Cincinnati is undefeated and ranked, Virginia beat Miami (not the "Redhawks," but the "Hurricanes"), and Northern Illinois (4 - 0 in League play already) is well on its way to winning the West Division of the MAC and, quite likely, the MAC Championship too. We are not a BIG-10 program (the League that cannot count) or part of the SEC (where Athens Native Joe Burrow is making waves), so what gives when it comes to the lofty expectations of this program? Yeah, a MAC Championship has alluded Solich and company up to now, but the program certainly seems primed to make a run for it this year with a little luck. Does anyone on this board truly grasp just how ridiculously far this program has come from being one of the most consistently pathetic doormats in Division I Football History? Expectations have reached almost delusional levels on this board.
We’ve discussed just how far Coach Solich has elevated this program ad infinitum and BShot has acknowledged same repeatedly. Solich really has elevated the program tremendously. No one questions that at all.
However, that’s NOT the issue. The question is, as it is with every single MAC coach (or any football coach at the college level in their own respective conferences), will Ohio win a MACC with Solich at the helm? And even Solich himself said, the goal of the program is to appear in the Top 25 and win the MACC. And through 14 years, Solich hasn’t done so. Can Ohio still win the MACC this year? Sure it can. Will it? I’m usually Joe Optimist but even I have to say that I doubt it. We’ll see who’s right and who’s wrong within the next month and a half.
Thank you! I really wish people would quit beating the "Ohio used to suck really bad ... Solich has turned this program around"
NO SH*T!!!!
How long until we can bury that train of thought. It's been 14 years folks!
Solich brought Ohio here ... a 7-8 win team that gets bowl eligible and occasionally loses a conference championship game. That is who they are. Period.
Rarely more ... rarely less.
And again, doing it in the worst division in FBS.
Yes ... UC is ranked and Ohio had them beat and flat out gagged. There is no moral victory being unable to score from 1-inch line.
Yes ... UVa beat Miami ... and they steamrolled Ohio for most of that game. Moral victory! Ohio outscored them after getting down 35-7
Yes ... NIU is 4-0 in MAC ... and Ohio blew a 12 point 4th quarter lead against the MAC West favorites.
Oh wait! Ohio is MAC Championship favorite?!?!
C'mon. This season has been one disappointment after another. Even the wins are underwhelming. UMass, Howard & Kent? Good grief. Not exactly resume builders.
I'll be STUNNED if this team runs the table. There are just too many holes in this team ... and program to expect a league title anytime soon