What the hell are you talking about?

Miami was 5-7 ... not bowl eligible.

WMU was 6-6 ... one of three bowl eligible teams to not get an invite.

Those college basketball tournaments you mention are nothing like bowl games. Outside the NIT, you actually have to pay to play in those. They're not necessarily a reward for a good year. Hell, some of those tourneys are filled with teams with losing records because they're willing to fork out cash to keep playing.

And where am I bashing Ohio football? Because I voice my displeasure with two atrocious losses to end the season costing them a shot at a MACC? Am I supposed to just ignore that happened? Are we only allowed to talk about wins on this message board?

C'mon. Get real

What the hell are you talking about?!?!?!?

You are just typing words that make ZERO sense.

Who is "demanding Ohio do better in football"?

You're trying to recycle material used against Monroe, who may have talked about that.

Go back and find one comment of mine "demanding" better or asking Solich to be fired. Please ... I urge you to try.

Again ... this is a message board where people come to discuss Ohio football ... the good and the bad.

I know you can't bear the thought of saying anything remotely negative about the mighty green & white ... and that's fine.

But quit bashing folks who don't drink the green kool aid and look at this program with the green tinted Solich shades that you do.

You're embarrassing yourself trying to pick arguments with someone who has weaved his opinion that this has been a disappointing season ... following up similar disappointments of years past ... backed up by facts.

Ohio lost games it shouldn't have. Period.

They haven't won a MACC. Period.

Stop your witch hunt of finding the next Monroe so you can cast your dispersions.

Let me begin by saying anyone who follows Bobcat football is not happy about the way the season ended. However, there is another game to be played and many fans will focus on that game.
The majority of alums, season ticket holders and people who attend games know that Ohio hasn't won a MACC. I am certain the players and coaches know it also. The team is moving on and preparing to win another game. Maybe you should do the same? Although it could be if you keep reminding people that Ohio hasn't won a league title, then the AD and President of Ohio will eventually listen to you. I'm sure if you write the university a big check, they will be on the phone immediately to Jim McElwain, Butch Jones, Jim Mora and Kevin Sumlin about coming to Ohio. Or maybe you can apply for the job and bring a MACC to Athens?

What the hell does this even mean?!?!!

Who is talking about hiring Kevin Sumlin or Jim Mora?!?!?

LET. ME. REPEAT. THIS. VERY. VERY. SLOW. SO. MAYBE. YOU. CAN. UNDERSTAND. IT.

FRANK. SOLICH. WILL. NOT. BE. FIRED. NOR. SHOULD. HE. BE. FIRED.

Quit acting like I'm setting up shop on Jim Schaus' front lawn with a pitchfork and torches asking for Solich's head on a stake.

You're absurd.

It would be worth the drive in my opinion.

   

Had no idea that the university increased over 300 full time administrators from 09-15.

No one is telling you to drink the Kool Aid, but now that Monroe is gone you are the single most disgruntled and negative poster on this site. So the comparisons are naturally going to come. Don't cry about it now.

What am I being negative about? What am I crying about?

Did Ohio win a MACC title this year? Ummm. No.

Did they lose games to Akron and Buffalo to end the year? Ummm. Yeah.

Am I just supposed to act like those didn't happen?

Am I just supposed to ignore them and focus solely on that win vs. Toledo?

Am I disgruntled? That's open for your interpretation ... but I think it's pretty easy to scroll thru these threads and see a lot of other people on here that are equally disappointed in the way Ohio finished this season and this program's inability to get over that proverbial hump.

Am I beating my chest demanding a MACC and saying Solich should be fired otherwise? Ummmm. No. I think I've made that abundantly clear.

It seems all you folks that are content with the way things unfolded and the fact Ohio put up another 8-4, 5-3 season are just looking for someone to "Bobcat Attack" for not sharing their joy.

Have I hijacked threads out of nowhere and started blasting about Ohio's non MACC? Ummmm. No.

Go back and look at the majority of my posts ... I'd say roughly 75-80% of them are in response to someone else.

You guys are the one's poking the so-called bear. You want to go on and on about how Nathan Rourke is the best QB in the MAC and that Ohio is a top 25 team next year and that Ohio is just as well off as Toledo despite not winning the MACC .... sorry, but I disagree with a lot of things that get posted here.

But here's the difference. I don't get bent out of shape when someone disagrees with me and take it personal.

I don't resort to name-calling.

I don't resort to saying "if you don't love it, leave it" when it comes to supporting Ohio athletics.

Life is full of people who don't share the same views on things .... Ohio athletics ... and Ohio football is one of many of those things.

I choose to embrace debate or conversation about this stuff. I like the back-and-forth ... most of my friends don't follow Ohio football, so it's not a topic of conversation a lot.

I come here to get that.

I think a lot of people come here to hold hands and sing the praises of St. Frank and if that isn't everyone's objective ... they get bent out of shape and start casting stones.

I'm not Monroe. I'm not even close.

So don't compare.

It's not a negative view ... it's a fact-based opinionated view.

Ohio lost those games to Akron and Buffalo ... just like they lost similar games the last 13 years. Those are facts. Run and hide from it ... justify it ... do whatever you'd like.

But you can't get mad when someone uses them as reference points to their view of Ohio football. It's like complaining it's hot outside .... but refusing to admit the sun exists.

You can only ignore reality for so long.

Two responses: 1. For the medical school the top-heavy number of administrators is justified. You won't find a medical school in the nation where this is not true. I don't have the time to go into the details, but it's just the nature of medical education. State funding for the medical school actually takes that into account. 2. Please go back and read my comments about your statement about OU-HCOM and surgery. Then issue an apology for your misrepresentation of OU-HCOM and osteopathic medicine. Man up!

Well, you hit a nerve. In another life I was the director of communication for what is now OU-HCOM. They added the "H" after I retired. I appreciate your retraction. Yes, it makes me happier. OK, I agree that what you were saying about administrative overload in COB has merit. Now we are even, and can return BA back to its normal programming! :-)

I think you answered your own question...