Why have we given up a thousand sacks in the last four weeks with the best QB in school history and a veteran, deep offensive line?

Why don't our DBs ever have a prayer of wrapping a guy up? (Except Bass, he looks like he wants to tackle)

Why are we always injured?

Why don't we have common sense in our play-calling and execution?

Why do we never appear to be the more excited team to play?

Why do we allow so many defenders through on field goals and punt protection?

Why do we have a punt protection formation that no NFL team uses?

Why do quarterbacks laugh at our pass rush?

Why hasn't Gerald Moore made a play all year?

Anyone have anything else to add?



We may win tonight, but most of these have reared their ugly heads in the last two weeks and we have seen them throughout the Solich regime. We have talent and depth, no doubt about it, but why do we vomit all over ourselves? Why aren't the little things automatic? Hate to ask it, but has this program hit a plateau?

This sucks! We are not the same team as week 1. What could have been.

What an embarrasment.  This team in general and the defense in particular has no heart whatsoever.  It appears that the defense has absolutely no clue how to tackle.  Quite frankly, I have seen harder hitting defenses in biddy league games.

I was seriously thinking about taking the kids and their friends to Kent for next week's game.  Now I would not take them across the street to see this team play.  What a joke!  And by the way, the only bowl this team deserves to go to is the toilet.

Both sides of the ball (excepting Beau and Daz, and I don't doubt that i'm missing a couple of guys who are leaving it all on the field, but that being said...) look like they've given up. Haven't looked like they care since the missed FG. Just going through the motions.

Agreed on the schedule, but could even question how good is Penn State, look at their wins.

Just like Frank let that punting situation go on all year and then called out the players for lack of execution?

He deserves the blame as much as anyone does. 

AND, we clearly aren't out-recruiting ANYONE in the league, even considering that we have the only coaching staff that is guaranteed to stick around and coach that's been to a national championship.

A cop can tell a bank robber to stop robbing banks.  It's out of his hands after that on what the other guy does.

Depth wise yes.......RB should be strong......WR needs a big play guy to step up.....defense needs that Noah Keller type punishing player.....a few on the roster but someone or more than one needs to step up big time....Carrie and Shaw healthy at CB should help.

I thought the effort was there from the players, personally.  They played a physical game.  They just made too many mistakes and it snowballed.  Losing your two top DTs on the same play doesn't help, either.

I'd argue that if we played them now, even at home, Penn State would take OUr guys by two touchdowns.  This team is so beaten up with injuries. 

I've said it until I am blue in the face and I will keep saying it...we do NOT recruit the top talent in the MAC.  Say what you want about stars but we do not get enough 3 star type guys to "finish business".  We  have definitely gotten to the middle of the pack but we are light years from the NIUs and Toledos.  Even BG, Miami and Kent will all have beaten this year (shortly).  Really disappointed that after 8 years we haven't taken it to the "next level"!

It has been a slow steady climb. As I said on another thread, there have been 3 distinct stages in recruiting:
2005-2007 - Almost all the recruits were under-the-radar players. Few had any other offers. Most of the time the recruiting services didn't even know they existed. That didn't mean there weren't some players in there.
2008-2010 - About half of the recruits had other offers. Many were players that the services missed because they had been injured their Junior or Senior year, or because they changed positions.  Guys that fit that mold were Carrie, Brazill, TT, Woseley and Dovell.
2011-2013 - During this period there was a dramatic jump in the visibility of Ohio recruits. Now all of them, or virtually all of them, are known to the major recruiting services. Almost all of them have at least 1-4 offers, and some have picked Ohio over 7 other alternatives. What is new in 2013 is that the class is also filling early, and we are seeing recruits taking Ohio as a first choice, not as a last minute decision.

Places like Toledo, BG, and Miami have always gotten recruits like those we are now seeing. Ohio managed to be competitive with those schools even with under-the-radar recruits. I can only imagine that Ohio will do even better with those they are bringing in now.

Even now is Ohio recruiting "the top talent in the MAC"? Probably not, but they are a lot closer, and they can see it from here. Fortunately, however, I don't think they need the top talent - they just need competitive talent, and they have that. There are a number of your "three star guys" in the 2013 class. The ratings have not all been done, and there will be much re-rating upwards in the next couple months, if this year is like others, but even now there are six players already rated 3 stars by at least one service:
Zachary Murdock - Rivals
James Walsh - Rivals, ESPN, 247Sports
Leon Alexander - Scout
Justin Wyatt - ESPN
Cedric Brown - 247Sports
Mason Morgan - 247 Sports