They are favored to win the rest of their games, and although you shouldn't expect them to get consideration for a BCS bowl...

I still think at 13-0, you HAVE to be in consideration.  I just don't believe a 13-0 team would be ranked outside the top 12. 


With that being said,

BEAT MARSHALL

I want to do everything right, right now.

I love that line from Solich. So true about this program and this season in particular. One game at a time.

I have heard Frank say publicly that he took the Ohio job because of Rod McDavis.
I assume it was the level of support that he would get from the administration.

Did marshall Hire Doc Holliday because Wyatt Earp was unavailable?

If you would have saw the state of our program at the time you would have been drunk half the time too.

There's a reason that we call him "Frank the Tank."

+1

It is true that he was found passed out one night, but other than that night, no one has ever reported seeing him drunk either before or after that night. Yes, he would not be in Athens if he hadn't been fired at Nebraska, but after he was fired, he took a year off, and considered where he wanted to coach. Ohio was one of only a few schools that saw value. If I recall correctly, the other one that made an offer to him was Army. Therefore I would say that Frank is at Ohio because Ohio saw value, and reached out to him.

To answer another question, Frank isn't from the Athens area, but he was born in coal mining country in Pennsylvania, and then lived in Cleveland through High School, so he has some familiarity with the general part of the country, and I'm sure that helps to make him fit in better and feel more comfortable in Athens. I do agree that the support he gets from McDavis is critical, too.

He's the kind of a guy that doesn't really fit in the eye of the media. The scrutiny with which every decision he made at Nebraska was very uncomfortable, I think. He obviously enjoys having a feeling of accomplishment, and the scrutiny at Nebraska made that impossible, so even before he was fired, I'm not sure he was really happy. By contrast, at Ohio you can tell he enjoys what he is doing, which is why he continues to coach past 65. He has a feeling of accomplishment, and also the freedom to run the program right, without being constantly second guessed. It's a relationship that has worked well for both Ohio and Frank..

i don't care why he isn't at nebraska or why he chose ohio. i am just happy that he is here and making this program into something extremely enjoyable and fun.

If we someone how manage to make a BCS bowl this year Ohio University will have more 10 win seasons and more BCS bowl appearances under Frank than Nebraska has had since they fired him. that would be neat to see.

Hey, I resemble that comment!

I like that Coach still is able to learn.  Quick evidence on that:  1) instituted a passing/pistol offense at Ohio upon seeing the need and 2) has come to realize what type of player to recruit (bad apples and/or youngsters who want to play in front of 80,000 every week and in the huge national spotlight need not apply).

Not only do we have a team that we can root for, we seem to have players who we can be prOUd of.



Frank Solich is a football coach.

Not sure I like the blue turf that they photoshopped the attack cat onto.  The colors clash. 

I saw another story recently that used "Ohio football" and "powerhouse" in the same sentence.  Never thought I'd see that.