We're all feeling good right now after a big win over the dominant program for the last half a decade. What's it gonna take for next year to be THE year?

#1. QB - More questions than answers right now. Three guys have seen significant time this season. Vick graduates, and it's assumed Sprague will take the lead next year. Can he get it done? Will Windham challenge him for that starter spot? The coaches seem to like being able to rotate two guys, and with the injuries this year it helped.

#2. Secondary. Oh man, this has me worried more than anything next year. Based on playing time this year, I'm guessing the starters at corner will be Provitt and....Brunson? Safety shouldn't be as big of a concern, but is still a problem area losing Carpenter and Macer.

#3. Special teams. We'll be getting a new kicker and new punter, together with a new #1 kick returner (Daz graduating). The specialists have been shaky since the Weller/Hershey era, but maybe we just got spoiled.

#4. Health. Four straight years now of unusually high numbers of injuries would seem to indicate that maybe they're not quite so unusual. What happened between 2011 and 2012 that caused the change?

I have said that the key is the huge class that is now Sophomores. That class is bigger and better than any prior class under Solich, and includes decent players at every position except QB. Supplemented with players from classes on either side, those players are going to win a lot of games. 2016 should be better than 2015, and 2017 should be Frank's best team, if Frank is still around. If Frank retires, it will be a heck of a start for the next coach. (Of course, some thought Knorr would have a heck of a good first year, too, so you never know.)

Why would Frank retire...he does nothing and has total control of the program.

Conner Krizancic will get a shot at Quarterback. Dude transferred from Minny for a reason. He says he wants to play QB for us. I don't doubt that he was told he'd have a fair shake at it. Don't assume Sprague and Windham are the only 2.

Provitt will be a stud. Looking forward to three more years. And don't discount the Motley twins coming in.

Special Teams will be fine. Zervos was an Under Armour All-American and Papi will be healthy and ready to tear up in the return game. Could also see Irons.

QB, QB, QB, QB, QB, QB, QB is the question and answer to next year. If Ohio can't settle on a trigger man, all of these recruits who are ready to go won't matter.

For me the determinate factor in whether Ohio will be successful next year or not will be health. Ohio's had crippling injuries for at least three years now. I would have thought the law of averages would've been working in Ohio's favor by now but it doesn't seem to be. If Ohio can run the table next year and avoid the injury bug it will contend for a MACC. Question is, can Ohio avoid the injury bug?

Next year we should have BG, Buff and Akron at home, so only one home game vs the West. I suspect we'll get either EMU or Toledo at home, with the other one plus BSU on the road. OOC we're at Kansas (0-11) and Tenn (7-4), with Texas St (3-7) and a 1AA at home (http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa/mid-amer/ohio-bobcats.php ). 3-1 OOC is very likely, which means we should get at least 8 wins next year.

I don't know what happened during JD's recovery period but I have been impressed with his arm strength. I know he can run. I do agree the Minny transfer will get a shot.

There. was some speculation that Duckworth was going to be moved to another position for next year.