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Even though all games are important, winning these next three would have us thinking more about "where" we play in Dec instead of "if." We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top mf279801 General User Member Since: 8/6/2010 Location: Newark, DE Post Count: 2,472 Status: Offline     RE: The importance of the remaining October games    Posted: 10/10/2013 2:04:11 PM  Pataskala wrote: They don't look like much.  CMU, EMU & Fiami are a combined 3-13 overall and 1-4 in the MAC, the one win being when CMU beat Fiami last week.  Except for that game, none of them has beaten a D1A team this season.  But if Ohio trips up on any one of these games, getting to the MACC or even a bowl game would be that much more difficult.  Both Buffalo and BG may be unbeaten in the MAC when we face them, but at worst they should be one-loss teams -- Buffalo's toughest opponent before 11/5 is Kent and BG really only has Toledo to worry about between now and 11/12.  We're not likely to have much wiggle room in Nov, so going into Nov unbeaten in the MAC is a real necessity for us.  As for a bowl game, if we hope to be one of the top three in the MAC, we will likely need nine wins overall.  And if we're not one of the top three, we'll likely need nine wins anyway to be an "at-large" pick for a bowl; currently about 80 teams need to win half or fewer of their remaining games to be bowl eligible.  If we're 7-1 through Oct, we would need to win only half of the Nov games to get to nine.  If we have less than seven wins, though, we'd probably have to win three or maybe all four in Nov.  And Nov wasn't very kind to us last year. Even though all games are important, winning these next three would have us thinking more about "where" we play in Dec instead of "if." Has anyone said that these next three games are unimportant? I don't think I've seen anything on here to that effect... Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,363 Status: Offline     RE: The importance of the remaining October games    Posted: 10/10/2013 3:26:31 PM  No, but usually one of these types of games jumps up and bites us in the arse.  We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top MariettaCatFanatic General User Member Since: 7/6/2010 Post Count: 417 Status: Offline     RE: The importance of the remaining October games    Posted: 10/10/2013 3:30:06 PM  Looking at the schedule, we should absolutely take care of business the next 3 weeks if we do what we need to do. The home stretch is where this division will be won. @ Buffalo and @ BG will be extremely tough games and you know Kent plays us tough no matter what. CMU is first though and we can't have meaningful games in November if we crap down our leg against CMU, EMU, or Fiami. GO BOBCATS! Back to Top D.A. General User Member Since: 8/6/2010 Location: Georgetown, ME Post Count: 1,190 Status: Offline     RE: The importance of the remaining October games    Posted: 10/10/2013 3:57:40 PM  I already booked my trip to Detroit, so perhaps I should be admonished for looking ahead. The Few, The Proud, The Bobcats! And for the record, I hate tOSU, and Ricordati and Torgerson are DB's. "This isn't just another walkover from the MAC." Kirk Herbstreit, another DB, on College Football Gameday Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,591 Status: Offline     RE: The importance of the remaining October games    Posted: 10/10/2013 6:10:01 PM  Beyond this season where the importance is very obvious, I think winning the next 3 games is crucial to the continued growth of the Ohio football program. Without getting cocky, these are games we should win. We will be favored in all of them. Go Bobcats! I've seen crazier things happen. 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