Growing up in Columbus, I had many friends and family from southern Ohio. One interesting tidbit about that region is that if you were not born there, you aren’t fully accepted. Another interesting tidbit is that is more basketball country than football. It is kind of like the Kentucky of Ohio in that regard.
A telling stat is that it is very easy to see when Frank Solich started coaching the Bobcats. You just look at the overall record each season over the past 40ish years. Wade through a bunch of suck, look for one bad year followed by mostly success and voila!