11-24-2025

George Mason 92
Ohio 67

And let’s be honest…Mason could have won by 50.

Year 7

Boals era

Rock bottom

Rock bottom…two years in a row.

+1

This team is definitely worse than that team.

I predicted 1-5 at this juncture too, and predicted a loss this evening. I was wrong about who the win would come against, but knew it would be a tough stretch.

No doubt thing'll get easier for us during conference play. Not freaking out about the record itself. But also not convinced I see how the pieces come together or where the improvements come from.

Correction: we're just a school. It's not like you're necessarily one or the other. And nobody thinks of us as good at either.

At this moment in time, we are a heck of a lot better in football than basketball.

It's why I didn't predict a ton of wins coming into this year......this could really really be ugly when it's all said and done

And now the former football coach is lagging in Charlotte and has all but completely evaporated the buzz that he was afforded coming in with students, alumni and boosters. Local media is giving the program limited attention - in part because of the zoo in Chapel Hill but mostly because a flailing dog is not something folks want to associate with. And rumor of massive portal transfer out is a front - which may be a good thing given the talent level but many are ones brought in. As I have stated before, the survival games for Albin will be App State and East next year - win one or at least be highly competitive in both (33 to 82 won't cut it) or there will be immediate threads in Charlotte: Tim Albin: Year 2... what is needed for 3rd?

When a coach fails to meet expectations, I call it like I see it. Just like I did with Saul. Nobody wanted Boals in this job more than me, but I believe that it is time to go in a new direction. I doubt it will happen after this season. If not, then he needs to look for some new assistant coaches. They should be taking some heat as well. This program has gotten stale in approach.

The recruiting and development of players is lacking big time on Boals watch. And his career record against the MAC big three of Akron, Toledo and Kent is atrocious (12-26 all-time). I don’t believe the new AD has it in him to fire an Ohio alum after his first year on the job as AD. If not, Boals needs to look deep at his staff. They are supposed to recruit and develop players as well. Bottom line…it’s Boals program and his responsibility. If he’s gonna stay for another season, then he needs to overhaul this program in every area from top to bottom.

It’s one thing to start the season 1-6 with a tough schedule, but it’s how you look doing it. We lack talent, height and basketball IQ. We can’t shoot the 3, we can’t guard the 3, we can’t share the ball and we can’t rebound. And if we played cupcakes, we’d still have those issues and maybe an extra win or two. But if this isn’t fixed, we’re in deep trouble moving forward well into the future.

Absolutely unacceptable in year 7 of the Boals era.

What's Boals' contract situation?

According to this article, he is inked through April 2028. That would mean two more years after this season: https://herosports.com/fbs-search-party-ohio-universitys-... .

I’m glad we got this conversation over with now and it won’t keep going every week of the season… (Right?!…..Right!?….)

Are we though?

So a football team currently in, what, 4th place in the MAC. Who is INFINITY games away from a national championship. And had literally never played a single game with an opportunity to get to a national championship.

Or.

A bad basketball team. Currently projected to finish somewhere around 6th in the MAC. Who was 5 games away from a national championship 5 years ago and 4 wins away 14 years ago.

Claiming we're a football school now is like proclaiming youre the champion ping pong player on your local street growing up. It has zero implications beyond your little street.