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#64 Ohio Bobcats: College Football 77 in 77

June 26, 2012 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

I’ll give this to the Ohio Bobcats college football program- they know how to make headlines for goofy stuff. Good, nuanced quirky stories are something they specialize in. First there was the mascot attacking Brutus the Buckeyes when they visited Ohio State. Then there was the punter tweeting about how much Boise sucks in the winter when they got sent there for their bowl game.

What wacky hi-jinx are in store this season? I don’t know what to tell you there; but I can tell you all about their 2012 on the field prospects.

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Ohio Punter Tweets Profane Disgust for Idaho Bowl Placement

December 6, 2011 By paulmbanks 6 Comments

As we learned last winter with Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe (who voiced his concern over the Bears-Vikes game being played on the rock hard playing surface at the Minnesota Golden Gophers stadium) most people don’t value the opinions of specialists in the football world.

Even if the “World of Warcraft” fanatic thought TCF Bank Stadium playing surface would be a “concrete train wreck”

Ohio University punter Paul Hershey did some squawking through social media anyway.

Let’s say he wasn’t happy that his Bobcats are going to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, Idaho, Hershey tweeted:

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