Yes, I'm glad we won. Yes, I'm glad we're 5-0.  And I guess it's good that we were good enough to survive today in spite of ourselves.

But let's call it what it was.  That was an awful performance against an awful team.  And we can forget about the BCS and we can forget about the top 25.  This does not bode well for our future against the teams that actually have good passing games in this conference.   I haven't felt this bad after a win since Akron in 1997.  If you'll remember, we were picking up serious steam in the polls at the time and a very close escape against the zips, who at the time were the 2nd worst team in college football cost us nearly every vote.  This win was a kick in the gut.

I completely agree. We can only hope that the team responds by playing better. That kind of game will get the Bobcats killed against almost any team in the MAC.

+1

The dream is still alive.

The dream should never die as long as we remain undefeated, bad win or not!  I'm about to change my screen name to The Visionary because the only thing I can see in our future is the bright lights of big time success!

TT was either playing hurt worse than has been reported or was under orders NOT to get hit. That, and the rest of the offense, wasn't a problem. And there were no "new" problems tonight, just what we've known all along: we've had SERIOUS injury related attrition in the defensive backfield and as a result, any team that has an ability to throw the ball in a "forward" or "down field" direction consistently has a shot against us.

We haven't been 5-0 in 40+ years.

Everyone needs to keep it in perspective.

Every team plays one game where they seem to just not have "it".

Ohio may have been lucky enough win during that one flat game.

Rumor has it we are undefeated  

It could always be worse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d3nRp77x50

Here's the thing, we play these teams that spilt out 4 or 5 guys on nearly every play. We just don't have the talent in the defensive backfield to cover reliably. Someone is always going to get open. Even with Travis, that only solves 20% or 25% of the problem.

In the MAC , we're going to see nothing but spread offenses. That means we're going to need 5 or 6 DB's on the field at all times. My point: we need better defensive backs and more of them.

And we need to pressure the quarterback from the FIRST SNAP. Why do we not see inventive blitz packages until the end of the game? I swear, for three quarters we did nothing to try and disrupt the passing game. If we have a bad defensive backfield (and we do), then our only chance is putting some pressure on QB's so that they make mistakes.

Oh, and the tackling!! The tackling?!!?!

And I agree with Monroe...it seems like our guys couldn't run on that surface. Slipping and having trouble making quick moves. Very strange.

And finally, we HAVE to figure out the edge on those field goals. Troy Hill was matched up against two guys and anyone could see that that was going to cause trouble for us. And of course, it did. If I could see it then why couldn't our coaches?

That is all. Thank you.

Complaining about OHIO football wins....road wins to boot!

When I was in school, I witnessed 6 OHIO wins in 4 years and 2 of those wins came against Tennessee Tech.

Perspective.

My how the culture has changed in Athens.

Just in case you've really lost count, in the last 3.5 seasons Ohio is 32-14.

If Ohio goes 12-0, wins the MAC title and then defeats Alabama or LSU in a BCS game, nobody is going to care what the score of this game was.

Otherwise they might.

But I am pretty happy to be 5-0. Ohio needs to play better than it did yesterday, but it seems like it still has a decent shot of running the table during the regular season.

We ran into a combination of things Saturday, I think.  My abbreviated thoughts:

TT not 100% hurts, but even at 80%, he's a very solid QB who takes phenomenal care of the ball.

Beau is a workhorse, but I hope Boykin can get back quickly -- he could use a breather as the season goes on.

Our secondary is missing a lot of key pieces.  I imagine that contributes to a game plan of leaving a bigger cushion and keeping everything in front of them.  Can't say I disagree with the plan, given the hand we've been dealt.

We didn't play our best, but UMass is also, I think, better than most give them credit for.  I think they'll win a couple games in the conference this year.

Many people who seemed flabbergasted by missed tackles don't seem aware that their two biggest players on the offensive side are grad student transfers from Notre Dame (WR #3, Deion Walker) and Michigan (RB #5, Michael Cox).  Together, those two accounted for 242 yards, or very near half the team's offense, and the bulk of the big plays.