One good win, and it seems as if some of our people have gotten a little bit too excited.
Solich has notched up a couple of important wins, combining the NIU win with Pitt last year, but it's a long road ahead just to even get to the level where Toledo-BG-Miami are. Akron has gone through a remarkable turnaround from where they were a decade or so ago, and I'd be thrilled to see Solich lead them down a similar path.
Comparisons to Ohio State are ludicrous. That's the 15,000 foot mountain in the distance, when what you're trying to do is climb the hill in front of you. The OU fans on that site need to focus on what is attainable, namely:
- Making Athens a more rabid atmosphere for MAC opponents.
- Winning the recruiting wars amongst Ohio schools not named "The Ohio State University"
- Scoring more big wins over top-tier MAC schools like NIU
- Competing regularly for the MAC East title
- Knocking off at least one weaker BCS conference school per year
- Getting one of the MAC's three bowl bids
- Winning a bowl
- Consistently be the "best of the rest" in Ohio
- Someday beat a team ranked in the Top 25
- Putting a marquee player in the NFL
The last one is a big deal. Looking around at the rest of the MAC, even lowly Kent State has put Josh Cribbs in the league. Akron has Charlie Frye, Miami has Ben Rothlisberger. Former MAC member Marshall has Moss and Pennington. Having guys starting on Sunday gets the attention of fans and prospects.
Do all of those good things for 50 years, and then MAYBE you can start worrying about Ohio State. Until then, just be happy with a gorgeous campus, hot ladies, cheap beer, and a football stadium that you can get into for FREE.
Seriously, I'm a proud OU alum, but you gotta know your place in this world. We have a nice little school with a better coach than we deserve, and the hopes of being more than an afterthought amongst mid-majors. The idea of Ohio State as some sort of rival is a fantasy (or nightmare). We're not going to have a Kansas-KSU or Iowa-ISU sort of relationship. Texas-Texas State is more like it.