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Posted: 7/31/2020 10:05 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hPmGedD41U

Full game here. This might be the most underrated win of the Solich era. Even more than the Pitt game, this was an indicator to me that the program had turned a corner for good.

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Posted: 7/31/2020 10:21 AM

shabamon wrote:expand_more

Same feelings. This may be my favorite win in the Solich era. It's definitely in the Top Five. Kalvin was a monster.

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Posted: 7/31/2020 11:36 AM

Watched most of the first quarter so far. Tom Waddle, the color analyst, cracked me up on Everson’s touchdown pass to Norton for the Bobcats first score. Went on and on about how awful of a pass it was, I think because it probably didn’t meet his spiral specs. Norton caught it in full stride with his arms extended about three quarters. Waddle talked about the safety probably thinking he was going to make the interception as if where he reacted (misjudged) was where Everson was supposed to throw the ball. Hilarious to me anyway.

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Posted: 7/31/2020 2:28 PM

Agree with all of you above. The Huskies were pre season league favorites and had a great RB in G Wolfe. A great win for the Bobcats on the road.

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Posted: 7/31/2020 4:05 PM

Thanks for that. It was a great game. I had forgotten the awful start by the Bobcats, and also all the dropped TD passes by NIU. Everson had a great game, no doubt about it. I had to laugh when the announcer said something along the lines of "he throws an awful looking ball, but it's always exactly where it needs to be". Clutch.

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Posted: 7/31/2020 10:18 PM

Yes LC the dropped pass by NI inside of two minutes was crucial. They had another opportunity inside of a minute, but it was a more difficult catch. Sure glad the Bobcats could take a knee the last few seconds. What a great win!! I enjoyed it more than the Pitt win.

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Posted: 8/1/2020 4:50 AM

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There was one in the first quarter, too, plus there were at least two other passes where Ohio had no one covering a receiver, but the NIU QB wasn't able to get the ball to them. By contrast, I don't think Ohio receivers dropped a ball all day, and I don't think Everson missed any open receiver.

I agree, that it was a tremendously enjoyable game.

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Posted: 8/1/2020 8:15 AM

This was such a great game. I remember coming back to BobcatAttack completely thrilled at the result and trying to rally up other posters to put up their thoughts of the game. 2006 was such a fun season. :)

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Posted: 8/1/2020 8:42 AM

Lots of woulda coulda shouldas in this one for NIU. Could've been worse for them too - I counted about three interceptions Tyler Russ should've had.

This was probably Everson's best game with us. Also probably Rudy Sylvan's best game.

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Posted: 8/1/2020 9:14 AM

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woulda coulda shoulda didn't....

My other thought from that game was that it was such a shame that Everson sprained his ankle that season. I don't know that even a healthy Everson could have taken CMU, but Ohio would have been better, for sure.

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Posted: 8/1/2020 1:26 PM

I won a dinner from a dear friend, recently deceased, on the outcome of that game. Later lost it when we went double or nothing on a later contest. This friend was an Athens native who went to NIU. I only listened to it on the radio, so I don’t have a very vidid memory of the things folks are mentioning here. It was a great win!

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Posted: 8/1/2020 3:50 PM

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I don't think it's as funny as it is true. His arm was solid but his passes hardly a work of art.

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Posted: 8/1/2020 9:20 PM

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I don't think it's as funny as it is true. His arm was solid but his passes hardly a work of art.

Yeah, he certainly had his shortcomings in certain aspects of his play, but I think Everson had a lot of the intangibles needed to lead the team and was a big part of why we won the MAC East that year. He had grit, could make clutch plays, and wasn't afraid of a little contact to get some needed extra yards. He was the type of quarterback that made the other players want to step up their level of play when he was out on the field.

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Posted: 8/4/2020 10:26 AM

Didn't watch the video beginning to end, but did scan between big plays, scores etc.

Never saw the game before but remember it well as I followed on my phone. Was the kind of win I was hoping would come to Ohio under Frank. Was second maybe only to the Pitt win IMHO as far as significance at the time.

What a great roster full of great players that really put the program on strong footing.

Names Scott Mayle, Matt Muncy, Mike Mitchell, Kalvin McCrae, Taylor Price.

Several Ohio players in this game have gone on to differently levels of NFL play.

I remember driving up to Detroit to watch the MACC, just excited that the Bobcats had finally made it there. The loss stunk but CMU was too high powered on offense. It was great just to be there.

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Posted: 8/4/2020 3:14 PM

Wolfe wound up with 196 yds but had more than 90 on his first seven carries.

Sylvan had some really clutch plays. He was load.

Interesting to watch without some of rules that we have now:

No replays. Although it's good to get it right, the flow of this game was much better.

No targeting. I saw at least two instances where players would have been ejected today, one for each team (NIU in the first quarter, Ohio on NIU's last drive).

Horvath lost his helmet on the last two plays of NIU's next-to-last drive. He probably shouldn't have been in the game for the last play of that drive.

Back then, the clock started on change of possession immediately when the ball was marked for play. Everybody absolutely hated that rule, which is why it was gone the next year.

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Last Edited: 8/4/2020 3:18:22 PM by Pataskala