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bobcat695
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1968

Posted: 12/6/2013 11:42:14 PM

I just watched yet another MAC Football Championship trophy go to another school. I turned 40 this year and Ohio has exactly zero championships in my lifetime. I'm beginning to wonder if I will ever watch the Cats win one. We are the Cubs of the MAC.

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Casper71
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/6/2013 11:46:15 PM

I feel the pain 'cause I was at OHIO in 1968 and I fear I will never see another Championship team in my lifetime. At least you are "only" 40!

FS and Co are on the 9, I mean 10 year plan (at least). Clawson and Co. did it in 5 after winning 2 games the first year. And people wonder why the passionate part of the fan base is disappointed.

Last Edited: 12/6/2013 11:46:57 PM by Casper71

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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/6/2013 11:50:31 PM

I was at OHIO in 1968 also. Just out of curiosity I wonder how many other posters here remember '68. I know there's Doc, oldkatz, 1st in Convo, and a few others. Come out of the closet and identify yourselves. We should start a club:
OLD FARTS FOR A MAC CHAMPIONSHIP, or OFFAMC.

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Casper71
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/6/2013 11:53:21 PM

Cat Fan, I am in. It's hard being an old fart OHIO football fan but at least we can say we actually SAW a MAC Championship team. Just think of all the younger folks that have NEVER had that feeling!

That one crazy fan
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2013 12:08:06 AM

Casper71 wrote:

Cat Fan, I am in. It's hard being an old fart OHIO football fan but at least we can say we actually SAW a MAC Championship team. Just think of all the younger folks that have NEVER had that feeling!

No, I'm pretty sure all us younger folks had that feeling. It was during the first half of the 2011 MACC...

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Brian Smith (No, not that one)
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2013 1:30:41 AM

I've never been happier that I had to work a Friday night than that 2011 MAC Championship game. I DVR'd it, heard how it ended and erased it before ever viewing.

It's like it never happened. Like having something that erases bad memories without invoking electroshock or Patron Silver.

medler
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2013 8:18:23 AM

bobcat695 wrote:

Sure...if you add 60 years.

Let's GO HAWKS!

Bobcat Grad 86
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2013 8:48:09 AM

They kept talking about how BG had not won the MAC since 1992, like I was supposed to feel sorry for their long drought.

1968, the year of the First "Big Mac" from McDonalds, for .49 cents.

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1968.html

Last Edited: 12/7/2013 9:04:30 AM by Bobcat Grad 86

joefromperry
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2013 10:07:09 AM

Hey, CatFan, I remember, too, following the team to all the away games. Awesome season - not so much since. I was a student 66-70.

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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2013 10:29:52 AM

Casper71 wrote:

Cat Fan, I am in. It's hard being an old fart OHIO football fan but at least we can say we actually SAW a MAC Championship team. Just think of all the younger folks that have NEVER had that feeling!

I'm an old fart, too, but I can't say I actually SAW the team, except on sports highlights. I don't think any of the games were televised that season, or if they were I don't recall seeing them. I started at Ohio in spring quarter of '70. Not only did I miss the championship season by a couple football seasons, my first quarter at Ohio was cut short by the riots after Kent. I would've sought psychiatric help but I didn't have the nickle.

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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2013 3:50:49 PM

Another old timer who was here (lived in a quad in the Convo) for the '68 football season. Great team with Bryant and Snyder making their connections going 10-0! Fun to watch, getting in free by showing an OHIO student I.D. Card. The Bobcats not only won the MAC but they were nationally ranked! Then came Richmond and the Tangerine Bowl. Took over 40 years to finally win a bowl game. Good things do happen if you are able to wait long enough. As a '71 grad, I'm just hoping I get to see another MAC Championship (and perhaps another national ranking) during my lifetime. I thought both would happen last year with the 7-0 start, but then time was allowed to expire in the fiami game and the season was lost. Just gotta think this 7 win season is a low point, and things will turn around. 'Til then, go Bobcat basketball!

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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2013 5:25:09 PM

Thanks for checking in old folks. I appreciate your recollections and thoughts. GO OHIO!

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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2013 5:38:39 PM

I too was a student in 68 started in 65 with no win season

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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2013 8:18:08 PM

fosslaw, you really pissed this old fart off. I was at the T-bowl where those spiders ourtscored us. I think I almost got into an altercation with a spider fan after that game. Hey, I was young and stupid then. Now I'm just old and stupid:)

DublinCat
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2013 10:19:44 PM

I attended all the home games in 68 and carried a heavy class load at Morrison Elementary.

The #5 Missouri Tigers have not won a conference title since the 40's. Rice (third best team in Houston) won their first in more than 50 years.

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El Gato Roberto
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/8/2013 9:48:50 AM

DublinCat wrote:

Technically, Mizzou was the 1960 Big 12 Champion- the last time they won it on real time was 1945.

* Kansas would have won the 1960 title, but after found to be using an ineligible player they were forced to forfeit their victories over Missouri and Colorado, which meant that Missouri was awarded the 1960 Big Eight title.

They look like more like the Cubs of college football...Ohio might be likened to the Indians or the Browns.

Last Edited: 12/8/2013 9:50:35 AM by El Gato Roberto

Monroe Slavin
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/8/2013 1:40:15 PM

695--Some, of course, would suggest there's nothing wrong with our 45 year streak...rather that the problem is you turning 4-0. Stop that.

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