Business ride Bobcat boom ATHENS, OH (WOUB) - Businesses in Athens are seeing the benefits from the Bobcats' big win Thursday.

OU fans are grabbing their gear while they can, now that the team is going to the next round to play Tennessee.

The College Book Store on Court Street is having a hard time keeping MAC tournament and NCAA merchandize on the racks after the Cats' upset.

Partner and associate general manager of the College Book Store Andrew Stout says that they are prepared for the rush.

"We had our shirts up on the website within seconds of the end of the game," says Stout. "And it started online, lots of orders online from alumni all over the country and then today all the students before they leave town saw and were selling them in droves."

Stout says the store is prepared to get more gear in if the 'Cats move on. © Copyright 2012, WOUB