Please, this happens every where at every school after two straight losses, especially against team's we should've beat. Just knee-jerk reactions.

We've been crying about injuries for the last 5 years. Other teams in the MAC compete with injuries why can't we?
Please don't call me a fair weather fan since I haven't missed a home game since 1961.

I kind of had this impression, too.  We haven't had any sense of intensity since the Rutgers game.  In that game we were too intense and made errors (read fumbles) because we were trying too hard to make every play a great play rather than just taking what the defense gave.  Since then we've been sleep walking.  Time for the coaches to give them a wake up call.

[QUOTE=Bobcatzblitz]No sooner than the clock shows 0:00 some people are complaining about the coach..you fair weather Ohio fans amaze me! This team played its butt of the last 2 weeks and has been DECIMATED  by injuries in key positions. I dont care who you are when you are down to true freshmen who last week werent even dressing for the game then you have problems. Guys like Noah Keller and Eric Benjamin are playing hurt every game..Ohio has some of the best and some of the WORST FANS that I have seen..dont let me start on the COMPLETE LACK OF KNOWING WHEN OR HOW TO CHEER FOR YOUR FOOTBALL TEAM STUDENTS AND FANS!!!! WTF!!!!![/QUOTE]

What he said.

This is priceless.  Yes, they were tipped...by opposing cornerbacks who tipped the ball into their safeties' hands!  In both cases, he lobbed soft throws into double coverage.  One ball hit the back of the corner's helmet, so, yeah, it was "tipped."

OK.  So long as there's no room for accountability in your world.  I'd want to make Frank's salary with no accountability, too.

He's been here seven years. Zero championships, two embarrassing bowl performances.  Every year, one or more inexcusable losses against sub-par competition. I'm sorry, but where's the "program" we've been talking about for the past two years?

FRANK IS AND WILL BE THE BEST OPTION FOR OHIO. Maybe you guys dont remember well...Ohio used to lose recruits to schools like Appy State..JMU...Montana..Youngstown State...one bad hire then it can easily go back to those days. Our stadium is not the draw for these kids.

Agreed.  But SBH and bobcatjohn are the real experts here. LOL. Neither seem to know much about football but have the ability to rant with their emotional outbursts.

Thanks to SBH for allowing me to outsource my meltdown tonight. Next time it goes to Kolkatta_LOVE.

How come the alternative to Frank is only Knorr / Freak Nasty / Lichtenberg? Is it impossible to nab a Grobe?

I'm a big Frank fan. He's become a very solid Coach in the past 7+ years. I think we've all watched him evolve (in a good way) right in front of our eyes.

That said, I think he would actually agree with some of SBH's more vivid criticisms tonight. I tweeted to Arkley early in the 1st Quarter that it felt like a "Buffalo Hangover." No energy from our team, our fans, and our staff. I think you can put that on Frank. We should have come out like a house of fire, and rung up 55 on the Cards today. Even Rufus on his motorbike was passe'.

This schedule was setup for a lot of W's and let's face it, it is already a colossal disappointment with 3 losses. I don't think intensity and focus is something that will be lacking for long, if it was every lacking before. I'll go on record as saying we win out except for BG. That game has always been circled on my schedule as an L.

695 hit it on the head too. We just aren't very good right now, which sucks because everyone preached about the new heights we could achieve with this dumbed down schedule. We need to abandon this garbage schedule ASAP and get serious about becoming a more well rounded program.

Who is injured on offense?

I think the 2011 class will cover any problems with the 2010 class. The 2010 was a small class to start with. No offensive guys standout other than Tettleton....who probably had his worst game yesterday.  Carpenter is already getting starter minutes and Ingol and Grady could develop into starters.

Speaking of the 2011 class....true freshman DT Antwan Crutcher had 9 tackles yesterday....he's about the biggest DL we have now since Huynh is out.....just let him play.