[NU Sports] Report from Ohio

[Mike Nolan]

THe following came from a Husker List subscriber at U of Ohio.
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Mike Nolan

> From: Scott Titsworth <titswort at ohio.edu>
> Organization: Ohio University
> 
> Hello Mike and others,
> The word here at Ohio is excitement and patience.  Generally speaking, 
> everyone is excited as heck about the new coaching staff.  Word from the 
> players is that the program is being run with a 100% more 
> professionalism when compared with the previous staff.  So, in the 
> medium term, expectations are for a solid turnaround.  But, everyone 
> knows that the turnaround will be tough.  The number of Frosh on the 
> two-deep roster is pretty amazing.  Apparently the previous staff did 
> not leave the new staff with much talent (I fully understand the irony 
> in that claim). 
> 
> In terms of our non-conference schedule, we have a brutal time.  NU, 
> then PITT, and then Va Tech.  Of those games, no one is talking with 
> much optimism about NU and PITT (the fans, that is).  Both games are 
> viewed as yardstick games--how close are we to those teams, but no real 
> talk of upsets.  The PITT game is the one generating cautious optimism.  
> Pitt comes off a game with Notre Dame and will be looking ahead to the 
> 'Huskers.  The Pitt game is here, students will be back, and Peden 
> stadium is expected to set an attendance record with 500 new season 
> tickets sold already.  Those who have talked with Frank "behind the 
> scenes" (i.e., various administrators on campus) get the impression that 
> Frank wants to get through the non-conference schedule without injury or 
> psychological setbacks and then compete in the MAC.
> 
> Can Ohio keep pace?  Word about practices is very subdued.  Not a single 
> practice has been open.  There is rumor that our offensive line (a real 
> problem for last year's team) is much better, but the yardstick for 
> comparison is pretty short.  Our QB is decent and we have a good RB.  I 
> am excited for the season and would love to come out of Evanston with a 
> win (sorry Mike!), but in terms of the non-conference schedule 
> everyone's dream is to beat Pitt because that would energize local fans 
> who have tended to show up to games only to see our awesome marching band.
> Scott
> 
> Mike Nolan wrote:
> 
> >>Frank pretty much dropped the hammer last time he went up against NU.  What
> >>is the talk on the NU list?  Confidence?  Overconfidence?  Revenge?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I don't think that anyone has paid much attention to the new coach
> >at Ohio being Frank Solich.
> >
> >Most of the talk has been about the NU defense, which was thin to start
> >with and has suffered 2 major losses due to injuries.
> >
> >NU should be able to score against Ohio, the question is whether Ohio 
> >can keep pace.  They weren't a very good team last year, and I don't 
> >know how quickly Frank will be able to build his kind of team (whatever 
> >that is) there.  I guess we'll start finding out in about 36 hours.  
> >--
> >Mike Nolan
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