#ohio bobcats

[athleticperfection1]

Ohio Softball

[pokemonwearingsportsmerch]

[bongaboi]

Ohio: 2023 Myrtle Beach Bowl Champions

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—The Ohio football team (10-3, 6-2 MAC) wrapped up their 2023 season at the Myrtle Beach Bowl with a historic 41-21 victory over the Georgia Southern Eagles (6-7, 3-5 SBC).

This win marks Ohio's first time in program history recording consecutive 10-win seasons and made the Bobcats the first Mid-American Conference team to win five consecutive bowl games. Five turnovers forced sets the program record for the most turnovers forced in a bowl game, a record that hasn't been touched since the 1962 Sun Bowl (4).

Freshman running back Rickey Hunt was a force to be reckoned with, tying the NCAA bowl record for touchdowns in a game as well as setting the program record for most touchdowns scored in a game (5). On top of that, Hunt (Oklahoma City, Okla.) scored the most touchdowns in a bowl game since Dorian Brown in Bahamas Bowl (4). This stellar performance earned him 2023 Myrtle Beach Bowl MVP accolades.

The game marked multiple career firsts for the Bobcats. Graduate student quarterback Parker Navarro (Tempe, Ariz.) recorded his first collegiate start, going 11-for-16 with 120 passing yards and one passing touchdown. On the ground, Navarro recorded 15 carries on 71 yards. Hunt led the team on the ground, finishing with 115 rushing yards on 17 carries. Of his five touchdowns — which marked his first five collegiate touchdowns — four were rushing and one was receiving.

Safeties Jeremiah Wood (Pickerington, Ohio), Adonis Williams Jr. (South Euclid, Ohio) and Walter Reynolds (Detroit, Mich.) all snagged their first career interceptions. Wood also recorded one forced fumble, one pass breakup and five tackles. Graduate student Bruce Houston (Lewis Center, Ohio) led the defense with eight total tackles — highlighted by five solo stops — and one quarterback hurry; Reynolds was right behind him with seven tackles on the game.

Freshman kicker Gianni Spetic (Chardon, Ohio) had a perfect day, kicking two successful field goals and five PATs. Freshman kicker Alex Kasee (Sylvania, Ohio) recorded 428 yards on seven kickoffs, averaging 61.1 yards per kick, while redshirt junior punter Jack Wilson (Sylvania, Ohio) amassed 115 yards on three punts.

Wood shut down the opening drive with his first career interception, giving Ohio the ball less than two minutes into the game. The Bobcats concluded the ensuing 11-play, 43-yard drive with a 27-yard field goal, putting Ohio ahead by three. Hunt extended the Bobcats' lead in the second quarter with a two-yard rushing touchdown. After Spetic's extra point, Ohio led 10-0. The next drive, Adonis Williams Jr. snagged Ohio's second interception of the day, preventing the Eagles' offense from gaining momentum.

Hunt scored his second touchdown of the day—and first career receiving touchdown—with 3:16 until halftime. Redshirt sophomore linebacker Shay Taylor's (Mount Perry, Ohio) fumble recovery on the ensuing drive set the Bobcats up to score again, closing the first half with a field goal to take a 20-0 lead.

Reynolds stopped Georgia Southern's first drive of the second half short with Ohio's third interception of the game, returning the ball for 40 yards. Hunt immediately took advantage of regaining possession, scoring with a six-yard rushing touchdown to put the Eagles at a 27-point deficit.

Georgia Southern scored their first touchdown with 7:54 remaining in the third quarter, cutting the Bobcats' lead to 20 points with a three-yard rushing touchdown and a successful PAT. Ohio's next drive ended in a 40-yard punt, but Wood's forced fumble followed by a 30-yard return by redshirt junior cornerback Roman Parodie (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) set up a 60-yard drive for Ohio, concluding in a 40-yard rushing touchdown for Hunt and extending Ohio's lead to 34-7. The Eagles quickly recovered, answering with a 65-yard receiving touchdown the following drive. Georgia Southern chipped away at the Bobcats' lead in the fourth as well, opening the final 15 minutes of play with a 15-yard receiving touchdown, putting the score at 34-21.

Hunt wasn't done yet—with 2:52 remaining in the game, he wrapped up an eight-play, 55-yard drive with a nine-yard rushing touchdown, marking his fifth touchdown of the game and Ohio's final time scoring. With 29 seconds on the clock, Navarro took a knee and the Bobcats went into victory formation, solidifying their 41-21 win.

To stay up to date with all things Ohio football, follow the team on OhioBobcats.com, Twitter and Facebook (@OhioFootball), and Instagram (@OhioFB).

OUohyeah

[jadeseadragon]

📷 Paul Becker

Bobcat @ Columbus Zoo "Boo at the Zoo"

[jamouf]

Tap in with our podcast interview

[stormears]

I went looking for sources on this out of curiosity and was slapped in the face with a disappointing dystopia of "articles" that read as either AI-generated, uselessly repeating visible "facts" about the video (in this video shared by Animals Being Cute on twitter/facebook/etc, a bobcat can be seen hugging a boy!) or both, on a page crammed with ads and then the page turns into a new article about taking care of your cat.

And I'm using duckduckgo!!! The internet used to provide you with SOURCES for INFORMATION!!! But that's not often true anymore. So I'll do the legwork and get the full story myself.

The bobcat's name is Benji and he was rescued by the Krause family in Ohio when he was 4 weeks old. He was NOT rescued when he was nearly full grown like this video implies (not sure the year he WAS rescued tho) That boy, now adult Greg Krause, has a Youtube channel. Around 10 years ago he would post videos of Benji and also their rescued deer, Athena.

Here is a 48-minute Q&A video Krause posted in August 2015 describing "the sad story of Benji." If you watch the first 2 minutes you can see a slideshow of Benji growing up.

Here are some facts from that video:

-At the time of filming, Krause didn't own Benji anymore because owning a bobcat had recently become illegal in Ohio, where Krause lives.

-The change in Ohio law occurred because of an "incident a couple of years ago." Krause is almost certainly referencing the Zanesville, Ohio Massacre in 2011, where 50 or so exotic animals escaped their enclosures on a local man's property and most had to be slaughtered by police (one of the big cats had killed the owner and eaten his genitals) Really interesting read about The Zanesville Massacre at GQ here.

-Benji had a stroke as a baby and as a result the right side of his face often sagged. His right eye did not have a functioning tear duct, so it was always watering. His right rear paw also curled inward.

-Benji and Athena the deer were always together, they would hang out inside Benji's enclosure. Athena would even lie down next to Benji when he was eating meat.

-Krause once gave Benji a live rat to kill and eat. 15 minutes later they were friends and slept together in Benji's outdoor enclosure.

-After the law changed (politicians scrambling to make sure nobody could hoard lions and tigers in their basement again) Krause could not legally keep Benji. He could have "let the state come and take him", after which he would have no rights to know where Benji was (implication that the state would euthanize him) but instead Krause found a sanctuary in Akron, Ohio called Noah's Lost Ark, which has a large enclosure where Benji would get a lot of personal attention and interaction. And Krause can go see him anytime.

-Midway through the video, Krause goes to visit Benji at Noah's Lost Ark for the first time. He's in a temporary enclosure while he gets used to the place and was later going to be put in an enclosure near two other bobcats.

-"It's just like losing a child. But you know that's the way it goes unfortunately, there was nothing I could do."

...In summary the only source to properly learn about this boy and his bobcat was from the guy's own youtube channel. Every other article I found about this was AI-generated slop or contained lies or lies of omission. This video at the top of the post is NOT from right after the family rescued him. In most articles the 'source' is some page that reposts cute animal videos and not Greg Krause's channel where this video was first posted. One 'article' said that the family eventually returned Benji to the wild which is NOT true at all!

The only shining light in this shitty situation is Greg's love for Benji. He saved Benji's life by sending him to Noah's Lost Ark when state laws forced his hand. it's been almost 10 years since he lost his precious family member that he bottle fed as a kitten. I'm sure he misses Benji still today, and every day. He'll love Benji forever.

Bobcat after a boy saved him from a fire

[footballjockgear]

Ohio University Bobcats

[theywhoshantbenamed]

While I’m on the subject here’s some of the animals in my lil for funsies au

Ohio is a white tailed deer

California is a California ground squirrel cause he looks cute but he will fight you

I wanted Nevada to be a striped skunk but I made a poll a while back and the vote was for black tailed rabbit

Florida is a jaguar I’ve drawn him before

Georgia is a mink

I hadn’t had a animal for Maryland but in the process of making this I have decided he is an opossum

Texas is a longhorn bc I learned to draw them and I love them

Louisiana is a pelican. Relatable because they will put lots of stuff in their mouths if they can

San Bernardino is a mountain lion

Oklahoma is a bobcat because of those tweets(ifykyk)

San Antonio i think is a bat. I’m thinking Mexican free tailed or hoary bat OH WAIT WHAT IF HE WAS AN ARMADILLO god I can’t decide with him

Colorado is a big horn sheep good for him cause someone had to be

And because I have to have at least one reptile in the mix I put Massachusetts as a gopher snake :3 and yes I plan to use him as an excuse to draw nagas

I had said a while back that gov would be a dragon it’s just a matter of what kind of dragon he’d be. I think hydra would be cool to combine him with some of the branches, but maybe a basilisk would be dope

Arizona I thought would be cool as a cactus cat

And that’s all I got for now so idk

[lollystocks]

Intro to Sigils (Undead Abjuration 101)

Ectoberhaunt 2023 Day 10: Occultism

Summary: The student population of Danny's new college are very, very into the occult, putting Danny's studies (and blood pressure) in jeopardy. Good thing he knows exactly how to jeopardise their efforts.

Or: how Danny finally gains some overdue respect.

Words: 1,121

CW: blood (ritualistic), occultism, off-screen violence

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People are dumbasses. Dead or alive.

This philosophy of Danny’s is reinforced tenfold when he starts college. “Fuck Around and Find Out” is a fine way to live when the consequences of said Finding Out are mild - grievous injury or arrest, for instance.

But with his typical luck, his fellow students at university (go bobcats) have decided that they’re going to lightly Fuck Around with the occult, and it’s up to Danny to stop them from Finding Out.

Ordinarily, students messing around with summoning circles and ouija boards is nothing to worry about on two accounts: (1) most occultism you find online is total bullcrap and you’d be lucky to summon a grumpy blob-ghost and (2), being more than a stone’s throw from a dimensional Veil or Tear means your word-perfect ritual ain’t gonna do shit.

Danny himself is not exempt from the “people are dumbasses” rule, because Danny had not done adequate research during college applications, and had failed to realize that Athens, Ohio, was sat on top of one of the thinnest stretches of dimensional membrane outside of his parents’ basement.

A good stretch of his freshman year is spent trying to subtly dissuade others in his hall from having anything to do with the new trend, so harmless elsewhere in the country. When that fails (“Danny my guy it’s a bit of drunk fun, ghosts don’t exist” God he missed Amity), it becomes straight sabotage. Swapping the thyme out for sage; salting some of the badger-blood (where had that even come from?); smudging some carefully-drawn chalk.

On the rare occasions where such intervention is necessary (see above: most online occultism is bullshit), Danny honestly needn’t bother. No one has the time for three days of silent prayer, or has the inclination to acquire a tooth from every participant, and as a general rule the easier the ritual, the weaker the ghostie. The main risk is that something small is conjured, or something a bit more powerful is able to project their voice or image into this plane and no more. Honestly, not particularly dangerous in itself.

But if one ritual works, and gets recorded, and posted to TikTok or something, all hell would break loose and everyone would get in on it and something nasty would be summoned and everyone would die.

So Danny has to keep a very. tight. lid. on every bit of occultism on campus.

It’s not going so well, and at one point Danny is spending his nights invisible and patrolling the whole campus (the whole goddamn town) for ritual behavior, much the same way he patrolled for malevolent spirits at night as a kid. It’s exhausting.

At one point, the worst comes to pass, and it’s somehow a blessing. He manages to miss something, and a Being is conjured. Someone gets hurt, badly, but they’ll recover, and most importantly - everyone believes now. Which is just as well, because the thin Veil is now a Tear, and Danny’s (lovely, peaceful, escapist) college is now overrun with spirits.The more things change, etc.

Now, Danny has never painted himself as a cynic, rather as a true believer who insisted that no one with sense should be touching these things. The few other true believers listened to him because of the deeply haunted look in his eyes that said “trust me, I know”, and others would have listened if it weren’t for the fact that ghosts don’t exist so that look in his eyes meant nothing, right?

So after The Incident, students are rushing to Danny. No one wants to Fuck Around anymore, what they want now is protection.

Danny becomes a mobile consultation service on How Not To Get Got by spirits. He has info that doesn’t appear anywhere else, be it on the internet or in dusty tomes, but everyone believes him.

“Basic chalk sigils for your dorm door - unless it’s east-facing or on a fourth floor, then use this one instead. Oh and you’ll want this extra symbol if/when you’re on your period, don’t ask why.”

“Salt doesn’t do shit to protect you other than change the function of other charms, it actually attracts poltergeists…”

“If you’re gonna get that tattooed, for the love of god get it on the left side of your back, I’m not dealing with the consequences of you messing that up.”

“Look the Latin itself is fine but it’s not actually the most powerful language for temporary wardings like these, better to go for something like Welsh or Cornish, or Yucatec, even Esperanto…”

“I absolutely refuse to “sign off” on your bullshit blood sigils Phil, you losing your dorm deposit is gonna have nothing to do with me and I want that on the record.”

And it works. No one (openly) questions where this knowledge, this expertise is coming from, because Danny is a gift horse and no one wants to inspect that mouth, thanks. He doesn’t charge for his services, but he sets up a little fund online and is able to fuel his coffee addiction with it. He never has to pay for booze, and people will slip him test answers before he can even ask. He’s practically swimming in upperclassmen’s used textbooks, left anonymously at his door.

Knowledge spreads fast (he wonders how much better he could have protected Amity had he had this level of respect then; or maybe it was his parents who ensured that could never happen, turning the town away from these methods and trying to fit a science-based solution into a magic-shaped hole) and eventually, Danny stops being the only point of knowledge.

By the time sophomore year rolls around, there’s a rhythm to it. Someone sets up a whatsapp group. Dorms are left with the previous inhabitants’ sigils intact ready for the new tenants (and the cleaners never report them to management). Freshman orientation includes informal lectures from upperclassmen on how to protect yourself and others from the undead.

By Danny’s junior year, there’s a (locked, invite-only) wiki full of protective rituals, rites, spells and symbols. Freshmen already know what’s coming, if they do their research. Graduating seniors auction off their amulets.

Things have settled pretty nicely by senior year. Danny’s on top of his studies, as well-rested as any other student (ie not at all) and he rarely has to go ghost. He needn’t have worried about spreading occult knowledge to the student population after all; they’d shown they can be trusted.

(And Danny almost gets away with it. But three months before graduation, he is violently and painfully jerked into a sideways pocket-dimension by what he recognises as an utterly perfect Summoning. Because Danny is also a dumbass, as he is about to Find Out.)

[kedamono-dreams]

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO!!!!!

KITTY!

[athleticperfection1]

Ohio Volleyball

[bongaboi]

Ohio: 2022 Arizona Bowl Champions

Perfect football weather. Imperfect football. No complaints.

The Arizona Bowl always has been a bit quirky. The play on the field is seldom pristine. But Tucson’s bowl game has charm, a good heart and a fighting spirit.

Bowl organizers were determined to put on a good show after the pandemic impacted the past two Arizona Bowls. The 2020 version was played without fans in the stands; the ’21 game, the first with new title sponsor Barstool Sports, was canceled.

Typical of most Arizona Bowls since the game’s inception in 2015, this one came down to the wire. CJ Harris’ 10-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Foster in overtime gave Ohio a 30-27 victory over Wyoming on a picturesque Friday afternoon at Arizona Stadium.

The Arizona Bowl has been contested seven times. Friday’s game marked the third time it was decided in overtime — and the third time it ended with a walk-off score.

The lead changed hands four times in the second half and OT. The Bobcats rallied from a 17-11 halftime deficit behind the running of tailback Sieh Bangura, who had a game-high 138 yards, and the clutch play of Harris, who took over as Ohio’s starter late in the season after MAC Offensive Player of the Year Kurtis Rourke hurt his knee.

Harris was named the Arizona Bowl MVP after passing for 184 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for 52 yards.

“The boys supported me,” Harris said. “They had my back, and I had theirs.

“It means a lot. I just wanted to give it my all for the team.”

The Bobcats finished 10-3, reaching double figures in wins for the first time since 2011 and the third time in modern program history. Wyoming, a two-time participant in the Arizona Bowl, ended the season with a three-game losing streak and finished 7-6.

The Cowboys took a 27-24 lead in overtime on John Hoyland’s 29-yard field goal. The Bobcats won it on Harris’ pass to Foster, a 6-5, 247-pound tight end, in the back left corner of the end zone.

“One on one, I just saw my man versus their man,” Harris said. “I’m going to give my man a shot every time.”

The Bobcats raced down the west sideline to mob Foster. Soon after, second-year coach Tim Albin and his team accepted the Arizona Bowl trophy.

“Unbelievable football game for four quarters," Albin said, his voice breaking. "And a little extra."

Bangura gave Ohio an 18-17 advantage with a 3-yard touchdown run with 5:14 remaining in the third quarter.

Wyoming’s offense had been completely stymied in the second half before the Cowboys pieced together a six-play, 75-yard touchdown drive to reclaim the lead late in the fourth quarter. Wyoming had four previous possessions in the half. The Cowboys gained just 17 yards.

A 31-yard pass from quarterback Andrew Peasley to tight end Treyton Welch moved Wyoming to the Ohio 11-yard line. On third-and-4 from the 5, Jordon Vaughn — the Cowboys’ fifth-string running back — plowed into the end zone to give Wyoming a 24-21 lead with 2:08 remaining.

Ohio had ample time to get into field-goal range and did. Nathanial Vakos’ 46-yard field goal — his third from 40-plus yards in the game — tied the score with four seconds left in regulation.

While Ohio lost its star quarterback – but was able to overcome it – Wyoming was hit hard by late-season injuries and pre-bowl transfer-portal departures.

"We have what we had, and we put them out there,” Cowboys coach Craig Bohl said. “I’m proud of them."

The first quarter was characterized by big plays and big mistakes.

Wyoming opened the scoring with a 17-yard touchdown run by Vaughn, who was making his college debut.

Since the bowl matchup was set, Bohl had dodged questions about the Cowboys’ running back situation. He knew Titus Swen, a 1,000-yard rusher, had been dismissed from the team. Bohl also knew one of Swen’s backups, Joey Braasch, had entered the transfer portal.

With second- and third-stringers Dawaiia McNeely and D.Q. James unavailable because of injuries, Wyoming listed its running backs as “TBA” on the official pregame depth chart. Vaughn — a redshirt freshman from Manvel, Texas — got the start and the bulk of the work. He carried 16 times for 67 yards and two scores.

Vaughn’s backup was Sam Scott — a redshirt-freshman linebacker. Scott normally wears No. 32; he donned a No. 22 jersey for this special assignment.

The Cowboys’ early lead was short-lived, in large part because of a poor decision by cornerback Kolbey Taylor. Wyoming was set to get the ball back after an overthrown Ohio pass on third-and-11. But Taylor lowered his head and made helmet-to-helmet contact with receiver Sam Wiglusz, drawing a targeting foul and a disqualification.

"I'm going to be real guarded on the targeting,” Bohl said. “As coaches, we have pushed to have that rule adjusted to have ‘targeting 1’ and ‘targeting 2.’ … We have taken the play that is the big headhunting play out of the game. We’ve coached that out of the game.

“When you have a young man who loses basically a whole game on a play that is viewed as targeting, that is nowhere connected to a malicious hit, this is why as coaches we say that there needs to be some balance."

On the next play, Harris connected with Jacoby Jones for a 34-yard touchdown. The Bobcats pulled off a fake PAT for a 2-point conversion that gave them an 8-7 lead.

Wiglusz — a transfer from Ohio State who led Ohio in receiving this season — was involved in the next scoring sequence as well. He muffed Clayton Stewart’s punt, which Cole DeMarzo recovered at the Bobcats’ 17-yard line. On the next play, Peasley threw a strike to Welch for a touchdown to give Wyoming a 14-8 lead.

The second quarter was a slog. The teams combined to complete only 3 of 13 passes for 31 yards. An exchange of field goals — including a 53-yarder by Hoyland — left the Cowboys with a 17-11 advantage at halftime.

The third quarter featured much of the same — until Bangura burst through a hole for a 40-yard gain to the Wyoming 3. He scored on the next play to put Ohio up 18-17.

Vakos’ 45-yard field goal made it 21-17 with 4:17 remaining.

[theriu]

Don't forget the wild boars(which I'm pretty sure the Southeast gets...?) and snapping turtles! And worm snakes <333 although to the best of my knowledge Southern Appalachia is currently mostly out of mountain lions, although the cougars from Florida and somewhere else are spreading, I hear. There are bobcats though. And raccoons. And opossums. And skunks. Saw a meme once that said those last three are your choices of starter Pokémon in Tennessee.

Worm snakes??? What are… *Googles*

OH!!!

THATS A VERY APT NAME, I have never before seen such a perfect hybrid of snek and erthwohrm, and now I WANT ONE. Lookit this little wormy baby.

And OF COURSE, I know exactly which meme you mean:

I freakin love it cause it feels so ACCURATE XD Also applicable to Ohio! You know, it occurs to me that most American states are about the same size or larger than a standard Pokemon region… so we could totally each be our own region it would WORK! (Some of the tiny states might need to group together though… oh wait Unova already covered that, we’re good.)

[pokemon-goodmorn]

Get ready for the Goodmorn region's Fire-type starter:

Hawkitty - The Gryphon Pokémon! (#004)

Type: Fire/Flying Abilities: Blaze (Flash Fire) Height: 2'11" / 0.9 m Weight: 39.7 lbs / 18.0 kg

One of nature's daredevils, Hawkitty is an adventurous and inventive Pokémon. Working best in pairs, Hawkitty is more than eager to accompany you on your journey through the Goodmorn region! This Pokémon is always trying to find the optimal flying technique, trying its hardest to fly a little longer, a little higher, and a little faster than it did yesterday. It wraps its long, red wattle around its neck for warmth when it flies.

When it grows up, it masters the skies and becomes Bobiplane (which you can read about here), and when it fully evolves, it decides to take on the final frontier as Pusstronaut (which you can read about here).

For a behind-the-scenes look at this Pokémon, read below!

Obviously, the main inspiration for Hawkitty is the mythical gryphon, half lion and half eagle. I don't think that's a major surprise, especially as it's "The Gryphon Pokémon". I sort of arrived at this concept by working backwards. Ohio (and specifically the city of Dayton) is The Birthplace of Aviation because it is the birthplace of Wilbur and Orville Wright, who worked together to build the first successful airplane also in the state. Now, their first flight was in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, so it was only natural to flip it to Hawk Kitty, which, of course, is a gryphon.

Hawkitty's design is pretty clearly inspired by old-school aviator outfits. You have the wattle acting as a scarf, the ceres around the eyes acting as goggles, and the coloring of the fur meant to mimic a jacket with a shirt underneath. Additionally, if you look at the ears, legs, and especially tail, you might notice that it's not a mix of eagle and lion, but rather a mix of bobcat and eagle. As the bobcat is the only native big cat to the United States and has been seen prowling here and there in Ohio, I only thought it proper to swap the one beast out for the other.

As a little bonus for reading - here's an uncolored version of Hawkitty!

[footballjockgear]

Ohio University Bobcats

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Episode Thirteen: Haunted Ohio University Photodump

Image 1: Rufus Putnam (the man) + Rufus (the bobcat) Image 2: Ohio University Image 3: Wilson Hall, Room 428, & an illustration of astral projection Image 4: Athens Lunatic Asylum, now known as The Ridges, present day Image 5: Athens Lunatic Asylum cemetery Image 6: Circle of headstones in cemetery corner, used for seances Image 7: Insane Asylum Staff, nightshift, in 1873 Image 8: Margaret Schilling, alive in the 1970s Image 9: Margaret Schilling’s corpse stain, present day Image 10: Illustration showing the pentagram formed by Native American burial grounds and cemetery with Wilson Hall in the middle