The Bobcats are looking at a must-win situation on Saturday.

The talk in August was the same as in the past five years or so.

Jordan Dartis is taking advantage of a program reset to rejuvenate himself.

At the season’s halfway point, Ohio University head football coach Frank Solich said it’s time for the Bobcats to “start from scratch” in terms of looking for solutions to the team’s consistent defensive issues.

Ohio’s hopes for a MAC East title took a major hit on Saturday when Northern Illinois rallied to stun the Bobcats, 39-36, on Homecoming at Peden Stadium.

A loss, on Homecoming no less, would leave Ohio with no margin for error the rest of the way.

There was a time when Louie Zervos was like many of his place-kicking brethren.

As the college football season hits the halfway point, it’s clear it hasn’t been a terrific season for the Mid-American Conference so far.

On paper, Ohio’s defensive effort at Buffalo on Saturday looked OK — perhaps even mediocre.

Ohio escaped UB Stadium with a 21-20 OT victory on Saturday.

Ohio (1-3) travels to Buffalo for a key MAC East battle on Saturday at UB Stadium.

It’s not exactly a ‘bad’ word for Shane Hooks, but it’s certainly one he’s beginning to tire of hearing.

The Bobcats won’t have a radically different lineup, or game-plan changes, when they travel to Buffalo for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday.

The Ohio University women’s cross country team finished 4th and the men 6th among a field of 35 schools at Saturday’s All-Ohio Championships held at Cedarville University.

The Bobcats are officially on the clock, and the countdown has begun.

With the Bobcats in the midst of a full bye week, this seems like a good time to take stock of what Ohio has done — and what needs work — with two-thirds of the season remaining.

Note: This story appears in the Tuesday, Sept. 24 newspaper on Page A6.

Without a doubt, it was the worst afternoon of Nathan Rourke’s career as the quarterback for the Bobcats.

Ohio (1-2) needs to pick itself back up quickly with another bullying offense invading Peden Stadium this weekend.

De’Montre Tuggle still remembers the day he fell in love with the game of football.