You don’t want to know what Ohio State fans would do to their coach if they lost to Duquesne.

We gripe on a message board.

Ohio State fans send death threats and hire spies in the team.

Whole. Notha. Level.

Relax, bobcatblitz. I would hazard a guess that everyone on here is rooting for OUr Cats. Just not much to be positive about this season. And, no, a lone win over a hapless Akron team doesn't prove Ohio has turned the corner. It's going to take more wins, against better competition, to convince many on here of that.

Thanks for reminding me. Thought I would have to drink my way through this game, now I gotta drink my way through that post of all the reminders haha

The Bobcats got back to what made them successful under Solich in the second half of the Akron game. Nobody is being a turncoat. What makes Bobcats fun to be around is that they are honest and say it like it is, unlike those delusional and grandiose OSU fans who actually think that they can continue to compete with the likes of Alabama. I can see why Albin was a valued assistant for Solich, but the legend himself knew -- by example -- is that the game is about toughness, physicality, and keeping it simple, even to the point of being boring. Albin keeps trying to out think his opponents instead of getting after them like they did today in the second half. What has made me physically sick (if you really want to imply such things) is being subjected to bad football up until the second half of today's game. We have the same grade and level of players that Solich has always brought into this program, so what has changed? Nothing, except Solich left and it seems to me that Albin is trying to make these players do things that they simply can't do. It's sad to me that it has taken four and a half games for Albin to come to this realization. Talking about setting your players up for failure. It seems to me that Albin spent far too much time sitting up in that box as an assistant over the years instead of interacting with young men when it counts. I hope that this is the beginning of something promising for the program going forward, until another legend can be brought in to inspire young men. Albin has a good football mind, but does he have that ability to calmly look at a young man in the eye and either inspire him to rise above expectations or put the living fear into him until he does?

We won yesterday by being what our staff apparently doesn't want us to be -- a one-dimensional power running team. It was absolutely our last resort, and it worked. As badly as Rourke was playing, Albin and company literally had no other choice. I'm not sure that's cause for celebration, especially against a program as putrid as Akron. I'm relieved we won but really unsettled by the state of our offense.

This reminds me of the thought I had after the first three plays in the Syracuse game -- all running plays for nice gains. I thought, stupid me, that Albin had decided that our strength was running and that we were going to be a run-first, throw-second kind of team. I even had flashbacks to Bill Hess style of football, where he almost never threw the ball on the Ohio side of the 50. However, those three plays were an anomaly not our bread and butter. Did it take until the fourth quarter yesterday for our coaching staff to realize that running is the strength of this team? My questions now are: Will we remember that lesson next Saturday? Will we start Rogers? Or, will we continue to try to be a team that we are not? On such questions, IMHO, hang the fate of the Albin Era.

Bowling Green has a surprise win over Minnesota and that's a road game. We have Miami and CMU at home/ There are some other games we might have a shot at winning. Given enough weak opponents I think that we will win another game or two. You could argue that this is the best chance of all of the remaining games for another win. Its pretty close.

Agree with this. Make them adjust to stop the run, then the option to pass will emerge.