MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[Toph]

SF-
Although I missed the show, I heard about the mistake from a few friends.  Unfortunately, I have not seen a hard copy of the b-ball schedule yet, so I can't tell you how it was spelled.  I do know that for whatever reason spelling John Carroll correctly is apparently harder than astrophysics.  In my 3 and 1/2 years at the school I've seen it spelled the following ways:
John Carroll
John Caroll
John Carrol
John Carol
Jon  (all of the various Carroll spellings).


I hope that the error falls on the printer, not on the school (a school should be able to spell it's own name, right?)...I'll see if I can get a copy of the schedule.

[ScotsFan]

I hope that the error falls on the printer, not on the school (a school should be able to spell it's own name, right?)...I'll see if I can get a copy of the schedule.

Yeah, that would be my thoughts as well.

[jdean]

I hope that the error falls on the printer, not on the school (a school should be able to spell it's own name, right?)...I'll see if I can get a copy of the schedule.

The Democrats are blaming the error on Karl Rove. The Republicans are blaming the Hollywood liberal elitists. The OAC commissioner is calling for an investigation. Mount Union's football team was heard to say in unison "they can't spell any better than they play."

Not one who usually goes to the defense of JCU (after 70-0 ...
,OK he's had enough of that) I'm amused by the criticism of their style of play. As if there is only one way to play the game? They aren't thugs--I've seen and played thugs and they aren't close. Aggressive yes. If you're used to watching women's basketball or ballet I guess JCU's style would rub you the wrong way.
If you've seen their coach several times you'd appreciate his academy nominated performances with the refs. When they'd come to Alliance I'd sit in the stands and wait for his first disagreement with a call. If you have a sense of humor like mine his tantrums are really fun to watch. Effective? I don't think so but its his style and he hasn't been shot yet---yet.
It really pains me to say that JCU b-ball is successful but that is a fact. Call them as many names as you want. If the stripes don't blow the whistles then all those fouls everyone alleges must have been imaginary.
OK Toph, I'll settle for 70-10. And I'm reducing my Wilmington web address bid to $.20.

[Toph]

jdean-
Yet another fantastic post.  I see that your basketball boys in purple aren't sharing the same success as the footballers.  I hope you celebrated that first win.  Hopefully they can get things turned around heading into the conference schedule. 

By the way, being the intelligent businessman that I am, I've also purchased www.mtunionbasketball.com in hopes that it will one day explode (perhaps Ric may be interested? )

I couldn't agree more about your comments about JCU (although it doesn't pain me to say that they are successful).  Perhaps a final note about Coach Moran:  When watching a coach with the style of...shall I say, negotiating...with the referees like Moran has, you have to sit back and enjoy the show.  The students at Carroll love it, the radio broadcasts are filled with "Mike Moran clothing updates," and even the band got into the act, having "Be Like Mike Night" where they all dressed in a shirt and tie, mimicking every "change in apparel" that Moran made.  You can't argue with his success as coach.  He's gotten his players to buy into the platoon system, and they're now battling for the OAC crown virtually year in and year out.

[Toph]

John Carroll's all sports broadcast schedule available: 
http://www.jcu.edu/studentl/Athletics/varsity/news/internet_broadcast.htm

One note, WJCU will broadcast the women's game at Wilmington on the 3rd as well.

[jdean]

What great timing. I just came here to talk about all the smut and filth on TV and radio and what do I see but a
promotion for the Howard Stern of college B-ball. And the school allows them to do women's games too?

By the way, Toph, if you'd like to continue your broad-casting career I heard there was an opening for a color guy covering the Havana hockey franchise. All the black beans you can eat.

[jf714]

The students at Carroll love it, the radio broadcasts are filled with "Mike Moran clothing updates," and even the band got into the act, having "Be Like Mike Night" where they all dressed in a shirt and tie, mimicking every "change in apparel" that Moran made.  You can't argue with his success as coach.  He's gotten his players to buy into the platoon system, and they're now battling for the OAC crown virtually year in and year out.

As a former manager at JCU from the early years of the Moran regime, I can attest that Coach Moran has NEVER worn a sportcoat for more than the first minute of the game.

[Toph]

Howard Stern of broadcast radio?  I wish WJCU could have that many listeners. 

[jdean]

The Raiders didn't disappoint on the turf but they did on the hardwood, taking a dive at Ada 89-63. Oh what a long season this will be.

[Toph]

From what I heard, the football game was excellent.  JCUers were winners on Saturday 82-67.  Roggenburk had 31 points.  Pete Moran continued his solid year, pouring in 17. 

[bouncer1]

Not much talk after the first night of games in the OAC. There were a couple of games of interest in the early going though. Any time you can get a road win in the OAC it's like gold. The wins by Muskie and BW on the road were quite impressive. The fish beat the second rated Cap on their home deck in what I hear was typical Muskie fashion-hang around til the end and somehow come up with a win. Looks like Coach Ford might have something going there. Even more impressive might be BW's win over Ott. Not so much that they beat them but by the margin of victory. Of course it is only one game but I heard that the Jackets were up by as much as 30 in part of the game. Any comments on either of these road wins?  And why isn't BW playing this Wed. and ONU is playing Defiance. Everybody else is playing in the league.  Any thoughts on how many losses you think the OAC champ will have this year? Looks like it might be a pretty balanced title race. Could the regular season champ have as many as 5 losses this year, maybe 6?

[Toph]

bouncer1-
I think it's a pretty fair assessment that the OAC championship this year is going to be pretty tightly contested, no team really stands out.  I agree that a road win is a great thing.  I like Geno Ford, I think he will be a solid coach.  Personally, I think this season is going to be one of the most interesting regular seasons in years in the OAC...except for Mount Union  .

[ScotsFan]

What's up with Cap so far this year?  Weren't they the preseason #2 in the OAC poll?  I wasn't really surprised by them losing to Witt, but the OWU win over Cap was a bit of a surprise to me and now they lose to Musky.  Looks to me as if they were a bit overrated.

[jdean]

I have no response Toph--the truth hurts TOO much. Triv announced on the radio tonight that the paper had a story having the SID explaining the spelling problem. Seemed like a reasonable explanation so it must be a lie!!

[Toph]

All in good fun jdean, all in good fun.

I have a feeling Capital will get things together in time to give other teams fits.  It's interesting that no team really stands out in the OAC this year as a team that can run away with this thing...in fact, I don't think we can say with any certainty what three teams are going to be at the top of the conference come tournament time...or what order they would be in.