ku is irrelevant to the discussion. We could (and imo probably will) lose to ku next year (or any year) and still make it to the Big 12 CG and/or to a bowl game. Ron needs to go to a bowl, period.
Firing Franklin (who, other than Wally, appears to be the only one recruiting) won't solve the problem on offense. The offense could be solved by not having a bunch of FP's on the OL, although it appears who we have on the OL is who we have for at least this year and next, so we better figure out a way to be creative.
Also, what this program needs is stability, especially from the coaching staff; losing the OC wont' help that at all, it will only set the offense back as we'll have to learn another system. Our defense needs to stop the run (make stops in general) to give our offense more opportunities.