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ExCat21

11/30/2022 11:27 AM

1st Team
Kurtis Rourke
Sam Wiglusz
Keegan Wilburn
Hagan Meservy

https://twitter.com/OhioFootball/status/15979874813993697...

2nd Team
Nathaniel Vakos

https://twitter.com/OhioFootball/status/15979874897418403...

3rd Team
Sieh Bangura
Keye Thompson
Tariq Drake
Jack McRory

https://twitter.com/OhioFootball/status/15979874981136711...

Freshman of the Year
Sieh Bangura

https://twitter.com/OhioFootball/status/15979859613877739...

MAC Offensive POY
Kurtis Rourke

https://twitter.com/OhioFootball/status/15979853389618503...

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Bobcat1998

11/30/2022 11:40 AM

ExCat21 wrote:expand_more

Rourke also gets the League MVP award and Albin is Coach of the Year!

The only one I think deserved better was Keye T. He is definitely a First Team LB. The rest is amazing! Now we have to go back it up on the field in four days!

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bobcatsquared

11/30/2022 1:53 PM

Bobcat1998 wrote:expand_more

The only one I think deserved better was Keye T. He is definitely a First Team LB.

Agree that Keye had an impressive season. However, what can you tell me about the top 30-40 MAC linebackers?

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Victory

11/30/2022 2:17 PM

bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more

Bobcat1998 wrote:expand_more

The only one I think deserved better was Keye T. He is definitely a First Team LB.

Agree that Keye had an impressive season. However, what can you tell me about the top 30-40 MAC linebackers?

Rourke is literally the first Bobcat to ever win MAC MVP. Granted, the award only goes back to 1982. Even if it went back farther, the last guy that probably would have won if it had existed was Cleve Bryant in 1968.

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L.C.

11/30/2022 2:31 PM

I think it is interesting that the only Ohio defensive players on the list are Thompson, Drake, and McCrory, all of which are 3rd team. If you look at full season numbers, Ohio is last in defense, so that makes sense. But, in fact, Ohio improved a lot as the season progressed, and in MAC games only, Ohio was one of the best defenses:
https://getsomemaction.com/stats.aspx?path=football&year=...

Ohio was #2 in scoring defense, at 21.6 points a game, a shade behind the leader, Miami, at 20.9. In rushing defense, Ohio led the conference, at 123 yards a game, well ahead of Toledo at 132. Ohio was also 4th in sacks gained. The one place they come up short is that they were last in passing yards given up. Keep in mind, though, that Ohio was 5th in Defensive Pass Efficiency, and that part of the reason they gave up so many passing yards is that opponents attempted more passes against Ohio than against anyone else except Kent. Why? First, Ohio has a very tough run defense. Second, opponents were usually behind, and needed to throw the ball.

On the whole, I think Ohio's defense deserves a lot more respect than it got. The other place where Ohio is under-represented in awards is the offensive line. Ohio gave up the least sacks in the conference. Ohio also averaged 4.2 yds/carry rushing, tied for fifth with Toledo, behind NIU, Kent, Ball State, and CMU.

Last Edited: 11/30/2022 2:32:57 PM by L.C.

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M.D.W.S.T

11/30/2022 4:16 PM

Kind of fun to look back at the Preseason List (and how far off it was).

14 selections for NIU and Toledo. Kent State (13), Western Michigan (12), Bowling Green (11), Miami (11) and Central Michigan (10) all reached 10 or more picks on the All-MAC Team for '22.

OU had 5.

https://www.pff.com/news/college-football-2022-preseason-...

First-Team Offense

QB Brett Gabbert, Miami (Ohio)
RB Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
RB Marquez Cooper, Kent State
WR Hassan Beydoun, Eastern Michigan
WR Dante Cephas, Kent State
WR Trayvon Rudolph, Northern Illinois
TE Christian Sims, Bowling Green
C Rusty Feth, Miami (Ohio)
OL Sidy Sow, Eastern Michigan
OL Nolan Potter, Northern Illinois
OL Brian Dooley, Eastern Michigan
OL Logan Zschernitz, Northern Illinois

First-Team Defense

DL Jamal Hines, Toledo
DL Desjuan Johnson, Toledo
DL Daymond Williams, Buffalo
DL Jose Ramirez, Eastern Michigan
DL Karl Brooks, Bowling Green
LB Darren Anders, Bowling Green
LB James Patterson, Buffalo
LB Corvin Moment, Western Michigan
CB Davon Ferguson, Bowling Green
CB Jordan Gandy, Northern Illinois
S CJ Brown, Northern Illinois
S Jordan Anderson, Bowling Green

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ExCat21

11/30/2022 5:03 PM

bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more

Bobcat1998 wrote:expand_more

The only one I think deserved better was Keye T. He is definitely a First Team LB.

Agree that Keye had an impressive season. However, what can you tell me about the top 30-40 MAC linebackers?

A lot of teams at the bottom had All Conference LBers because they were constantly on the field.

Toledos Gant (Buckeye transfer) will be the key for any type of stops for Toledo on Saturday.

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L.C.

11/30/2022 5:29 PM

M.D.W.S.T wrote:expand_more

Even more embarrassing than only naming 5 Bobcats, of those 5, 3 of the ones they chose didn't end up being starters. Atkinson was behind Meservy, Parodie ended up behind Cox, and Wieland ended up behind Wilson.

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LuckySparrow

12/1/2022 7:51 AM

Big congrats to all Bobcats named, they made us extremely proud in 2022. Not done yet.

Thought Kai Caesar's name would have popped up on 3rd team. Our interior DL has been stout in MAC play.

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