Drew Thurman (8:59 pm)

Nickname: Bobcats

Stadium: Peden Stadium (24,000)

Coach: Frank Solich - 4th year at Ohio, 19-18 (Overall 77-37)

Last Bowl Game: 2006 GMAC Bowl (L 28-7 to Southern Miss)

Basic Offense: Run out of the "I", sometimes employ 2 tight ends

Basic Defense: 4-3

Returning Starters: Offense - 6; Defense- 7; Specialists - 1

Returning Lettermen: 68 (Lost 23)

Returning Stars: TE Andrew Mooney & CB Mark Parson

Overview:

The Bobcats are coming off a heartbreaking loss to Wyoming 21-20. In the game the Bobcats only had 287 yards of total offense, and shot themselves in the foot with 2 turnovers and 115 yards in penalties.

They did lose a lot of position players from the last season. Theo Scott is a first year starter at quarterback, but Brad Brower who he replaced was no superstar. The biggest loss was Kalvin McRae (Kansas City Chiefs) at running back. He graduated after 3 straight 1,000 yards seasons. Last season in fact he had 1434 yards and 19 touchdowns. No doubt the Bobcats missed McRae last week with only 39 yards on the ground against Wyoming.

Wideout Taylor Price had a big game against Wyoming to help make up for the non-existent running attack. He had 139 yards receiving and a long 26 yards. Overall though, the the Bobcats defense outshined its offense against Wyoming. They held the Cowboys to 271 yards of total offense, but did give up 6 of 12 third down conversions.

Cheerleaders:

Notable Alumni:

Arsenio Hall - Actor and comedian
Matt Lauer - Co-host of The Today Show
Ed O'Neill - Actor (Al Bundy)
Jay Mariotti - Sports columnist and TV personality
Roger Ailes - President and CEO of Fox News Channel
Bob Brenley - Catcher and Manager of Arizona Diamondbacks (WS 2001)

Prediction:

Beanie or no Beanie this game should not be a close one. I expect to see a similar game from our defense as we did this last week against Youngstown State. If Ohio struggled to run the ball against Wyoming, they really should have even less success against us. That means we will be able to pin our ears back and blitz the quaterback all day long. I expect to see a lot sacks and throws on the run coming from quarterback Theo Scott.

On the other side of the ball I expect to see us try to pound the ball with all three running backs (Saine, M. Wells, and Herron). I also think you will see a lot of wideouts very involved. Look for Sanzenbacher, Posey, and Small to all have big games; they will have a chance to shine. We will have two touchdowns from others on the offensive unit as well. I predict these come from Nicol and Pryor. All together I think you a lot of the same from last week (hopefully a few less field goals)...

Score: Ohio State 45 Ohio U. 7

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