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bobcatsquared
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1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 3:07:08 PM

Where were you?

I was 7, living in the shadows of the horseshoe. The only Bobcats I was aware of (Grandview Heights) wore Blue and White.

Casper71
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 3:17:33 PM

I was there for that championship and for the tangerine bowl. It�s good to be back again!

GoCats105
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 3:26:25 PM

My mom was 8 years old.

cbarber357
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 3:27:45 PM

My dad wasn�t born yet (I�m 31)

El Gato Roberto
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 3:33:14 PM

I was 10 in 1968!!!
I wasn�t a Bobcat, yet, but my first exposure was to watch Ohio lose to Richmond on a last second FG in the 1968 Tangerine Bowl on my grandparents� fuzzy black and white TV in Point Pleasant, WVa

"The name's Ohio University, but everybody calls me Ohio. Any of you guys call me Ohio U, and I'll kill you."

BBHacker
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 3:40:08 PM

El Gato Roberto wrote:

We lost that game 49-42; there was no last second field goal!

Will Rogers never met Donald Trump!

El Gato Roberto
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 3:41:21 PM

It was a fuzzier picture than I recall, I guess. 😂 I do recall watching it�

Last Edited: 12/7/2024 3:47:15 PM by El Gato Roberto

"The name's Ohio University, but everybody calls me Ohio. Any of you guys call me Ohio U, and I'll kill you."

Victory
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 3:43:21 PM

I was still several years from being born. My Dad was an alum. Several uncles were in school at OU.

Yesterday only a small fraction of alums could remember. Today we all can.

Doc Bobcat
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 3:47:38 PM

I was at the game where we beat Fiami�.artist roommate had drawn on a sheet an Indian (they were Redskins then) crawling out of a toilet�.the only bowl for Fiami�.then watched at Gunther�s Bar in Portsmouth future pro Walker Gillette have a career day as Richmond beat us in the Tangerine Bowl.

Last Edited: 12/7/2024 3:54:09 PM by Doc Bobcat

bobcatsquared
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 3:54:46 PM

Oh yeah, "1968" by Turnpike Troubadours just might be my new favorite song of this century, if wasn't already before today. Give it a try.

72 Bobcat
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 3:54:58 PM

My Freshman Year! I was a first year engineering student at Ohio Eastern Branch in Belmont County, Ohio. Obviously no broadcasts as today.

1stInConvo
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 3:59:19 PM

I was there for most games. Best game was at BG. We were behind and won 28-27. We could have scored again but Hess said take a knee.
It was an amazing year.

I never thought I'd see us win a MAC again, but this year is special!

joefromperry
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 4:07:40 PM

My wife and I were students then and went to EVERY regular season game. Glad they're finally back on top.

Mike Johnson
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 4:17:28 PM

I was soldiering in Korea. Got to listen to the Tangerine Bowl shootout on Armed Forces Radio.

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1stInConvo
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 4:24:53 PM

Hello, Mike. Sure been a long time, former Gam Hall-ite and Whippet!

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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 4:35:32 PM

We knew what we were up against in the Tangerine Bowl. We had gone the season with three DB's, Mike Schott, Billy Mitchell and Craig Radar. Bill even tried Snyder at DB but Walker Gillette and UR were a very good team. We always felt we just ran out of time in the game. When it happened it felt really bad, but looking back it was quite an accomplishment to go 10-0 then. We won our OOC games pretty easy that year, over Wm&Mary and Dayton. We had to go on the road for 3 of the last 4 games. Western and BG were close. Toledo was close early in the year and you could see they would be the team to challenge us in the next years.

We averaged 34 points a game, which was a lot for that era. I looked up Cleve's QB rasting and it was 131 that year. He set the stage for the dual action QB that guys like Chuck Ealey of Toledo carried on.

ou79
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 4:55:51 PM

I listened to the BGSU game which sealed our MAC title on WOUB-AM with Joe Tait doing the call.

Mike Johnson
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 5:10:09 PM

1stInConvo wrote:

Hello, Mike. Sure been a long time, former Gam Hall-ite and Whippet!

Whippets had another good season - 12-1. School ranks 15th in state in all-time wins.

Care to give me a clue to your ID?

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OhioCatFan
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 5:16:43 PM

I was working on a master's degree in journalism at the Evil Empire in Cowtown. I listened to almost every game on the radio. In fact, many times we would be at an O$U game with our cheap student season tickets, and I'd have my transistor radio and be listening to OHIO and somewhat oblivious to watching A&M win a game on the way to its zillionth national championship. I remember that I actually sold my tickets to the Michigan game for the price I paid for the whole season. I did see OHIO play BG in person at BG in the coldest game that I can ever remember. It was a come from behind victory. I posted the schedule below. Note that OHIO played five ranked teams that year. I suspect that that's an all time OHIO record.

Certainly glad to get that monkey off our back and win another MAC Champtionship. And, beating Miami makes it doubly delicious.

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GroverBall
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 7:03:23 PM

Last Edited: 12/7/2024 7:04:51 PM by GroverBall

Pataskala
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/7/2024 7:24:35 PM

I was a senior in HS in Ohio's Great Northwest. The only MAC schools we ever heard about were Toledo and BGSUCKS, so I didn't know about it until a few years later. I do remember reading about the Tangerine Bowl game in one of the newspapers up there.

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OhioCatFan
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/8/2024 8:51:36 PM

Pataskala wrote:

My linguist sister says that NW Ohio is the only part of the state in which people speak without any kind of a slur. She says that in NW Ohio people talk so that each syllable is clearly enunciated, not so in any other part of the state.

TWT
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/8/2024 11:26:52 PM

cbarber357 wrote:

My dad wasn�t born yet (I�m 31)

My dad was born the night of the Pitt game in 2005.

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2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl
2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086

OhioCatFan
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/8/2024 11:44:07 PM

TWT wrote:

cbarber357 wrote:

My dad wasn�t born yet (I�m 31)

My dad was born the night of the Pitt game in 2005.

So you are now about three years old?

TWT
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RE: 1968

Posted: 12/9/2024 2:21:04 AM

OhioCatFan wrote:

TWT wrote:

cbarber357 wrote:

My dad wasn�t born yet (I�m 31)

My dad was born the night of the Pitt game in 2005.

So you are now about three years old?

28 in cat years.

Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended
2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round
2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl
2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086

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