BShot44.....why do you continue to follow Ohio if all we ever do is play cupcakes and disappoint you every year? Speaking of 3 year olds you complain more than a 3 year old. Its okay to be frustrated I get it. But its the MAC where every team is just about even in talent. This isnt Big Ten ball where OSU beats the Indianas of the world every year.
Nothing is ever good enough for you and its pretty pathetic to be honest. Goodness! You would have died of a heartattack before the Solich era when we ran up the middle on 3rd and 15 in the Knorr Era. Say what you want but I will take consistency over what I had to endure in the previous regime.
C'mon man. Continue to compartmentalize my posts.
I am well aware of the previous regimes. I was roaming the campus in Athens well before you put on your cleats for Paducah Tilghman.
Where have I once said that I think the Solich era sucks and I think we should be going 13-0 (8-0) every year?
The Knorr era was awful ... as you can attest to. But try living thru the Lichtenberg era when Ohio went 0-11! That's the bottom of the barrel.
I think it's great the consistency that Solich has brought to the program. And no freakin' s**t I'd take this over what preceded him.
And if you're cool with 14 years of consistent 7-8 win seasons ... with an occasional 9-win year thrown in ... and zero MAC titles. Fine. I really don't give a damn! It. Does. Not. Matter. To. Me.
My expectations are higher. I enjoyed the Buffalo thrashing ... I was there for the Toledo thumping in 2017. I was also at the MAC title losses in 2006, 2011 and 2016. I was in Lawrence for the Kansas ass-kicking ... and in Cincinnati for the UC stomach-punch. The Kareem Wilson coming out party at Maryland ... I was there. Hookfin & Co running for 600+ in Ypslanti ... check. I spent a huge chunk of the fall the last 23 years supporting this program.
Does Ohio football typically leave me a bit disappointed most years ... yeah. I'd say that's accurate. It's hard not to be disappointed when you flush another MAC title chance down the drain because you shot yourself in the foot. If it didn't happen almost every year, we wouldn't have to talk about it! Hell, I was disppointed in 1997 after starting 8-1 when we lost at home to Miami and then drove to Huntington to watch us lose to Marshall and lose the MAC East. Am I not allowed to be disappointed? And if I am, am I not allowed to talk about it? I can't bring it up on a message board because you don't want to read it? Cmon.
As far as the schedule ... I never said, "all we ever do is play cupcakes". Those are your words ... you turned my comments into that. A pretty common occurrence on this site. Twisting and turning of comments to fit people's narratives. I simply said Ohio has made it a point to schedule for bowl eligibility ... to almost guarantee them 7 wins each year. I thought this year's out-of-conference was one of the best they've had in a while with UC and UVa. But I'm sorry ... look at the stats. Ohio has had one of the worst out-of-conference schedules in the MAC and the country the last 10+ years. And you couple that with the terrible MAC East they play in ... I'm not exacting making this stuff up. It's facts. Their base level goal is 2-2 in out-of-league games ... with the expecation that they will go 5-3 at worst in the horrible MAC East. It's not always worked out like that ... some years they get the 3-1 in the non-league and then go 4-4 in the MAC. Either way, they've found a comfort zone in scheduling that suits them well ... bowl eligibility every year. I know a lot of teams don't accomplish that. But with how Ohio schedules and with the resources they put into football ... that SHOULD be the worst-case result every year. That's the kind of program Frank has built ... no years of bottoming out. But also no championship years.
I don't know why it's so incredibly difficult to understand my passion for this team and my desire to see them exceed this level of consistency you all embrace and bathe in.
Sorry. I'd like to see the team rise about these inexplicable losses that cost them championships.
For that, I will not apologize.
Do you really think if I hated Ohio football, I would waste this much time here?
And do you think that I pour out every single thought and emotion I have for Ohio football on this message board?
C'mon. I spend 90% of the time on here replying to stuff. I'm rarely starting threads ... and when I do, it usually because I've stumbled into something interesting.
I know you guys are all looking for a bad guy since Monroe got booted off here. But don't put me in the same category. I'm not hijacking threads with random "ZERO MACC" posts.
I'm engaging in discussion and debate ... all in the good name of Ohio football.
If you don't like what I comment ... skip past it. You guys are the ones engaging me with the constant "nay-sayer" ... "whiner" ... "negativity" nonsense. I'll continue to respond.
The circle of life just keeps spinning.
One day we'll all celebrate a MAC title together .... right? I mean, it's the law of averages ... 50 years and counting? It has to happen eventually, doesn't it???