opponent the rest of the season.