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Ted Thompson
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  Message Not Read  Official Game 11 Thread: Urbana
   Posted: 12/23/2016 10:19:22 AM 

Use this thread to talk about anything game-related. For away games, we'll have a separate travel thread.

Date: December 30th, 2016 7:00 PM

Opponent: Urbana  (5-5)

Site: Convocation Center

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ytownbobcat
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  Message Not Read  RE: Official Game 11 Thread: Urbana
   Posted: 12/23/2016 10:30:57 AM 
It seems an odd time of year to be playing this opponent. No disrespect to Urbana but they are not a Division 1 opponent so I don't see what this game does to help us get ready for our conference season.
I am not sure how this makes our team better.
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PhiTau74
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  Message Not Read  RE: Official Game 11 Thread: Urbana
   Posted: 12/23/2016 10:34:29 AM 
I've seen the last couple of teams called "hacks" and we lost to them so I'm not sure we should take any team lightly.
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ytownbobcat
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   Posted: 12/23/2016 10:52:58 AM 
I just looked at The MAC composite schedule. Kent is playing the University of Texas in Austin this week. But other than that game, everyone has a cream puff game going into conference play.
Purpose of the game is to keep your edge but to not risk a loss.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Official Game 11 Thread: Urbana
   Posted: 12/23/2016 12:05:11 PM 
ytownbobcat wrote:
It seems an odd time of year to be playing this opponent. No disrespect to Urbana but they are not a Division 1 opponent so I don't see what this game does to help us get ready for our conference season.
I am not sure how this makes our team better.


I don't know, but I can venture a guess as to the reason for playing this game at this time of year. Ohio probably tried to get D1 teams to come to Athens for this date, and couldn't come to an agreement. Here's another thing to consider - when you're working on SOS and RPI, non-D1 games don't count towards those, so perhaps the staff just wanted a game to use as a pre-conference tune up game with no consequences on their SOS and RPI.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Official Game 11 Thread: Urbana
   Posted: 12/23/2016 5:10:09 PM 
Fellow Bobcats,
For the first time in 5 months I will be back in the homeland and will be at this game. I hope to see many familiar faces and can't wait to be back in the convo one more time. God bless from Belgium!
Go Bobcats.
Treg

Last Edited: 12/23/2016 5:10:37 PM by TregSetty0
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  Message Not Read  RE: Official Game 11 Thread: Urbana
   Posted: 12/23/2016 10:56:52 PM 
ytownbobcat wrote:
It seems an odd time of year to be playing this opponent. No disrespect to Urbana but they are not a Division 1 opponent so I don't see what this game does to help us get ready for our conference season.
I am not sure how this makes our team better.


They shouldn't even be a DII opponent.
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Alan Swank
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  Message Not Read  RE: Official Game 11 Thread: Urbana
   Posted: 12/24/2016 12:48:38 AM 
BillyTheCat wrote:
ytownbobcat wrote:
It seems an odd time of year to be playing this opponent. No disrespect to Urbana but they are not a Division 1 opponent so I don't see what this game does to help us get ready for our conference season.
I am not sure how this makes our team better.


They shouldn't even be a DII opponent.


They couldn't even win the OAC which is D 3. Why are we playing this team?
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   Posted: 12/24/2016 1:35:40 AM 
At least we aren't playing three or four games of this nature, like some other MAC teams.
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   Posted: 12/24/2016 10:50:38 AM 
Jeff McKinney wrote:
At least we aren't playing three or four games of this nature, like some other MAC teams.


So we should be proud of that? This a game we should never be playing other than as an exhibition.
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   Posted: 12/24/2016 11:31:29 AM 
Alan Swank wrote:
Jeff McKinney wrote:
At least we aren't playing three or four games of this nature, like some other MAC teams.


So we should be proud of that? This a game we should never be playing other than as an exhibition.


Playing a DII school is one thing, playing a DII program like Urbana is a totally different thing. They are a bad NAIA team.
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   Posted: 12/24/2016 12:11:55 PM 
Playing "lesser" teams? Two words for you: Scott Tedder.

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   Posted: 12/24/2016 12:23:24 PM 
oldkatz wrote:
Playing "lesser" teams? Two words for you: Scott Tedder.




OWU and Scott Tedder would beat Urbana by 50, I don't mind playing one of these games a year, but let's schedule at least a team that belongs in their classification at least. OWU was a DIII Champion that year, and that young man was an absolute stud 2 sport athlete!!!!


Urbana counts 2 wins v Branch Campus programs, and gave up 132 points to West Liberty, 132!!!!! Losing by 35 points!

Last Edited: 12/24/2016 12:26:16 PM by BillyTheCat
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  Message Not Read  RE: Official Game 11 Thread: Urbana
   Posted: 12/24/2016 2:06:04 PM 
TregSetty0 wrote:
Fellow Bobcats,
For the first time in 5 months I will be back in the homeland and will be at this game. I hope to see many familiar faces and can't wait to be back in the convo one more time. God bless from Belgium!
Go Bobcats.
Treg



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  Message Not Read  RE: Official Game 11 Thread: Urbana
   Posted: 12/25/2016 9:26:17 PM 
I refuse to once again use the "hac_" word, regardless of how applicable it may be. However, I feel compelled to mention that Urbana was nipped by WV State by about 15 points and 20 ( or so ) to Charleston. That particular Charleston would be the former Morris Harvey variety in the WV capital city NOT the University of Chaleston SC team once coached by my friend Bob Creamins.
Would I be piling on if I mentioned that West Liberty sneaked by Urbana by 35 with liberal substitutions? I really like our chances.
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   Posted: 12/25/2016 9:53:36 PM 
This is by far the worst team Ohio has played maybe ever. I have seen them a few times over the last few years and they are just terrible. Muskingum, Capital, and Denison, just a few d3 schools that would easily defeat them. It is surprising the school is even still open as it was only saved from bankruptcy by Franklin University buying it out. The only reason it still keeps it's original name is because of the history behind it. You should see their gym, high school gyms 40 years ago were better. When the most exciting thing about a team is the PA announcer(and he is very entertaining) then you have serious problems.

Last Edited: 12/25/2016 9:55:11 PM by davepi2
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   Posted: 12/26/2016 10:34:49 PM 
I hate that this game is on this schedule. Ridiculous that it's being played.

#BleedGreen #TrentIsGOAT

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   Posted: 12/27/2016 9:09:20 AM 
Why are we playing them? Their website lists the game as Exhibition

http://uublueknights.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

Last Edited: 12/27/2016 9:12:16 AM by PVRAY
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   Posted: 12/27/2016 9:09:46 AM 
"I need to be mad about something so, darn it, I guess I pick this."

Are we really complaining about something that nearly every other D1 team does? What difference does it make that it counts or is an exhibition? We have 13 days between the WKU game and our first MAC game so the timing is perfect. Nobody is in town anyway so it's a good time to knock the rust off. And the D1 teams that would be willing to travel to Athens, Ohio on December 30th you guys would be complaining about as well.
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   Posted: 12/27/2016 10:40:43 AM 
OUVan wrote:
"I need to be mad about something so, darn it, I guess I pick this."

Are we really complaining about something that nearly every other D1 team does? What difference does it make that it counts or is an exhibition? We have 13 days between the WKU game and our first MAC game so the timing is perfect. Nobody is in town anyway so it's a good time to knock the rust off. And the D1 teams that would be willing to travel to Athens, Ohio on December 30th you guys would be complaining about as well.


Agree with Van.

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   Posted: 12/27/2016 11:14:05 AM 
I think it's a matter of a D1 school needing a pre-conference tuneup but not able to schedule another D1 school, for one reason or another. The D1 school can treat it as a regular season game, since they're only allowed one exhibition game a year, but it doesn't count toward RPI. The only real risk is injury to a key player. The lower division school can call it an exhibition, since they don't have the one-a-year restriction. There are lots of other similar games on the D1 schedule in the next seven days. Some schools play two.

Lander @ South Carolina
Covenant @ Tenn St
Eastern NM @ NMSU
Mars Hill @ Western Carolina
Hutson-Tillotson @ Prairie View
Miles @ UAB
Virginia-Wise @ EKU
Asbury @ Morehead St
Marian @ IUPUI
Thomas (GA) @ Jacksonville
East Mennonite @ JMU
Truett-McConnell @ NC Central
Spring Hill @ Nicholls
Louisiana College @ Northwestern St
Fort Valley St @ Samford
MO-Rolla @ SIU Edwardsville
Central Penn College @ Elon
Henderson St @ SEMO
Olivet College @ Fiami
Brescia @ Murray St
Our Lady of the Lake @ UT-Rio Grande Valley
East Central @ UTSA
Fort Valley St @ Alabama St
Hutson-Tillotson @ Lamar
Allen @ South Carolina Upstate
Marywood @ Binghamton
Ohio Christian @ Toledo
Coker @ Hampton
Montreat @ NC Central
Fisk @ Jackson St
Bethesda @ Cal St Fullerton
Life Pacific @ UC Irvine
North Georgia @ Kennesaw St
Florida Tech @ Florida Gulf Coast
TxAM-K'ville @ UT-Rio Grande Valley
Illinois-Springfield @ NIU
Valley Forge @ Md-Eastern Shore
Wheelock College @ New Hampshire
Palm Beach Atlantic @ North Florida
Ave Maria @ Stetson
Antelope Valley @ Utah Valley

We will get by.
We will get by.
We will get by.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Official Game 11 Thread: Urbana
   Posted: 12/27/2016 12:54:38 PM 
OUVan wrote:
"I need to be mad about something so, darn it, I guess I pick this."

Are we really complaining about something that nearly every other D1 team does? What difference does it make that it counts or is an exhibition? We have 13 days between the WKU game and our first MAC game so the timing is perfect. Nobody is in town anyway so it's a good time to knock the rust off. And the D1 teams that would be willing to travel to Athens, Ohio on December 30th you guys would be complaining about as well.



Agreed. The last 5 years of opponents around the first of the year in order:

Urbana
UC Riverside - surprised they came this far for this date
UNC Wilmington - actually a pretty good game
Longwood - the complaints were loud for this one if I recall
@Oklahoma 12/29, Marshall 1/5
Kennesaw St 12/30, Robert Morris 1/2
Norfolk St 12/30, Robert Morris 1/2


It seems that the need to be mad about something and post about it is becoming more frequent in this forum.
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   Posted: 12/27/2016 6:14:21 PM 
Jeff McKinney wrote:
OUVan wrote:
"I need to be mad about something so, darn it, I guess I pick this."

Are we really complaining about something that nearly every other D1 team does? What difference does it make that it counts or is an exhibition? We have 13 days between the WKU game and our first MAC game so the timing is perfect. Nobody is in town anyway so it's a good time to knock the rust off. And the D1 teams that would be willing to travel to Athens, Ohio on December 30th you guys would be complaining about as well.


Agree with Van.


I'll add that when I was in college(but school was out on break), a school a bit better than Urbana played in the Convo. They brought all of their fans, on December 30th no less, and we had the normal school-is-out crowd. Then they beat us like a drum and drove back to Lexington. So I think people would be complaining either way. Personally I'd like to have the bigger names when there is a higher chance for a larger crowd, if possible.
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   Posted: 12/27/2016 7:39:48 PM 
Wright St beat Urbana recently, 85-34.
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   Posted: 12/27/2016 9:21:08 PM 
I'm not going to get too worked up over it, but essentially this is a scrimmage so we don't get too rusty with 2 weeks off.

If the starters play more than 10 minutes I'll be shocked and disappointed.
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