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01/03/20 - Nathan Rourke, Sr/2020, Ohio + More +

Nathan Rourke accounted for 241 yards of offense and ran for a touchdown to help Ohio beat Nevada 30-21 on Friday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Ohio (7-6) rebounded from a 1-3 start for its fifth straight winning season under coach Frank Solich. The 75-year-old former Nebraska coach received a two-year contract extension this week. Nevada (7-6), which dismissed defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel and two other defensive position coaches at the end of the regular season, didn’t find much of an answer for Ohio’s high-powered offense until the fourth quarter.

The Wolfpack also were missing three key defensive starters, suspended for their participation in a fight in a loss to rival UNLV in the regular-season finale. Ohio raced to a 20-9 lead and scored the first 10 points of the third quarter before holding off Nevada's late rally. The Bobcats lost leading rusher O’Shaan Allison late in the first quarter with an undisclosed injury. De’Montre Tuggle took over, rushing for 97 yards and a touchdown to spark a ground attack that finished with 285 yards on 50 carries spread among five players. Rourke, who is projected to be a high first-round draft pick in the Canadian Football League, tied Kareem Wilson's school record for career rushing touchdowns of 49. Wilson played from 1995-98. - AP College Football

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QB Nathan Rourke, Ohio
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12/11/19 - Armani Rogers, rSr/2022, Ohio + More +

UNLV has offered its vacant head coaching job to LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke Tuesday night on condition of anonymity because negotiations are ongoing and no announcement has been made. The offer was first reported by Fox Sports. Aranda would replace Tony Sanchez, who was fired Nov. 25 after going 19-40 in five seasons. UNLV is looking to raise the profile of its football program with the Rebels set to begin playing home games in a new stadium being built for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, who are moving to Las Vegas. The school also opened a $34 million on-campus football complex this fall. Aranda joined LSU in 2016 when he was hired away from Wisconsin by then-LSU coach Les Miles. He was retained by current LSU coach Ed Orgeron. Aranda is among the highest-paid coordinators in the nation, earning about $2.5 million per year. He spent earlier parts of his career with current Mountain West Conference schools, including stints at Utah State and Hawaii. - AP College Football

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TE Armani Rogers, Ohio
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12/08/19 - DL Knock, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Kickoff Return Specialist - DL Knock, Ohio,...Knock, a specialized studies major, earned All-MAC recognition for the first time in his career. He finished the regular season ranked fourth in the MAC with a career-high 635 kickoff return yards (eighth-most in program history) on a career-high 26 returns (fourth-most in MAC, tied ninth-most in program history), averaging a career-high 24.4 yards per return (fifth-most in MAC) and 52.9 yards per game. For his career, Knock has returned 36 kickoffs for 878 yards (24.4 yards per return, 20.0 yards per game) with a long of 100 yards for a touchdown. - Ohio Football

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12/08/19 - Steven Hayes, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Steven Hayes, Ohio,...Pleasants (physical activity & sport coaching undergraduate degree), Marques Grimes (sport management major) and Steven Hayes (sociology-criminology major) all earned All-MAC recognition for the first time in their careers and give Ohio three offensive linemen to be named All-MAC for the third year in a row. The trio helped pave the way for the MAC's highest-scoring offense in 2019 in terms of total points (416, fourth-most in program history) and points per game (34.7, fourth-most in program history).

The Bobcats finished the regular season ranked fourth in the league in total offense, with 5,320 total yards (seventh-most in program history) and 443.3 yards per game (fourth-most in program history). Ohio's 33 rushing touchdowns tied for the second-most in the MAC and rank as the fourth-most in program history. The Bobcats ranked third in the league in time of possession at 31:37 per game and fifth in sacks allowed with 20. Pleasants and Grimes both started all 12 games while Hayes started all nine games he played in. - Ohio Football

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12/08/19 - Marques Grimes, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Marques Grimes, Ohio,...Pleasants (physical activity & sport coaching undergraduate degree), Marques Grimes (sport management major) and Steven Hayes (sociology-criminology major) all earned All-MAC recognition for the first time in their careers and give Ohio three offensive linemen to be named All-MAC for the third year in a row. The trio helped pave the way for the MAC's highest-scoring offense in 2019 in terms of total points (416, fourth-most in program history) and points per game (34.7, fourth-most in program history).

OT Marques Grimes, Ohio
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12/08/19 - Michael Farkas, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Punter - Michael Farkas, Ohio,...Farkas, who has an undergraduate degree in communication studies, garnered All-MAC honors for the third time in his career after being named to the Third Team in 2016 and the First Team last year. He punted 47 times for 1,959 yards (41.7 yards per punt) in the regular season. Three of his punts went for at least 50 yards, with a season-long of 56 at Pitt on Sept. 7. He ranked second in the MAC in punts fair caught (20) and third in punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line (22). Farkas ranks second in program history with 219 career punts and a career punting average of 41.4 and third with 9,073 career punting yards. - Ohio Football

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12/08/19 - Austen Pleasants, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Austen Pleasants, Ohio,...Pleasants (physical activity & sport coaching undergraduate degree), Marques Grimes (sport management major) and Steven Hayes (sociology-criminology major) all earned All-MAC recognition for the first time in their careers and give Ohio three offensive linemen to be named All-MAC for the third year in a row. The trio helped pave the way for the MAC's highest-scoring offense in 2019 in terms of total points (416, fourth-most in program history) and points per game (34.7, fourth-most in program history).

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12/07/19 - Nathan Rourke, Sr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Quarterback - Nathan Rourke, Ohio,...Rourke, a physical activity & sport coaching major, earned All-MAC First Team honors after being named All-MAC Second Team each of the previous two seasons. He joins Bill Frederick (1953), Dave Wagner (1959, '60), Bob Babbitt (1962), Cleve Bryant (1968), Andy Vetter (1977) and Sammy Shon (1981) as the only quarterbacks in program history to be named All-MAC First Team and becomes the first Ohio quarterback to be named All-MAC three times in his career.

Rourke, who started all 12 regular season games for Ohio in 2019, set career highs with 191 completions (eighth-most in program history) and 311 attempts (ninth-most in program history) for a career-best 61.4 percent completion percentage (sixth-best in program history) and threw for a career-high 2,676 yards (fourth-most in program history) with a career-high 223.0 yards per game (fourth-most in program history). He threw 20 touchdown passes (third-most in MAC, tied for fourth-most in program history) against a career-low five interceptions. - Ohio Football

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12/07/19 - Javon Hagan, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Defensive Back - Javon Hagan, Ohio,...Hagan, who has an undergraduate degree sport management, earned All-MAC First Team selection for the second year in a row after being named to the All-MAC Second Team in 2016 and '17. He is the first defensive back in program history to be named to the All-MAC First Team multiple times. Hagan finished the regular season ranked eighth among MAC players with a career-high 99 total tackles to lead the team, including a team-high 44 solo stops and a career-high 55 assisted tackles. He recorded double-digit total tackles four times, including a career-high 16 against Western Michigan on Nov. 12.

He matched his career high with three tackles for loss. Hagan's seven pass breakups led the team, and he logged one quarterback hurry, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. A starter in 47 of the 51 career games he has played in and three-year team captain, Hagan has compiled 315 career total tackles (189 solo, sixth-most in program history; 126 assisted), with 9.0 career tackles for loss, has accounted for 32 career passes defensed (tied for eighth-most in program history), has tallied six career interceptions for 132 career interception return yards, has notched 26 career pass breakups (eighth-most in program history) and has forced nine career fumbles with four career fumble recoveries. - Ohio Football

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11/26/19 - Nathan Rourke, Sr/2020, Ohio + More +

Nathan Rourke threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns and Ohio routed Akron 52-3 on Tuesday night. The Bobcats (6-6, 5-3 Mid-American) clinched bowl eligibility for the 11th year in a row and for the 13th time in 15 years under head coach Frank Solich. Ohio also recorded a winning record in the conference for a fifth straight year. Rourke threw two touchdown passes in the first quarter, two more in the second and accounted for a fifth with a 1-yard run in the fourth. He threw a 53-yarder to DL Knock, 39 and 11 yards to Shane Hooks and 9 yards to Ryan Luehrman. Ja'Vahri Portis ran it in from 3-yards out with 6:41 remaining to end the scoring. Ohio outgained Akron (0-12, 0-8) in total yardage, 603-74, amassed 25 first downs to seven for the Zips and converted 10 of 15 third-down opportunities. Peter Hayes-Patrick gained 42 yards on 14 carries for Akron. The Zips ended the season with a 17-game losing streak dating to last season. Their last win was in a 17-10 contest against Central Michigan on Oct. 27, 2018. - AP College Football

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11/25/19 - Louie Zervos, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

NOV 25 MAC EAST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ohio K Louie Zervos,...Ohio senior kicker Louie Zervos (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) became the program's all-time leading scorer in a 66-24 win at Bowling Green on Nov. 19 at Doyt Perry Stadium. Zervos tallied a season-high 12 points off of a career-high nine made extra points and a 33-yard made field goal, bringing his career point total to 415 and breaking the previous school record of 409 points by former placekicker Matt Weller (2009-12). Zervos is now currently ranked 25th in NCAA FBS history in scoring. In addition to his scoring record, he ranks first in program history with 208 career extra points made and has made his last 116. He also ranks second in program history with 69 career field goals made. - Mid-American Conference Football

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11/19/19 - Nathan Rourke, Sr/2020, Ohio + More +

O'Shaan Allison had touchdown runs of 54, 7 and 53 yards, Nathan Rourke accounted for four TDs, and Ohio beat Bowling Green 66-24 on Tuesday night. Rourke was 14-of-21 passing for 267 yards and three touchdowns and added an 8-yard scoring run that gave Ohio a 38-21 lead late in the second quarter. Allison finished with 12 carries for a career-high 175 yards. The Bobcats (5-6, 4-3 Mid-American Conference) had six rushing touchdowns, one shy of the program record. Ohio had a season-high 609 total yards and scored its most points since scoring 67 against Western Michigan in 1953. It was Frank Solich's 111th win at Ohio, the most by a Mid-American Conference coach. Herb Deromedi won 110 games at Central Michigan from 1978-93. The Bobcats - who went into the game with just six takeaways this season, tied with Kansas for second fewest (N.C. State, five) in the FBS - forced five BGSU (3-8, 2-5) turnovers. The Falcons scored touchdowns on their first two drives to lead 14-7 with 6:23 left in the first quarter but Ohio scored 17 points in the next 4½ minutes to take the lead for good. - AP College Football

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QB Nathan Rourke, Ohio
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10/28/19 - Nathan Rourke, Sr/2020, Ohio + More +

OCT 28/WEEK 9 MAC EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ohio QB Nathan Rourke,...Ohio senior quarterback Nathan Rourke (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) posted a season-high 127 yards rushing and two touchdowns in a 34-21 win at Ball State. Rourke was part of an offense that had a season-high 316 rushing yards. Rourke recorded his eighth career 100-yard rushing game and has now scored 44 career rushing touchdowns, which is good for third-most in program history. He extended his school record for career touchdowns responsible for to 96. Rourke scored the Bobcats' first touchdown from one yard out in the first quarter and their last from 12 yards out in fourth. On a tough day for passing the football, Rourke completed eight of his 16 attempts for 131 yards. - MAC Football

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10/26/19 - Nathan Rourke, Sr/2020, Ohio + More +

Nathan Rourke accounted for 258 yards of offense and ran for two touchdowns to lead Ohio to a 34-21 victory over Ball State on Saturday. Ohio (4-4, 3-1) has won two of its last three games while Ball State (4-4, 3-1) lost its first Mid-American Conference game. Rourke was 8-of-16-passing for 131 yards and had 127 yards rushing. O'Shaan Allison added 104 yards on the ground, and De'Montre Tuggle had a pair touchdown runs for Ohio.

Drew Plitt threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score for Ball State. Walter Fletcher ran for 156 yards on 14 carries that included a 73-yard touchdown run. Rourke and Plitt traded 1-yard scoring runs in the first quarter. Louie Zervos kicked field goals from 20 and 23 yards to give the Bobcats a 13-7 halftime lead. Tuggle scored on an 11-yard run and Fletcher answered with his 73-yarder on the next play from scrimmage. Tuggle's 1-yard TD run stretched Ohio's lead to 27-14 with 4:33 remaining in the third quarter. Rourke capped a 9-play, 64-yard drive with a 12-yard touchdown run with about four minutes to play that made it 34-14. - Ohio/AP College Football

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QB Nathan Rourke, Ohio
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10/21/19 - Nathan Rourke, Sr/2020, Ohio + More +

OCT 21/WEEK 8 MAC EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ohio QB Nathan Rourke,...Ohio senior quarterback Nathan Rourke (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) threw for a career-high 342 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more scores in a 45-38 win over Kent State. Ohio racked up a season-high 45 points, 571 yards of total offense and 31 first downs with Rourke recording his first career game with at least 300 passing yards. He completed 19-28 passes (67.9%) and became the first Ohio quarterback to pass for at least 300 yards in a game since Greg Windham threw for 380 against Texas State in 2016.

Rourke has been responsible for at least four touchdowns in a single game 10 times in his career and extended his school record for career touchdowns responsible for to 94. He has thrown for 6,249 yards in his career, giving him the distinction of being one of only two quarterbacks in program history to throw for at least 6,000 career yards along with Tyler Tettleton (9,125 yards; 2009-13). Rourke's 50 career passing touchdowns rank second in program history while his 42 career rushing touchdowns rank third. - MAC Football

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