After losing by a combined score of 79-3 the last two weeks, does the MAC have a duty to ensure that its membership is functional, sportsmen like and competitive? The situation at Ohio University sounds like it calls for an intervention from the MAC office.

Should Jon Steinbrecher step in an fire Solich and hire the next OU coach and require certain minimums to be met by the school? How about a probationary period to improve performance before Solichs' dismissal?

OU hired AD Jim Schaus on April 7, 2008. What are his thoughts on continuing football at the FBS level? Is he willing to consider an FCS study citing the advantages of hosting playoff games in Peden Stadium and greater crowds with success?

I think all they can legally do is suspend them from using the term "Flagship" for an indefinite period of time.

(11-13-2013 10:16 AM)MacLord Wrote:  I think all they can legally do is suspend them from using the term "Flagship" for an indefinite period of time.

OIHO U has football?

Bowling Greens's attendance was only 8,527 last night. Should BG consider moving down to FCS as well?

Editor's Note: This is sarcasm.

(11-13-2013 10:14 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Should Jon Steinbrecher step in an fire Solich and hire the next OU coach and require certain minimums to be met by the school? How about a probationary period to improve performance before Solichs' dismissal?

If so, I would add Solich's name to the list of former MAC HCs (e.g., Cubit, Gill, etc.) whom EMU would consider to replace English.

I understand that 60s (age-wise) is like 50s (of a few generations ago) so Solich should have enough time to turn the program around. Okay, I know that life expectancy for him is 15 - 20 years.

I say, if Solich can't turn around the EMU program in 15 years he should voluntarily retire or face firing.

(11-13-2013 10:14 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  After losing by a combined score of 79-3 the last two weeks, does the MAC have a duty to ensure that its membership is functional, sportsmen like and competitive? The situation at Ohio University sounds like it calls for an intervention from the MAC office.

Should Jon Steinbrecher step in an fire Solich and hire the next OU coach and require certain minimums to be met by the school? How about a probationary period to improve performance before Solichs' dismissal?

OU hired AD Jim Schaus on April 7, 2008. What are his thoughts on continuing football at the FBS level? Is he willing to consider an FCS study citing the advantages of hosting playoff games in Peden Stadium and greater crowds with success?

Okay, this is going too far. I also am disappointed with Ohio's performance against Buffalo and Bowling Green. I actually picked Ohio to lose both those games but in no way did I ever think they would lose the way they did.

Despite those two losses, Ohio still has a good shot at winning its final two games and finishing the season at 8-4. That will make five winning seasons in a row and the only other team in the MAC that will be able to say that is Northern Illinois. Not too shabby in my book.

The down side is although they are winning as far as the season records are concerned they just seem to stumble in the big games. That needs to get fixed.

Ohio: "Hi, my name's Ohio and I have a football problem."
MAC: "Hi, Ohio."

OHIO: Hello, my name is flagship.
MAC: I know you are but what am I?

(11-13-2013 11:10 AM)perimeterpost Wrote:  Ohio: "Hi, my name's Ohio and I have a football problem."
WMU fans: "Hi, Ohio."

Fixed

Okay, was it really not that obvious?
http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=659726

(11-13-2013 10:16 AM)MacLord Wrote:  I think all they can legally do is suspend them from using the term "Flagship" for an indefinite period of time.

cusa and now the aau have told us that we can't call our team a "football team" anymore. i think we've settled on "backwards line dancing with synchronized outfits"

(11-13-2013 11:20 AM)Motown Bronco Wrote:  

(11-13-2013 11:10 AM)perimeterpost Wrote:  Ohio: "Hi, my name's Ohio and I have a football problem."
WMU fans: "Hi, Ohio."

Fixed

Hmmm...lemme look and see who's there; I see Kent, and Acorn, and Miami, and Massachussetts, and the Michigan brothers, Eastern, Central, and Western

(11-13-2013 10:44 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  OHIO U has football?

I know they have football, they keep beating MiamiU, who puts their emphasis on ice hockey.

Though I don't recall them beating MiamiU in ice hockey recently.

I would stand up for OhioU for not winning the MAC FB championship for the entire three decades that I have been a MAC alum, based on their strength in the sports where the competitors are actual scholar-athletes ... baseball in 1997, their Men's BBall tournament win in 2012, their women's BBall co-regular-season championship in 94/95, their cross country men's championship in 1996, their women's cross country in 1997, their 2011 field hockey double ~ four doubles (one shared regular season) in the past decade ~ their 1980 men's golf championship, their shared women's soccer regular season title in 2004, their 2011 regular divisional title in softball, their 2011 women's diving title, their 1984 women's track title, their 2011 divisional regular season title in Volleyball.

Clearly their best days are behind them, with much better championship performance across the board in the 80's and 90's than in the current century, but despite their lagging competitiveness, they have not given up the ghost and continue to fight, and sometimes land, regular season and tournament titles in the MAC.

A bunch of pot smokers they may be, but that is a regional thing, since southern Ohio in particular and northern and central Appalachia in general is a major pot growing area. And while it may interfere with the drive required to win the MACC in Football, it seems to help settle the nerves for some of the other sports.

(11-13-2013 01:11 PM)BruceMcF Wrote:  A bunch of pot smokers they may be, but that is a regional thing, since southern Ohio in particular and northern and central Appalachia in general is a major pot growing area. And while it may interfere with the drive required to win the MACC in Football, it seems to help settle the nerves for some of the other sports.

Where is some of the best college football played? Oregon.
Where is some of the best NFL football played? Denver. Seattle.

What do these areas have in common? Legalized marijuana. And while it’s true those statistics aren’t based on real data and that I just made them up, they are nonetheless startling.

(11-13-2013 12:46 PM)Slinkin Street Flash Wrote:  

(11-13-2013 11:20 AM)Motown Bronco Wrote:  

(11-13-2013 11:10 AM)perimeterpost Wrote:  Ohio: "Hi, my name's Ohio and I have a football problem."
WMU fans: "Hi, Ohio."

Fixed

Hmmm...lemme look and see who's there; I see Kent, and Acorn, and Miami, and Massachussetts, and the Michigan brothers, Eastern, Central, and Western

Stop it this instance! (before I bust my gut laughing). Where's the sensitivity and compassion here?

This is a perfect opportunity for Ohio to fire Solich, clean house, and pour money into sports it can be competitive in rather than the hamster wheel that is football.

(11-13-2013 01:24 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  

(11-13-2013 01:11 PM)BruceMcF Wrote:  A bunch of pot smokers they may be, but that is a regional thing, since southern Ohio in particular and northern and central Appalachia in general is a major pot growing area. And while it may interfere with the drive required to win the MACC in Football, it seems to help settle the nerves for some of the other sports.

Where is some of the best college football played? Oregon.
Where is some of the best NFL college football played? Denver. Seattle.

What do these areas have in common? Legalized marijuana. And while it’s true those statistics aren’t based on real data and that I just made them up, they are nonetheless startling.

Hahahahahahahaha

(11-13-2013 01:44 PM)JSF Wrote:  This is a perfect opportunity for Ohio to fire Solich, clean house, and pour money into sports it can be competitive in rather than the hamster wheel that is football.

But just like the real hamster and the real wheel ... they won't stop putting in their time on the wheel.