Yeah! We should be more like Tennessee! Those fans have it together!
No kidding! What a dumpster fire that has become.
Here's the difference ... UT fans are 1000% delusional thinking they are Alabama or Ohio State or USC. 8-10 wins and a nice New Year's Bowl is what Tennessee's ceiling is nowadays. They are no longer a premiere program like some of those others..... yet their fans think they should be winning national titles.
I think most Ohio fans would just like to see something more than what we've seen repeated for 13 years .... essentially the 8-5 (5-3) bowl loss season. I don't think it's delusional to think Ohio can rise to the top of the MAC and start winning league titles .... or even back-to-back division titles? Or even 10 games (considering they play one of the nation's weakest schedules yearly)
I don't think anyone envisions Ohio to be a yearly NY6 contender ... I think that is the peak of the mountain range stuff .... and i don't think that's within reach right now.
What I'm suggesting doesn't seem like a huge leap to me.
I don't think it is a huge leap. Overall, what you wish for is attainable and realistic. The issue is how we, as a fan base, respond when we don't get it. Tennessee fans have convinced themselves they should be challenging for National Championships at least once a decade. But when that doesn't happen, what do you do? It's the response that's the real issue.
I see what you're saying ...
But what I will offer is that Ohio has been tantalizingly close for sooooo long to finally getting over that hump .... only to fall flat on their face. It becomes increasingly frustrating.
It's not entitlement or absurd expectations ... I think it's the frustration of watching Ohio literally have Lucy pull the football from Charlie Brown's foot ..... and Ohio is BOTH LUCY AND CHARLIE!
It's self-inflicted. It's not like Toledo having the NIU thorn in their side for years ... where they've won 9 games and just can't beat NIU when it counts.
Ohio has thrown up all over themselves against everyone in the East .... Akron, Kent, Buffalo, BG, and Miami.
They are literally their own worst enemy. And it just keeps happening ... and happening ... and happening