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Author Message catfan28 General User Member Since: 6/11/2011 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 1,503 Status: Offline     Rare Company...    Posted: 4/4/2013 11:44:10 PM  If you haven't checked out this story, it's worth a read: http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/040413aaa.html The only schools that have competed in 4 straight postseasons (both football and hoops)? - BYU - Florida State - Pittsburgh - Wisconsin - Michigan State - OHIO Sure it's a pretty liberal use of "postseason" (CIT is hardly something worth celebrating)...but still, that's some select company. All things considered, we've had it pretty good lately. Back to Top OhioStunter General User Member Since: 2/18/2005 Location: Chicago Post Count: 2,516 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/5/2013 3:31:11 PM  Not only that, but Ohio is also one of a handful of teams that have separate .600 winning percentages in both football and in basketball over the past five years. Back to Top D.A. General User Member Since: 8/6/2010 Location: Georgetown, ME Post Count: 1,190 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/5/2013 5:39:50 PM  The fact that Student and Total attendance for FB is 3x that of hoops should stand out to those that continue to gripe that we don't de-emphasize FB for the benefit of BB.  It's only one data point, but it is somewhat conspicuous. 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 bobcat72 General User Member Since: 7/2/2011 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 540 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/5/2013 5:59:03 PM  D.A. wrote: The fact that Student and Total attendance for FB is 3x that of hoops should stand out to those that continue to gripe that we don't de-emphasize FB for the benefit of BB.  It's only one data point, but it is somewhat conspicuous. You've got to keep in mind for BB that the student attendance # includes a lot of December games with students gone. There's definitely less students at BB games, but I think it is skewed a little bit. Back to Top Columbus_Bobcat General User Member Since: 11/23/2012 Post Count: 412 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/5/2013 6:01:41 PM  bobcat72 wrote: D.A. wrote: The fact that Student and Total attendance for FB is 3x that of hoops should stand out to those that continue to gripe that we don't de-emphasize FB for the benefit of BB.  It's only one data point, but it is somewhat conspicuous. You've got to keep in mind for BB that the student attendance # includes a lot of December games with students gone. There's definitely less students at BB games, but I think it is skewed a little bit. Least the students don't leave at half time at basketball games.... Back to Top catfan28 General User Member Since: 6/11/2011 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 1,503 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/5/2013 9:25:34 PM  D.A. wrote: The fact that Student and Total attendance for FB is 3x that of hoops should stand out to those that continue to gripe that we don't de-emphasize FB for the benefit of BB.  It's only one data point, but it is somewhat conspicuous. What are you suggesting here? That would should de-emphasize football? Not sure I'm following you... Back to Top Speaker of Truth General User Member Since: 1/26/2011 Post Count: 441 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 9:51:39 AM  The student attendance being way less for basketball always shocked me because I thought students in general are more into Ohio Basketball.  This is based off the fact that in hoops we can "hang" with the big dogs more than in football, as well as having the NCAA tournament when anything could happen.  In football it is much harder to be "relevant". Back to Top Business_Cat General User Member Since: 11/17/2011 Post Count: 251 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 10:16:27 AM  the123kid wrote: The student attendance being way less for basketball always shocked me because I thought students in general are more into Ohio Basketball. This is based off the fact that in hoops we can "hang" with the big dogs more than in football, as well as having the NCAA tournament when anything could happen. In football it is much harder to be "relevant". It's the timing of the Wednesday games that are the problem. A large percentage of the student population are involved in a student organization, most of which are in meetings during the Wednesday game. I found this to be rather annoying when trying to make the games. You know what Frank Solich likes most about coaching in the MAC? While he gets older, his coaching competition stays the same age, man. The real O-H-I-O Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,596 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 10:25:44 AM  Football is the most popular sport in America. Even the biggest "basketball schools" have more fans attend football than basketball.  A la Kentucky... I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top Speaker of Truth General User Member Since: 1/26/2011 Post Count: 441 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 10:46:57 AM  Valid point optimist.  I'd be interested to see student attendance at UK if they had unlimited student tickets.  I'm not sure if those student tickets sell out for hoops.  You are correct though that UK football makes way more money than UK hoops. Back to Top TWT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,171 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 11:18:32 AM  the123kid wrote: The student attendance being way less for basketball always shocked me because I thought students in general are more into Ohio Basketball.  This is based off the fact that in hoops we can "hang" with the big dogs more than in football, as well as having the NCAA tournament when anything could happen.  In football it is much harder to be "relevant". Wasn't Ohio 0-8 against the top 100 competition in basketball this past season? Ohio had victories against #30 Penn State, #77 Louisiana-Monroe while losing to #60 Kent State, #67 Ball State, #74 Bowling Green. 2-3 vs. Top 100 competition is better than 0-8. Ohio in football was 6-1 against opponents rated below 100, Ohio in basketball was 7-1 against sub 100 competition. Living off of 2011-12 Ohio was 10-6 (.625) against the top 100 in basketball while football was 5-2 (.714) against the top 100. I'm not seeing the huge difference here. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086 Back to Top catfan28 General User Member Since: 6/11/2011 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 1,503 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 11:36:42 AM  Uncle Wes wrote: Wasn't Ohio 0-8 against the top 100 competition in basketball this past season? Ohio had victories against #30 Penn State, #77 Louisiana-Monroe while losing to #60 Kent State, #67 Ball State, #74 Bowling Green. 2-3 vs. Top 100 competition is better than 0-8. Ohio in football was 6-1 against opponents rated below 100, Ohio in basketball was 7-1 against sub 100 competition. Living off of 2011-12 Ohio was 10-6 (.625) against the top 100 in basketball while football was 5-2 (.714) against the top 100. I'm not seeing the huge difference here. There are 340ish MBB teams in Division 1...and 124 FB teams. That's the difference. Top 100 means a lot more in basketball. Almost everybody save the TERRIBLE teams (most residing in the MAC!) is top 100 in football. Back to Top Speaker of Truth General User Member Since: 1/26/2011 Post Count: 441 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 11:40:25 AM  I guess my argument is that making the NCAA tournament and being able to compete with those teams in a first or second rounds games is typically more realistic than going to a BCS or big time bowl. Back to Top TWT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,171 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 11:49:38 AM  catfan28 wrote: Uncle Wes wrote: Wasn't Ohio 0-8 against the top 100 competition in basketball this past season? Ohio had victories against #30 Penn State, #77 Louisiana-Monroe while losing to #60 Kent State, #67 Ball State, #74 Bowling Green. 2-3 vs. Top 100 competition is better than 0-8. Ohio in football was 6-1 against opponents rated below 100, Ohio in basketball was 7-1 against sub 100 competition. Living off of 2011-12 Ohio was 10-6 (.625) against the top 100 in basketball while football was 5-2 (.714) against the top 100. I'm not seeing the huge difference here. There are 340ish MBB teams in Division 1...and 124 FB teams. That's the difference. Top 100 means a lot more in basketball. Almost everybody save the TERRIBLE teams (most residing in the MAC!) is top 100 in football. There was 246 schools in Division 1 football last year. Some of those teams are part of FCS and there are some non-scholarship leagues thrown in but that is no different than men's basketball which also has some non-scholarship leagues included. Its just not as different for the MAC between men's basketball and football as you make it out to be. The MAC made an elite 8 with Kent State in 2002 and a Orange Bowl in 2012 with Northern Illinois as its high water mark.  Both sports regularly place 4-5 in schools into the post season. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086 Back to Top TWT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,171 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 11:52:46 AM  the123kid wrote: I guess my argument is that making the NCAA tournament and being able to compete with those teams in a first or second rounds games is typically more realistic than going to a BCS or big time bowl. There is only 4 BCS bowls so making a BCS bowl is the same as going to going to the elite 8. Winning a BCS bowl is the same as making a final four. Its not the same as winning a 1st round game in the NCAA's. Winning a non-BCS bowl is the same as winning a 1st round game in the NCAAs since only 32 schools make the second round and there are 35 bowls. Attending a non-BCS bowl without winning has with it NIT or CIT level significance because every school with a 7-5 record makes a bowl which is no different than every 20 win team from the MAC making a post season basketball tournament.  Last Edited: 4/6/2013 11:59:24 AM by TWT Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086 Back to Top Speaker of Truth General User Member Since: 1/26/2011 Post Count: 441 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 12:21:41 PM  Wes... I see your logic but I am going to have to disagree.  You can't count the FCS in this, that is totally different.  Making the NCAA tournament is a much bigger deal than winning a minor bowl game.  The way making the tournament is celebrated is the best example of this.   Back to Top Bcat2 General User Member Since: 7/6/2010 Post Count: 4,295 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 5:16:37 PM  the123kid wrote: Wes... I see your logic but I am going to have to disagree.  You can't count the FCS in this, that is totally different.  Making the NCAA tournament is a much bigger deal than winning a minor bowl game.  The way making the tournament is celebrated is the best example of this.   With Wes on this. "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." JFK Back to Top D.A. General User Member Since: 8/6/2010 Location: Georgetown, ME Post Count: 1,190 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 7:49:15 PM  catfan28 wrote: D.A. wrote: The fact that Student and Total attendance for FB is 3x that of hoops should stand out to those that continue to gripe that we don't de-emphasize FB for the benefit of BB.  It's only one data point, but it is somewhat conspicuous. What are you suggesting here? That would should de-emphasize football? Not sure I'm following you... I'm only suggesting to the Hoops purists that there is a compelling reason NOT to cut FB spending in lieu of more hoops spending.  If anything, leave FB alone and simply increase the hoops spend. And for the comments regarding weeknight and winter break impacting hoops attendance: Two home FB games a year are played on weeknights, plus every other year the opener being played the weekend prior to students having reported and/or a Black Friday game.  That is a full 50% of FB attendance being impacted by the "problems" being stated for hoops attendance.  Apples and apples, if not actually worse for FB. 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 BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,396 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 8:58:07 PM  Uncle Wes wrote: the123kid wrote: The student attendance being way less for basketball always shocked me because I thought students in general are more into Ohio Basketball. This is based off the fact that in hoops we can "hang" with the big dogs more than in football, as well as having the NCAA tournament when anything could happen. In football it is much harder to be "relevant". Wasn't Ohio 0-8 against the top 100 competition in basketball this past season? Ohio had victories against #30 Penn State, #77 Louisiana-Monroe while losing to #60 Kent State, #67 Ball State, #74 Bowling Green. 2-3 vs. Top 100 competition is better than 0-8. Ohio in football was 6-1 against opponents rated below 100, Ohio in basketball was 7-1 against sub 100 competition. Living off of 2011-12 Ohio was 10-6 (.625) against the top 100 in basketball while football was 5-2 (.714) against the top 100. I'm not seeing the huge difference here. Whoa There big fella, Apples to Apples. There are 300+ DI Basketball schools and around 120 FBS football schools. So a top 100 basketball team would be a rough equivalent of a top 30 football school. Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,396 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 8:59:19 PM  catfan28 wrote: Uncle Wes wrote: Wasn't Ohio 0-8 against the top 100 competition in basketball this past season? Ohio had victories against #30 Penn State, #77 Louisiana-Monroe while losing to #60 Kent State, #67 Ball State, #74 Bowling Green. 2-3 vs. Top 100 competition is better than 0-8. Ohio in football was 6-1 against opponents rated below 100, Ohio in basketball was 7-1 against sub 100 competition. Living off of 2011-12 Ohio was 10-6 (.625) against the top 100 in basketball while football was 5-2 (.714) against the top 100. I'm not seeing the huge difference here. There are 340ish MBB teams in Division 1...and 124 FB teams. That's the difference. Top 100 means a lot more in basketball. Almost everybody save the TERRIBLE teams (most residing in the MAC!) is top 100 in football. Sorry there C28, failed to read you already had this! Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,396 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 9:01:25 PM  Uncle Wes wrote: catfan28 wrote: Uncle Wes wrote: Wasn't Ohio 0-8 against the top 100 competition in basketball this past season? Ohio had victories against #30 Penn State, #77 Louisiana-Monroe while losing to #60 Kent State, #67 Ball State, #74 Bowling Green. 2-3 vs. Top 100 competition is better than 0-8. Ohio in football was 6-1 against opponents rated below 100, Ohio in basketball was 7-1 against sub 100 competition. Living off of 2011-12 Ohio was 10-6 (.625) against the top 100 in basketball while football was 5-2 (.714) against the top 100. I'm not seeing the huge difference here. There are 340ish MBB teams in Division 1...and 124 FB teams. That's the difference. Top 100 means a lot more in basketball. Almost everybody save the TERRIBLE teams (most residing in the MAC!) is top 100 in football. There was 246 schools in Division 1 football last year. Some of those teams are part of FCS and there are some non-scholarship leagues thrown in but that is no different than men's basketball which also has some non-scholarship leagues included. Its just not as different for the MAC between men's basketball and football as you make it out to be. The MAC made an elite 8 with Kent State in 2002 and a Orange Bowl in 2012 with Northern Illinois as its high water mark. Both sports regularly place 4-5 in schools into the post season. There are 120 real DI teams, FCS is partially funded hence there FCS status, all of the Basketball schools that carry the DI label are fully funded. And FYI, DI does not exist anymore as a classification for football. Back to Top Brufus General User Member Since: 12/13/2011 Location: Wherever Miami and Michigan suck Post Count: 416 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/6/2013 10:04:06 PM  Uncle Wes wrote: Wasn't Ohio 0-8 against the top 100 competition in basketball this past season? Ohio had victories against #30 Penn State, #77 Louisiana-Monroe while losing to #60 Kent State, #67 Ball State, #74 Bowling Green. 2-3 vs. Top 100 competition is better than 0-8. Ohio in football was 6-1 against opponents rated below 100, Ohio in basketball was 7-1 against sub 100 competition. Living off of 2011-12 Ohio was 10-6 (.625) against the top 100 in basketball while football was 5-2 (.714) against the top 100. I'm not seeing the huge difference here. What was Ohio's rank in this? It would be interesting to see how they fared against competition that was above or below their actual status... Still impressive that Ohio is in this unique company. You've probably heard this on other threads, but now is a great time to be a Bobcat! Back to Top Deciduous Forest Cat General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Ohio Post Count: 4,466 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/7/2013 7:30:38 PM  the123kid wrote: Valid point optimist.  I'd be interested to see student attendance at UK if they had unlimited student tickets.  I'm not sure if those student tickets sell out for hoops.  You are correct though that UK football makes way more money than UK hoops. If UK Hoops only had 6 or 7 home games, always on a saturday in the Fall, and they put it in a huge stadium, they'd probably get 65000 people. Back to Top OhioStunter General User Member Since: 2/18/2005 Location: Chicago Post Count: 2,516 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/9/2013 10:48:23 AM  I'm confused about the direction this thread has taken. Who is saying we should de-emphasize FB? Back to Top D.A. General User Member Since: 8/6/2010 Location: Georgetown, ME Post Count: 1,190 Status: Offline     RE: Rare Company...    Posted: 4/9/2013 10:51:06 AM  OhioStunter wrote: I'm confused about the direction this thread has taken. Who is saying we should de-emphasize FB? A significant volume of posters on the BB board. 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." 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