Theo Scott News

NOW THAT Marshall followers have been freed from three weeks of being dogged by cheesy Internet rumors, it's time to refocus on the future of Thundering Herd football.

As the regular college football season comes to a conclusion, there's still one more weekend with seven conference championships to be decided.

It may not have the marquee value of the SEC's Alabama - Florida clash, nor the national championship implications of the Big 12 tilt between Texas and Nebraska , but the Conference USA title game kicking off tomorrow's big day of college football should be a highly competitive contest between East Carolina and Houston .

The Mid-American Conference has produced quarterbacks good enough to play in the NFL over the past decade: Ben Roethlisberger, Byron Leftwich and Chad Pennington.

Central Michigan looks to run the table in the Mid-American Conference with a win against East Division Champions Ohio in the MAC Championship game.

There are five conference championship games for your gambling pleasure this weekend, and if recent history is any indication, the favorites will come out on top.

What happened four years ago might as well be Stonehenge material for 20-something young men like Taylor Price and Lee Renfro.

ATHENS -- There was both promise and urgency in Frank Solich's voice Monday. The Ohio University football coach had just been asked to evaluate and describe the strengths of his team.

SCOTT FEATURED AS IMPACT PLAYER OF THE WEEK ON CBS2 By the time Theo Scott limped to the sideline with an ankle injury, he had already done more than enough to get Ohio University to the Mid-American Conference championship.

THE OWLS : This is it. The Owls have won nine straight, are bowl-bound, and Al Golden is poised to record Temple's first 10-win season in 30 years.

Temple's football team is riding a nine-game winning streak, the longest single-season victory run in school history.

The Bobcats trailed 28-24 in what amounted to an elimination game in the Mid-American Conference.

If you are one who believes in possession being nine-tenths of the law and the home-field advantage, then look for Ohio to win the East Division football title this Friday vs.

Theo Scott threw three touchdown passes to lead Ohio to a 38-31 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday, keeping the Bobcats' Mid-American Conference title hopes alive.

Northern Illinois at Ohio When: 1 p.m. Saturday at Peden Stadium Internet TV: niuhuskies.com; Radio: WSCR 670-AM Series: NIU leads 9-8 Coaches: Jerry Kill ; Frank Solich Players to watch: NIU sophomore QB Chandler Harnish should get his first start since Oct.

Northern Illinois running back Chad Spann will be a game-time decision for Saturday's 1 p.m. game at Ohio, NIU coach Jerry Kill said during Monday's MAC coaches teleconference.

It was another nail-biting, fantastic finish. And in 2009 - the self-anointed Year of the Cat - of course it went the Bobcats' way.

Dispatch OSU football beat writer Tim May answers your questions Friday at noon about the Buckeyes, Big Ten and college football in general.

Weller's late FG gives Ohio 27-24 win EDS: APNewsNow. Ohio 27, Buffalo 24. AMHERST, N.Y. Matt Wellers 47-yard field goal with 1:25 left gave Ohio a 27-24 victory over Buffalo on Tuesday night.

There usually were only several hundred people left in the stadium when there was the occasional Billy Griffin sighting at Ohio Dominican games the previous two years.