Ohio Football Begins Spring
Practice
The
Ohio University football team opened its
2000 spring practice February 17 on the
practice fields across from Peden Stadium.
The Bobcats have 15 practice sessions
scheduled over the next three and a half
weeks, culminating in a spring scrimmage
on Saturday, March 11.
"Our
players are excited to be out practicing,"
said Head Coach Jim Grobe. "They were a
little apprehensive at first about the
early start and the cool weather, but they
are having fun right now. It's just good
to get back into the swing of things
again."
Coach
Grobe also explained how important spring
practice is, especially to the red-shirt
freshmen. "We have 20 players who
red-shirted last year and this lets us a
good look at them. They were on the scout
team last year so they didn't get to learn
our schemes and our system. We can really
work on teaching them our offense and
defense and getting them into the mix."
Coach
Grobe enters his sixth season at the
Bobcat helm, ranking fifth on Ohio's
all-time coaching victories chart. He
guided the 1999 squad to its
fourth-straight winning MAC season. It
marks the first time in over 30 years that
Ohio recorded winning MAC seasons in four
consecutive years.
Ohio
opens the 2000 season at Iowa State on
Thursday, August 31.
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