We will not be the next Boise State. We will continue to be an above average MAC team, with few signature wins and no MAC championship in sight. Frankly, yesterday's game cemented that reality in my mind as we continue to have at least one game per season where we lay an egg or whatever you want to call it. We can be happy not being as bad as we used to be. There is certainly good reason to feel that way. While other teams may be more inconsistent( see Miami and Buffalo MAC Championships during the past 9 years), we are consistently just good enough to beat most poor MAC teams, and there are plenty of those in any given year, beat an FCS team and maybe a lower level FBS team. While playing, year in and year out, one of the weakest schedules in all of FBS, and padding the win column, we have seemed to reach our upper limit, success wise. One can hope, dream or whatever you want to do, but after 9 years, we are who we are. Relevant, maybe. Special, not really.

Following Ohio football is sort of like thinking your kids or grand kids are really something special and they are in your eyes, but the rest of the world doesn't see them that way, because there is no reason to.

I will continue to follow Ohio football, as we all should, but having expectations (not hope) for something bigger and better doesn't seem in the works anytime soon.

Sorry for the rant, but I'm just trying to be realistic about the situation.

All you people bitching is really annoying. You all sound like state fans after a loss. Please stop. Mistakes by players lost this game in combination with CMU's great play

Every team in the history of football loses on a fairly regular basis games they shouldn't lose. That's what happens when you turn the ball over four times. You can blame whoever you want for the turnovers, but truthfully, sometimes they just happen and it sucks when they happen at the wrong times or in bunches (or both).

Stanford should fire its coach after losing at Utah yesterday.

My concern is with the lack of fire the team has on occasion.  It showed up at L'ville and again during the first half yesterday.  Don't know if that's a coaching problem or something else, but yesterday showed that they need to be ready EVERY week. 

I think what you're saying is we've plateaued under Frank and Co. I tend to agree.

I'll concede that CMU is better than I thought.  But the coaches must have known that also.

Bad things happen when you play CMU in Mount Horrific.  It's the Bermuda Triangle of football. We go there next.

2 points on this post:
1) Any team can beat any team on any given day
2) We had about 9 players out due to injury, many on the O line, Another unusual injury year.
This team and coaches are working very well together and are staying together as a team as noted by their post game news conference quotes.
The O line is young and gaining experience which in the long run is better for our continued success.
1 game does not a season make.
I would project our record will include 8-10 wins this year. Anyone not satisfied with that number needs a dose of reality check.





GO BOBCATS

When I looked at our schedule in August, Louisville was the only game I thought was a guaranteed loss.  The schedule set up favorably, especially avoiding NIU, Toledo and Ball St this year.  The MAC East is pretty weak and we got Marshall and North Texas at home. 

Personally, I am disappointed that we watched a loss at home playing unispired, sloppy football with predictible play calling and tactical coaching errors at critical points in the game (timeout management, fielding the punt at the end, etc.).  If this was an isolated incident, it would be easier to swallow.  But, we have several seasons in a row where there are one or two head-scratching losses.  Miami last year (as well as the last 3 games of the season), Ball State and NIU in the MAC Championship game (with a 20-0 lead) the year before and losses to Kent 3 out of the last 4 years should not happen with any regularity.   

I remember the days of 1 or 2 wins in a season, but getting 8 wins in a season where they play 13 or 14 games is really not much more than mediocre.  We have 8 games against MAC teams and 1 against an FCS team each year.  8 wins/year playing in the SEC is impressive.  8 wins playing the likes of Miami, UMass, Akron, Buffalo and Eastern Michigan is not.

I never expected a Boise type season, you act like the fumble at the end had never happened before, I can think of several mental breakdowns in the not too distant past, so it's not unique for sure. Your last sentence is exactly what I am no longer expecting anymore. If it happens, it will exceed my expectations and I will be extremely happy for those results.

Another thing, when Marshall has 4 turnovers to lose to us, it's because we play so much more disciplined , we are so much better coached, we have smarter players, etc. When we do it, it's just an historic event. Comical.

I noticed the same thing, and had SBH's concern. The team entered the field both lackluster and piecemeal. A set of players came out, then a trickle, then a few more, etc. The band seemed out-of-sync because they did their usual fanfare, and the crowd anticipated this grand entrance. Instead, we got this leaky-faucet dribble.

Now maybe that had nothing to do with anything, but I'd like to hear what was going on inside the locker room moments before.