This year, Ohio’s Homecoming game will take place against Akron, who is 1-4 this season. Akron has been at the bottom of the Mid-American Conference for the past couple of years, and the game should be winnable for Ohio. Regardless of the game’s outcome, it will still be exciting. The Homecoming game is about school spirit, camaraderie and coming together to cheer on your alma mater or current team.
We’ve always said that one of the best things about sports is the way they can bring people together. Some of our own earliest and best memories involve sitting down and watching sports with our families or actually going to a game. There is nothing quite like the feeling of being in a stadium, arena or field to watch one of your favorite teams, which is something that current and former Bobcats can look forward to this weekend.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a new student from far away like Ohio field hockey midfielder Mijntje Ligtenberg, or have been out of Athens for many years like the first Ohio hockey team of 1958; Homecoming is for you.
Whether it’s programs like Ohio State and Alabama, with truckloads of five-star recruits, or Division III programs just scraping to get by, most college football teams have one thing in common: the Homecoming game.
Almost every team in college football tries to schedule a winnable game for Homecoming, as Ohio has done, and turn a simple home game into an event for students and alums alike. That is what we will see in Athens this weekend.
Whether it is athletes, members of the Marching 110, or just alums returning to Athens for a weekend, Homecoming is a special time for so many current and former Ohio students to remember why they love the school. Sports are often at the center of that.
No matter how good Ohio’s teams are, heading to a sold out Peden Stadium or a packed Convo is always going to be a good time, and Homecoming should once again serve as a great reminder of that.