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Topic: Is it just me?

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Pataskala
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Is it just me?

Posted: 11/13/2012 10:10:35 PM

Having trouble getting psyched for tomorrow night. The BGSUcks game has taken a lot of the anticipation out of this game that I had for the first ten. The buzz on ESPN and the internet isn't about Ohio anymore. The fun seems to have gone. Now the season seemingly is on the edge of a precipice; instead of talking about a championship run, we're concerned about finishing with three straight losses. It's not about winning; it's about not losing. I'm sure it's not that way for the players, but we fans don't have the benefit of direct contact with Frank Solich every day to keep us focused. I'm still backing my team 100%. It's just not easy getting juiced for this one.

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/13/2012 10:33:13 PM

I'm the same way. No more votes in the polls. No shot at the MAC Championship. The eyepatch is off. The Unfinished Business will remain unfinished for at least another year. Injuries keep piling up. Basketball season is underway. All are reasons why I'm having trouble getting pumped about this game. I'm still going to watch it, and I'll still be at the Kent State game next week, but the glitz of the season is long gone.

Maybe it's because I'm a spoiled OHIO fan, since I've only been following the team for the past few seasons. Aside from the 4-8 season my freshman year in 2008, all I know are winning seasons and bowl appearances. I haven't had to suffer years of mediocrity like a lot of you. I guess I take a lot of wins for granted and get overly upset at every loss because there haven't been too many of them since I've been following the team.

Last Edited: 11/13/2012 10:34:03 PM by Tyler

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/13/2012 10:43:58 PM

Well, I might have shared your sentiment to some extent until I went to Donato's Pizza last evening for the weekly coach's show. I don't know if you listened on the internet, but it was a good show. Also, and even more importantly for me, I got a chance to talk to Frank personally for a few minutes after the show. He was really upbeat and got me energized all over again. He, obviously, has not given up on the season. One interchange was particularly insightful. I said kind of joking with no sense of any real insight, "Well, the way I look at it you got a season's worth of bad special teams' play all crammed into one game. So you've used up your quota of bad plays for season." Frank's response was, with a twinkle in his eye and that infectious smile that he's famous for, "Well, I've never looked at it like that. I like it. I think I'll share that with the team!" I left with the feeling that Frank is ready to continue the fight and that the best might yet to come this season.

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/13/2012 11:25:47 PM

This is where the one game at a time approach pays off. Not every season is for a championship. Not every game is easy to get "psyched up" for. If you rely on playing hard just for the games that are easy to get up for, you never get to those games, and you often fade. With the steady-as-she-goes approach, I expect the team to play every bit as hard against Ball State as they did in every other game.

The thing is, the team still has goals they can accomplish. While they can't win the MAC, they could still end up 11-2, and they definitely want to get at least 10 wins.

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 12:03:10 AM

Maybe I'm too optimistic (this time), but I'd like to think that maybe we'll get a unique bowl bid this year.

(Warning: this next line will sound very snooty)

Perhaps fans are a little tired with Detroit, Mobile or Idaho and might welcome a different bowl game venue?

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 1:20:51 AM

OhioStunter wrote:

Perhaps Hawaii?

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 6:44:53 AM

If you would have told me 10 years ago that OUr fan base would be disappointed at being 8-2, I would have literally laughed out loud and said something along the lines of "if they win 8 games, the coach will get the stadium named after him!".... Perspective.

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 7:03:48 AM

Maybe it's because I'd come to expect home wins during November. That was our first home loss in Nov since Solich's first year. Maybe that's why this season is starting to feel like 2005 to me; that year we were 4-4 going into Nov and wound up 4-7. We'd won 8 straight home games in November since then, and are now 8-3 in Nov home games with Solich. We'd also won 17 of the last 21 Nov games, and are now 17-8 under Solich. We'd come to own Nov, and maybe I expected winning was pretty much a given. Plus, it was the way we lost. We gave them the game with our own mistakes, something that this team hasn't been prone to do. And maybe all the close games vs. the MAC's lower-tier teams made the rest of the season look bleak. Anyway, I'm glad Solich is pumped because he'll get the team pumped. Go 'Cats!

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 8:19:02 AM

Pataskala wrote:

You are wiz with the numbers. I bet with a little pro cat perspective you could spin some things the Bobcat's way. Try getting behind TT, Beau and Foster who are chasing team records. This group since 2010 has improved Ohio's all-time record from 18 games below .500 to only 3 below now. They deserve better than fan disinterest due to losses to good teams. Good teams lose every week. Alabama lost. Fans have it so easy, During a game there might be 140-150 snaps that the players risk success/failure even injury through and the fans get to use 20/20 hindsight to evaluate the game. These coaches/players are winners. They have been for years now. Just my perspective.

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 8:45:44 AM

Come 8:00, I'll be every bit as excited/anxious as I have been every other game this season. and while this season is mirroring the 4-7 season in injuries, the team is clearly deeper and more talented than that team was. And this team know's what it takes to win, where that one was just learning to win.

I expect a great performance from our young men tonight...and a victory.

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 8:56:50 AM

I'm excited for tonight but primarily to see how the team responds. I count on Solich and the Seniors to have them fired up.

It occurred to me that this is the first TV game since i don't know when for which no "Game Watch" threads have been started by the various alumni groups, even in Central Ohio.

It's kind of sad to see how quickly the bandwagon left the stadium.

Last Edited: 11/14/2012 8:57:03 AM by Bobcatbob

colobobcat66
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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 1:41:12 PM

I would think that after the preseason hype and wins in the first 7 games, that it would be pretty natural that most people would be disappointed at where we are right now. Almost everybody expected the season to go better than it has. There's been a couple things said above that I disagree with-1. we have not played all the games with the same entusiasm-we have played down to the competition in quite a few games and 2: we have not lost to good teams-Miami is not a good team-sorry-they are 4-6 right now.

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 6:01:28 PM

colobobcat66 wrote:

Respectfully, Bowling Green is a good team, 7-3 and I do give Miami credit for a schedule that includes Ohio State, Kent, Boise State, Cincinnati, Bowling Green, teams they lost to with a combined record of 41-8. Granted they also lost to Buffalo, but, Buffalo got Ohio last year too. With Miami's schedule they are better than lots of teams with weaker schedules and better records.

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 7:01:28 PM

I wanna see us open it up.....like the long pass to Clark at Happy Valley....let's do Cochran long.....the D should be pissed......release the Daz!!!

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 7:25:25 PM

Bcat2 wrote:

colobobcat66 wrote:

I didn't say that BG was not a good team. Someone said we have been beated by good teams. I don't think losing to good teams automatically makes you a good team.

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 7:56:39 PM

colobobcat66 wrote:

Bcat2 wrote:

colobobcat66 wrote:

I didn't say that BG was not a good team. Someone said we have been beated by good teams. I don't think losing to good teams automatically makes you a good team.

Point taken. I only wish the team would have had Scott and Carrie through the season.

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RE: Is it just me?

Posted: 11/14/2012 8:50:10 PM

Doc Bobcat wrote:

I wanna see us open it up.....like the long pass to Clark at Happy Valley....let's do Cochran long.....the D should be pissed......release the Daz!!!

That's what I'm talkin about.....Cochran 31 yard pass then a Cat TD.....but the D doesn't look pissed....it looks gassed.

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