Welcome Guest! Create an Account login email: password: remember me: BASKETBALLFOOTBALLMESSAGE BOARDCHATLINKS site searchwhere to watchcontact usabout usadvertise with ushelp Message Board BobcatAttack.com Message Board General Ohio University Discussion/Alumni Events Topic:  Marshall wins national championship Topic:  Marshall wins national championship Author Message The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,568 Status: Offline     Marshall wins national championship    Posted: 5/19/2021 10:50:58 PM  In men’s soccer. Just like that, Akron and Marshall are national powers in men’s soccer... makes you wonder what could’ve been. Maybe we should fire the program back up I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,568 Status: Offline     RE: Marshall wins national championship    Posted: 5/19/2021 10:53:01 PM  Fwiw, both Akron and Marshall relied heavily on foreign players... The recruiting dynamics in soccer are quite interesting. I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,569 Status: Offline     RE: Marshall wins national championship    Posted: 5/20/2021 6:47:07 AM  The Optimist wrote: In men’s soccer. Just like that, Akron and Marshall are national powers in men’s soccer... makes you wonder what could’ve been. Maybe we should fire the program back up There's already a pretty good discussion on this in the football board. Back to Top mf279801 General User Member Since: 8/6/2010 Location: Newark, DE Post Count: 2,471 Status: Offline     RE: Marshall wins national championship    Posted: 5/20/2021 11:57:51 AM  The Optimist wrote: Maybe we should fire the program back up The horse is out of the barn on soccer, powers are established, etc. Where is there space for us to be a bold first-mover? Cricket. Ohio University could lead the way in American university varsity cricket, and dramatically increase our university’s profile in South Asia (and a few other places around the world, but none as cricket-mad as South Asia) while we’re at it Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,569 Status: Offline     RE: Marshall wins national championship    Posted: 5/20/2021 12:58:41 PM  mf279801 wrote: The Optimist wrote: Maybe we should fire the program back up The horse is out of the barn on soccer, powers are established, etc. Where is there space for us to be a bold first-mover? Cricket. Ohio University could lead the way in American university varsity cricket, and dramatically increase our university’s profile in South Asia (and a few other places around the world, but none as cricket-mad as South Asia) while we’re at it Cricket is quite popular in this park of NJ, as well as parts of NYC. If O.U. wants, they can hire me as a recruiter. :-) Back to Top Mike Johnson General User Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: North Canton, OH Post Count: 1,729 Status: Offline     RE: Marshall wins national championship    Posted: 5/20/2021 3:20:26 PM  rpbobcat wrote: mf279801 wrote: The Optimist wrote: Maybe we should fire the program back up The horse is out of the barn on soccer, powers are established, etc. Where is there space for us to be a bold first-mover? Cricket. Ohio University could lead the way in American university varsity cricket, and dramatically increase our university’s profile in South Asia (and a few other places around the world, but none as cricket-mad as South Asia) while we’re at it Cricket is quite popular in this park of NJ, as well as parts of NYC. If O.U. wants, they can hire me as a recruiter. :-) Extremely popular in England. http://www.facebook.com/mikejohnson.author Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,317 Status: Online     RE: Marshall wins national championship    Posted: 5/20/2021 11:28:39 PM  My vote goes for men's volleyball. Very little competition. A national power by just fielding a team. The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,569 Status: Offline     RE: Marshall wins national championship    Posted: 5/21/2021 6:50:28 AM  OhioCatFan wrote: My vote goes for men's volleyball. Very little competition. A national power by just fielding a team. FDU is going that route. They're starting a men's volleyball team. Even got a $200 K grant from First Point Volleyball. The team will have a MAC connection. Their coach, Karl France, is from BGSU. Last Edited: 5/21/2021 6:50:44 AM by rpbobcat Back to Top Mike Johnson General User Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: North Canton, OH Post Count: 1,729 Status: Offline     RE: Marshall wins national championship    Posted: 5/21/2021 10:14:23 AM  OhioCatFan wrote: My vote goes for men's volleyball. Very little competition. A national power by just fielding a team. Would have to get by UCLA and Stanford. http://www.facebook.com/mikejohnson.author Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,317 Status: Online     RE: Marshall wins national championship    Posted: 5/21/2021 11:56:55 PM  Mike Johnson wrote: OhioCatFan wrote: My vote goes for men's volleyball. Very little competition. A national power by just fielding a team. Would have to get by UCLA and Stanford. I guarantee OHIO would be in the top 25! The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top BigGreenTruck General User Member Since: 1/16/2021 Post Count: 4 Status: Offline     RE: Marshall wins national championship    Posted: 5/27/2021 9:36:08 PM  The Optimist wrote: Fwiw, both Akron and Marshall relied heavily on foreign players... The recruiting dynamics in soccer are quite interesting. Unless you are a blue blood in soccer, Stanford, Virginia, Clemson, North Carolina etc. then you have to recruit creatively to play with them. Marshall isn't going to attract the 4-5 star HS kid or the MLS Academy kid, those kids are going to the blue blood or soccer elite schools. So going international is the best option if you really want to compete. The kids Coach Grassie brought in would rival a lot of the 4-5 star recruits and MLS Academy kids, if in the US that's who they would be. Hopefully with a National Title in Coach Grassie's bask pocket some of the doors to 4-5 star recruits and MLS Academy kids open up but if not then he has proven he knows how to win without them. Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 11  of 11 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'General Ohio University Discussion/Alumni Events' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 352 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 344 Guests 8 Registered Users:   OhioCatFan, Cats5, Pete Chouteau, BSC 91, Alan Swank, BobcatSports, Mike Coleman, colobobcat66 There are no other users looking at this page.

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