Interesting, from the sounds of some folks the difference between being totally on board with Frank and not being on board is a meltdown in the 2nd half of a MACC a few years back. "He hasn't won a Championship." One half is tarnishing your view?

In addition to the success in wins posted above, I will re-ask a question from another thread:

What teams from non P5 conferences have gone to 5 straight bowl games? Which teams overall have done so? Within the MAC - two. Ohio University from the East and Northern Illinois from the West.

Kent doesn't have a MAC Championship since 1972.

Like I said I would say most of the ones complaining do not remember the 80's and 90's. Heck I would even say they did not follow OHIO football before Frank Solich. Does anyone want to talk about the Knorr, Bryant or Tom Lichtenberg years..

I am not sure how to interpret your first sentence. I will assume you were just typing too fast.

I state that the lack of a MACC is what is holding folks back in having full appreciation of Frank. And then you present that the lack of a MACC is what is putting Frank is some people's cross-hairs. So we agree - the lack of a MACC is what is what people are getting snagged on - I contend that we had one in our hands and it got a way. Except for a better second half in that game, he is out of the cross-hairs. Thus folks are blinded by the second half of a game, and not seeing the wider success.

Frank should be superstitious--most in sports have that characteristic.

Wade Boggs ate chicken before every game and he played a lot of games and was great!

1-0 vs Kent wearing ALL WHITE

O-2 and each a smack down and the boys wear green !

Why wasn't OHIO wearing white pants at Marshall after the Kentucky ?

Lose the green pants like forever....

Based on the poll, Billy is right, and then some. Apparently the median of posters is even older, from the Lichtenberg era. Very few are from the Solich era.

Casper71--I thought that our D showed speed against Kentucky for the most part (save for the 53 yard run). Our linebackers were flying all over the place.

Yeah, not so much vs. stupd cow. I suspect that Kentucky and stupd cow will, as the season goes on, prove to be pretty good teams.

I think that we'll have some game face on about a year from now vs. stupd cow in Athens. Then..and sooner..you'll see the speed.

In my opinion that seems very likely. His mentors were Bob Devaney, and Tom Osborne, and both went out on top, more or less. Devaney won the National Championship in 1970 and 1971, then coached one more season, at 9-2-1, before retiring. Osborne narrowly missed a National Championship in 1993 before winning it in 1994 and 1995. He then coached two more seasons, going 10-2 and 13-0, splitting another National Championship in his final year.

I believe that like his mentors, Solich wants to go out on top, and if he wins a MACC, then he will likely retire within a year or two afterwards. I think he is gearing up for 3 very good teams - 2015, 2016, and 2017, and that at some point in that cycle he may consider retiring, depending on how they go. I hope he is able to retire on top.