As Ohio inches closer to kicking off the 2003 campaign against Southeast Missouri St., so does the beginning of college football preview season. Here's something to help you make it to August 28th.

The Ohio Defense (Green) used a touchdown and four turnovers to post a 57-33 win over the Offense (White) in the annual Green and White Game at Peden Stadium Saturday afternoon. S Chip Cox scored the Defense's touchdown after he picked off a Ryan Hawk pass that bounced off WR Scott Mayle and raced 62 yards to paydirt. The Defense's speed off the ends was too much for a line hit hard by graduation and injury. Four offensive linemen watched the game in street clothes. Use of the option was also li...

For the second straight year, an Ohio football player was waiting for his name to be called in the NFL Draft. Last year, Bobcat punter Dave Zastudil got the word that he was a fourth round draft pick of the Baltimore Ravens. This year, running back Chad Brinker waited but didn't get the call. However, minutes after the draft was over he was a New York Jets.

The Martins Ferry native known for his hard running style was been worked out by several NFL teams. Teams were looking at Brinker as a 3r...

Philip Fountain, a sophomore fullback on next year's roster, snags a one-handed reception during a Monday practice at Peden Stadium. A Georgia native, Fountain is one of many new talented newcomers on Ohio's offense, which returns only three full-time starters from last season's team. Ohio concludes spring practices with the annual Green and White Scrimmage on May 3. We'll have more photos from practice soon.

The "Big Uglies" got a boost this week when Ohio football coach Brian Knorr announced a new line coach and a new lineman.

The lineman is JUCO Henry Valencia, a 6-3, 310 standout at L.A. Harbor College, where he teamed with fellow Bobcat signee Ralph Bracamonte for the Seahawks. Unlike Bracamonte, Valencia, although he has graduated from Harbor, will not be available for the Cats until summer camp due to scholarship numbers.

The line coach is Jeff Bleamer, who joins the Bobcat program from...

As Ohio Bobcat Head Football Coach Brian Knorr sat down with us this morning to talk about his football signing class, the sound of casual whistling echoed down the halls of the Peden Stadium offices.

It was a bouncy tune?Ohio coaches are happy today, outwardly pleased with the 18 football players the Bobcats signed to National Letters of Intent on Wednesday.

Most Bobcat football fans knew the obvious needs Ohio had to address during the recruiting season to replace outgoing contributors,...

Five years ago, Chad Brinker chased a dream?to play running back at the Division 1-A level. While several other collegiate suitors offered the Martins Ferry native scholarships to play as a defensive back, Ohio Bobcat coaches believed Brinker would do just fine toting the ball for the Green and White.

One season ago, Brinker, by then a starting tailback for Ohio, had another dream: just to return to the playing field after being sidelined midseason with a brain cyst that required emegency sur...

For the second straight year, Ohio football will be represented in the Hula Bowl as running back Chad Brinker has been selected to play in the February 1st contest. Last year, punter Dave Zastudil participated and was later taken in the 4th round of the NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens.

The Martins Ferry native ran for 1,099 yards (4.8 average) and 10 touchdowns in 2002. He caught 13 balls for 115 yards and a TD. Brinker also threw a 58-yard touchdown pass versus Marshall. He finished his Bo...

The UCF offensive attack proved to be much for Ohio as the Golden Knights won a 42-32 shootout over the Bobcats Saturday afternoon in Orlando. The loss means a 4-8 finish to the 2002 season and a .500 (4-4) conference mark. UCF finishes its first season in the MAC with a 7-5 overall mark including a 6-2 record in league play.

Marshall topped Ohio 24-21 in a nailbiter Saturday at Peden Stadium, as the Herd clinched the MAC East title for the sixth consecutive year.

Ohio controlled its own destiny for the MAC East crown after UCF routed Miami in Oxford. But despite a spirited fourth quarter rally, Ohio's title aspirations went by the wayside when Kevin Kerr's 47-year field goal attempt sailed wide left with 30 seconds left.

With 3:49 to play, Ohio (4-3 MAC East) closed within 24-21 on quarterback Freddie Ray's 8-...