OU as a point of comparison

[Big Zip]

OU was a doormat in the MAC just a few years ago. They were heading in the wrong direction and if I remember right was the lone victory one year for us. They then fired their coach and committed to their program by hiring a proven head coach who had fallen from the ranks of the big time. This year we had the opportunity to do something similar and hire Terry Bowden of The University of North Alabama, of the famed Bowden coaching clan, and two time SEC Champion as a head coach. We instead took a coach who was never a head coach and was an assistant on a terrible Notre Dame team that sought its pathetic performance get its head coach fired.

Frank Solich ran the option and Nebraska then brought it to OU with much success. He's turned there program around in the six years he's been there....taking them to two bowl games. He added the pistol formation recently....a college formation that seems to be bringing success to teams throughout college. Our coach is running an offense grounded in the 70s and 80s as it pertains to college. An offense that failed miserably at Notre Dame and got him fired.

I don't think we need to look any further than this to understand our futility. An incredibly poor choice for a head coach that isn't flexible and will bring us the first 0-12 season of our history. I can't even fathom 0-12. I said it before and I'll said it again there should have been a section in his contract that called for him getting fired if he went 0-12. YouTube Tom can follow him out the door. The two have taken our program to a level we never thought we would see, but unfortunately is here.

I'm embarrassed at how horrible this team is!

[Roo]

OU was a doormat in the MAC just a few years ago. They were heading in the wrong direction and if I remember right was the lone victory one year for us. They then fired their coach and committed to their program by hiring a proven head coach who had fallen from the ranks of the big time. This year we had the opportunity to do something similar and hire Terry Bowden of The University of North Alabama, of the famed Bowden coaching clan, and two time SEC Champion as a head coach. We instead took a coach who was never a head coach and was an assistant on a terrible Notre Dame team that sought its pathetic performance get its head coach fired.

Frank Solich ran the option and Nebraska then brought it to OU with much success. He's turned there program around in the six years he's been there....taking them to two bowl games. He added the pistol formation recently....a college formation that seems to be bringing success to teams throughout college. Our coach is running an offense grounded in the 70s and 80s as it pertains to college. An offense that failed miserably at Notre Dame and got him fired.

I don't think we need to look any further than this to understand our futility. An incredibly poor choice for a head coach that isn't flexible and will bring us the first 0-12 season of our history. I can't even fathom 0-12. I said it before and I'll said it again there should have been a section in his contract that called for him getting fired if he went 0-12. YouTube Tom can follow him out the door. The two have taken our program to a level we never thought we would see, but unfortunately is here.

I'm embarrassed at how horrible this team is!

People get a little too worked up about the football program here, they put way too much emphasis on it.

Yeah, I understand that it supposed to be a money maker for the school and draw attention, especially with the new stadium but a MAC football team is never going to be a winner or do anything significant in the NCAA football world. Who cares if they stink? It's not and never will change, BCS football is not designed for programs like Akron and the MAC. This should be a FCS school.

Put our efforts into sports that we actually have a chance in doing something with, i.e. Soccer and Basketball. Those sports can compete on the national level and have a chance at success.

Im glad to see soccer get support, but the basketball team needs and deserves it way more than the football program.

I know I am not renewing my tickets to the football team, there isnt even any reason to continue to go with that product on the field..pathetic.

[michelobdog]

"ho cares if they stink? It's not and never will change, BCS football is not designed for programs like Akron and the MAC."

Tell that to TCU, Boise, BYU, Utah...

[ZippyTuba11]

People get a little too worked up about the football program here, they put way too much emphasis on it.

Yeah, I understand that it supposed to be a money maker for the school and draw attention, especially with the new stadium but a MAC football team is never going to be a winner or do anything significant in the NCAA football world. Who cares if they stink? It's not and never will change, BCS football is not designed for programs like Akron and the MAC. This should be a FCS school.

Put our efforts into sports that we actually have a chance in doing something with, i.e. Soccer and Basketball. Those sports can compete on the national level and have a chance at success.

Im glad to see soccer get support, but the basketball team needs and deserves it way more than the football program.

I know I am not renewing my tickets to the football team, there isnt even any reason to continue to go with that product on the field..pathetic.

I could have said the same thing about any WAC team a few years ago. Times change. You never know when the right pieces can fall together.

We've finally hit rock bottom with this football team. Oh well. It may not get better this year, but it will get better. And hopefully for UA, it will happen sooner. That stadium is a huge cash cow for the University. You want a new basketball arena? A good first step is to pack the Info and get the Athletic Dept some money. A couple good seasons attendance wise could put a good down payment on that arena for the basketball team and even bigger stands for the soccer team.

[72 Roo]

OU was a doormat in the MAC just a few years ago. They were heading in the wrong direction and if I remember right was the lone victory one year for us. They then fired their coach and committed to their program by hiring a proven head coach who had fallen from the ranks of the big time. This year we had the opportunity to do something similar and hire Terry Bowden of The University of North Alabama, of the famed Bowden coaching clan, and two time SEC Champion as a head coach. We instead took a coach who was never a head coach and was an assistant on a terrible Notre Dame team that sought its pathetic performance get its head coach fired.

Frank Solich ran the option and Nebraska then brought it to OU with much success. He's turned there program around in the six years he's been there....taking them to two bowl games. He added the pistol formation recently....a college formation that seems to be bringing success to teams throughout college. Our coach is running an offense grounded in the 70s and 80s as it pertains to college. An offense that failed miserably at Notre Dame and got him fired.

I don't think we need to look any further than this to understand our futility. An incredibly poor choice for a head coach that isn't flexible and will bring us the first 0-12 season of our history. I can't even fathom 0-12. I said it before and I'll said it again there should have been a section in his contract that called for him getting fired if he went 0-12. YouTube Tom can follow him out the door. The two have taken our program to a level we never thought we would see, but unfortunately is here.

I'm embarrassed at how horrible this team is!

People get a little too worked up about the football program here, they put way too much emphasis on it.

Yeah, I understand that it supposed to be a money maker for the school and draw attention, especially with the new stadium but a MAC football team is never going to be a winner or do anything significant in the NCAA football world. Who cares if they stink? It's not and never will change, BCS football is not designed for programs like Akron and the MAC. This should be a FCS school.

Put our efforts into sports that we actually have a chance in doing something with, i.e. Soccer and Basketball. Those sports can compete on the national level and have a chance at success.

Im glad to see soccer get support, but the basketball team needs and deserves it way more than the football program.

I know I am not renewing my tickets to the football team, there isnt even any reason to continue to go with that product on the field..pathetic.

Big Zip is right and Roo is naive. The demise of our football program has already begun to affect other programs in that resources are removed or denied to them as the athletic dept pays off the debt we incurred to finance $40,000,000 in bonds to build the stadium. If private donations had never come our soccer stadium would never have been built. Basketball, or any other sport will not get anything new until football stops being a drain. Only private donations will build those programs and most donors with that kind of money are disgusted by the performance of our athletics dept, namely football. Our budget needs at least 15,000 in paid attendance to not hurt other programs. Athletic administration was hoping to get 20,000 per game with the excitement and excellent performance of Ianello-led teams. Right! Dream on! Actual fans in the stands for Gardner Webb and NIU were about 3,500. Forget about the announced attendance. Most of them didn't show and that means loss of revenue.

Don't believe the situation will get better next year because we lose more seniors than we gain in quality freshman, actual or redshirt. Think about it. If you are good enough to grow this football program do you want to come to Akron and labor in a disaster that has little hope to even be mediocre? Hell no! The sad situation is that TW is committed to Ianello for this year and next. That is just enough time to wreck football and possibly drive off the other successful coaches who know they can not grow their sports with the financial drain that an Ianello-led football program is.

TW needs to admit this was a bad hire and get a new coach. We would save money if we ate Ianello's contract, supposedly at $450,000 per year, and get someone in who could put butts in the stands. If not Dr. P has a hell of a problem. He may need to step in and fire both, meaning we are eating two contracts. I doubt Dr. P can afford to eat both and so I am not optimistic we have any hope for the future if we can't fire Ianello. Without change, we are looking at an athletic dept that has no money to grow.

And we become more of a joke than we are now.

[RACER]

your right the bcs will never be a good fit for the mac.when a mac team plays for a nationl championship let me know.

teams like boise,tcu,byu,utah spend a hell of alott more money on thier fb programs than any mac school.

when have we had a team in the top 25 at the end of the season.i can't even remeber.as far as OU building a

championship they beat a 1-aa team, 0-7 akron,1-6 bg team,1-6 eastern michigan. OSU blew them off the field in

columbus 43-7.they are a .500 team in the worst conference in football.i would not bragg about it.

beat somebody that is decent then they can talk smack.getting beat 43-7 in nothing to brag about.

if they were in any other conference besides the sunbelt they would be a doormatt.

[Big Zip]

Racer it sounds like you are suggesting a monkey could win with Akron's team yet we have yet to win a game.

[anorrisOU]

when have we had a team in the top 25 at the end of the season.i can't even remeber.

...last year.

[GP1]

"ho cares if they stink? It's not and never will change, BCS football is not designed for programs like Akron and the MAC."

Tell that to TCU, Boise, BYU, Utah...

I'd like to see where these four teams finish if they were in BCS conferences week in and week out. BYU is already a bad team.

[Zipmeister]

Racer it sounds like you are suggesting a monkey could win with Akron's team yet we have yet to win a game.

Just tell me you don't work somewhere important as a translator BigZip.

[ZachTheZip]

"ho cares if they stink? It's not and never will change, BCS football is not designed for programs like Akron and the MAC."

Tell that to TCU, Boise, BYU, Utah...

I'd like to see where these four teams finish if they were in BCS conferences week in and week out. BYU is already a bad team.

You'll get part of your wish next year when Utah joins the PAC-10.

[GP1]

"ho cares if they stink? It's not and never will change, BCS football is not designed for programs like Akron and the MAC."

Tell that to TCU, Boise, BYU, Utah...

I'd like to see where these four teams finish if they were in BCS conferences week in and week out. BYU is already a bad team.

You'll get part of your wish next year when Utah joins the PAC-10.

We'll learn a lot. I think I know a lot of the answers to the test right now.

[RACER]

though the only thing i am suggesting is we are the worst team in d-1.ou beating akron does not make them

a great program.the only problem with firing coach I is who would want this job now? during the hiring process

none of the fans even know who the a.d. contacted,or interviewed for this job.the same thing would happen again.

the best qualified person does not always get the job.the reason coach I recieved the job is becuase he knows the a.d.

i am all for giving the guy at least two more years,but i have a feeling next year could be as bad.if thing are not better

after year three he has to go.

[scottditzen]

I can think of 375 thousand reasons that someone would want to coach here.

though the only thing i am suggesting is we are the worst team in d-1.ou beating akron does not make them

a great program.the only problem with firing coach I is who would want this job now? during the hiring process

none of the fans even know who the a.d. contacted,or interviewed for this job.the same thing would happen again.

the best qualified person does not always get the job.the reason coach I recieved the job is becuase he knows the a.d.

i am all for giving the guy at least two more years,but i have a feeling next year could be as bad.if thing are not better

after year three he has to go.

[RACER]

i guess when you play the 113 easist schedule good things happen.your right it was cmu over troy in ot.i don't think they have to worry about it for along time.