Ronnie Moore is better than any offensive player we've had on our team since Brazill left.

Let me take a shot at why there is respect for Akron. Sure, Ohio is W-2 vs Akron last two years, but, by only 5 total points. Over the same time frame Ohio outscored NIU by two total points. Akron plays defense, #1 MAC team in total defense, #2 in scoring defense. Finally there is a stat column for streak and Akron currently sits at W-5. Akron is worthy of respect. Buffalo too has earned respect. They have scoreboard on Ohio. Players don't forget that. Is it OK if I respect both Akron and Buffalo?

Please, what "crazy....conclusions" have I "jumped?"

You don't want as many fans as possible wearing green at Ford Field if Ohio gets to Detroit?

Forgive me, but tell me why there is supposed to be this immense optimism in these two senior QB's? I can see the optimism in the rest of the roster depth, but the QB position is still a serious question mark in my eyes.

Congrats.

Nope. The MAC East will go right down to the wire between Ohio and Akron. Ohio will beat Akron in the season finale and head to Detroit for the MACC.

I did. ;)

I beg to differ. Seeing a team that won the MACC last year and get picked to win its division again this year start out 1-7 and while still being winless vs every FBS team it has played, get destroyed not once but twice by allowing 77 points (resulting in the two worst losses in school history), and having a one win Miami team beat you by double figures on your home field would probably qualify as an implosion. And a massive one at that. This looks absolutely nothing like a BG team from over the last 5 years and more resembles the EMU ones we grew accustomed to seeing. And even they weren't this bad.

Dear almost Sage of BA: Is this implosion due primarily to a big drop off in talent with the attrition at QB and WR and other positions, or is Jinks the Second Coming of Cleve Bryant?

How similar or dissimilar is the apparent BG implosion to what happened in Athens in 2001-02? Discuss. Feel free to use an entire Blue Book.

In 2001, despite the coaching change, Ohio was a popular preseason pick to challenge Marshall or at least contend for the top of the MAC.

If nothing else, the mish-mash assembly of the new BG staff looks a lot like what happened here post-Grobe, as the AFA system guys left all at once and seemingly darts were somewhat blindly lobbed at resumes and various recruiting regions/archetypes.

This was my freshman year and I know everything that happened! This is when I "left the team for personal reasons." Actually I got kicked off the team for arguing with coaches. After we lost Florida in the Swamp the coaching staffed turned back to the option and players were frustrated. I got super frustrated in practice when the coaches were intentionally telling scout team members to go the opposite direction to make 1st teamers look good. So scouts werent getting better....they were not giving actual looks and it made our starters suffer. I questioned this strategy because I did not want to digress as a player. So I got kicked off after being pissed off and walking off one practice. Other players did too but I wont say their names. I can only speak for myself. This led to a player-coach disengagement to were we lost respect for the coaches and the will to play for them. Also my senior year 10 minutes before we go out to play (even after pre-game warmups).....AD Thomas Boeh comes in after Solich pre-game speech and suspends 3 starters. He could have done that during game week to give backups more practice time. We lose the game 21-9. The seniors had a meeting and vowed to kick ass the rest of the season. We won 6 MAC games in a row and go bowling after that mishandling of suspensions. The suspensions were valid because of grades but our AD had a responsibility to inform us Monday of GameWeek. Not 10 minutes before we take the field. Those were some bad years before Frank. Thats why I love the old ball coach.

Great stories ExCat21. Unbelievable that the coaches told the scout team to do that.

Good Old Timmy Kish!