One more person whose catnip has no home...

ironic from the guy who turns every thread into a black hole

The silver lining in Ohio falling short of the MAC title is that you don't get to enjoy a title. I blame Joey Burrow.

Joe Burrow looks like a pretty good QB, hopefully Barrett leaves and he gets two years, if not he will get a lot more time next year. Barrett is not ready for the NFL but if OSU wins that may propel him to leave. Barrett needs to bulk up and get more consistent in the passing game. We need a QB that plays like Burrow that wants to come here and play right away ala Roethlisberger.

I blame Monroe Slavin. He put just too much pressure on our team with his constant posts. How could anyone not wilt under such a sustained blitz? ;-)

The loss was frustrating, but I was so proud of the Bobcat team. They got behind early, but never backed down. They played smart, and got back into position to win the game. Playing against probably the best MAC team since Miami in 2003, they were in position to win it in the last minute.

This team knows how good they can be next year. Are they going to take some people's advice, and give up since they can never win? Or, are they going to go back regroup, take it out on Troy, and bust their butts all off-season trying to be that much better next year? I'm betting on the latter.

It's been a season of ups and downs, but this has been a very good Bobcat team. It will always be among my favorites. The naysayers who never played the game, and who have no idea how much work these players put in, and who make incredibly stupid and clueless comments like "it's only football" and that anyone should be able to learn it in a year or so, with proper coaching will always complain, but their complaints are meaningless since they have no foundation of knowledge.

Go Bobcats. Some team goals like beating Miami, getting to a bowl, and winning the East have been accomplished. Others like winning the MAC Championship were not. You have one more goal to accomplish this season, a bowl win. Put this behind you and go achieve that last goal.

Post of the year nominee.

LMAO

OCF--You are correct. I am totally responsible for us coming up a bit short of the W vs. WMU.

L.C.-- I've considered your question. I think it's close, but the team should probably not listen to those who protest the coaching, who question if we're able to get it done.

DFC--So, AFTER the tripping and the further deficit from the tripping resulting in, as you say, a huge whole and crucial 7 points in a 6 point loss., we should button down and not take a shot, not try to get the points back.

That makes no sense.

The odds of a turnover are a lot less than the odds of a turnover not happening.

The odds of making a first down on 3rd and 14 and the odds of scoring from deep in our territory with 36 seconds left in the half are long...but non-existent if you don't try.

Simply put, please spend less time all angered up and learn to count in terms of points and clock.

Please stop with the "if you didn't play, you don't understand" comments. I totally get that if you played, you obviously have a knowledge maybe greater than those that didn't play on certain things. But to use that as a blanket statement....that "if you didn't play, you don't know what you're talking about" is absurd.

If that was the case, then most announcers in CFB and other sports would have no business doing their job.

Should Verne Lundquist never be allowed to comment on a football/basketball game because he wasn't a DI player? No . I value Verne's opinion.

Same goes for Mike Leach. Is he a stupid coach that doesn't know what he's doing because he never played football? I wouldn't say so.

There are a lot of comments on here that shouldn't be automatically dismissed just because the author "didn't play"

Such a cop out to use that as an excuse because you disagree with their point of view.

Everyone is entitled their opinion no matter what their background is. But to continue to use the "you didn't play, you don't know what you're talking about" is being about as close-minded as you can be.

Conversely, after having only had 2 first downs up to that point, what if Ohio tries a long pass, it's incomplete, thus stopping the clock, giving WMU the ball in Ohio territory with say 25 seconds left? With Corey Davis' long TD catch earlier in the half, WMU had already demonstrated quick strike ability. If this scenario took place and WMU had scored a TD and extended the score even more (and absolutely have momentum on its side) to say 30-7, Monroe, you'd be all over Solich for poor clock management. And don't say that you'd have given Solich kudos for at least trying; that's being intellectually dishonest. Belichick would NOT have gone for it in that situation and that's with having Tom Brady.

I agree-Ohio's had some questionable playcalling this year, no doubt. Not throwing from deep in its territory with 36 seconds left on 3rd down after having demonstrated an inability (up to that point) to move the ball against the #17 team in the country in front of a very hostile crowd and already being down 23-7 is not one of those times.

Monroe, my man, most of us who haven't played the game and have trouble identifying zone blocking on the line from man-to-man blocking, tend to defer to reasonable explanations from those who actually know the Xs and Os of football. It doesn't mean we don't have opinions, and it doesn't mean we shouldn't express them. It does mean that we would be wise to understand what we don't know and realize that our perceptions might not the accurate. I find it interesting that virtually all of those with coaching experience, including some who have played football at Ohio, seem to support Solich and see progress in the program. It doesn't mean that they are necessarily right, but I'd tend to put my money on their assessments more than the assessments of those of us who write more from emotion and anecdotal recall of selected and less than learned observations.