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Convince me otherwise. It is not the :Koolaid2:. It is the fact that we have the players. Get Glen Thomas a little more involved.
9-3 BABY!!! (we shall see)

What we DID see today is a team that kept fighting regardless of the bad breaks. This game felt a lot like the '94 Orange Bowl (NU 16 -- FSU 18). Fighting more opponents than just the other team. But we kept coming back. This was a totally different team than what we saw last week. (was it the pants??? "mshrug: )

SO close to ending so many bad streaks... but of course it's marked down as a loss for all history.

Just keep it goin' boys!!
 



I wouldn’t feel so great about today’s loss, despite it being to a great team. We are the team that loses close games. It doesn’t matter who we play, if you don’t know how to win you don’t. This is the kind of upset you see teams pulling off every weekend. When was the last time we did it? We just aren’t up to the task.
Before the Purdue game, there was an article about Purdue being a giant killer, but no more. The reason is, they have knucklehead coaches lately. They used to have Joe Tiller, who always had his team ready and didn’t make mistakes. Lately, the last 25 years, we are the team coached by knuckleheads, and we don’t know how to win.
So again, while I wanted to win as bad as anyone, it seemed inevitable that we would fail to get to the finish line. Until there are some major changes, that won’t change. We false start, illegal shift or aren’t on the same page between quarterback and receivers. That has got to change!
 
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Next week is a get right week. Important that we play well in all 3 phases to get the stink off of the last few games.

Bye week is timely.

USC plays Washington next week. And we travel to LA to play them. Hopefully we can travel and play well.

We then play Wisconsin who comes into this game having played PSU, @Iowa and then Oregon. Hopefully they (UW) are on a 3-game slide.

Lastly we play Iowa. They are struggling (but winning) against NW, Wisconsin, bye week and @Maryland.
 
Hard to imagine Indiana is as good as they are. 8-0.

They finish at MSU, Michigan, tOSU and Purdue.
 




9-3 BABY!!! (we shall see)

What we DID see today is a team that kept fighting regardless of the bad breaks. This game felt a lot like the '94 Orange Bowl (NU 16 -- FSU 18). Fighting more opponents than just the other team. But we kept coming back. This was a totally different team than what we saw last week. (was it the pants??? "mshrug: )

SO close to ending so many bad streaks... but of course it's marked down as a loss for all history.

Just keep it goin' boys!!

sUNsHiNe PuMpEr!!!!!!
 
We could. But I'd assign probabilities of 1, 2, 3, 4 more wins of 90%, 35%, 15%, and 5%. Until proven otherwise this team is still maddeningly inconsistent.

Please, Greater Being of Football, let us beat UCLA and be relieved of our bowl denial torment and I'll never ask for anything else again. Until next season.
 
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We could. But I'd assign probabilities of 1, 2, 3, 4 more wins of 90%, 35%, 15%, and 5%. Until proven otherwise this team is still maddeningly inconsistent.

Please, Greater Being of Football, let us beat UCLA and be relieved of our bowl denial torment and I'll never ask for anything else again. Until next season.
I think you’re being a little pessimistic.

Having said that 90% is probably a bit high … I’d do something like 80%, 50%, 33% and 5%.
 

I wouldn’t feel so great about today’s loss, despite it being to a great team. We are the team that loses close games. It doesn’t matter who we play, if you don’t know how to win you don’t. This is the kind of upset you see teams pulling off every weekend. When was the last time we did it? We just aren’t up to the task.
Before the Purdue game, there was an article about Purdue being a giant killer, but no more. The reason is, they have knucklehead coaches lately. They used to have Joe Tiller, who always had his team ready and didn’t make mistakes. Lately, the last 25 years, we are the team coached by knuckleheads, and we don’t know how to win.
So again, while I wanted to win as bad as anyone, it seemed inevitable that we would fail to get to the finish line. Until there are some major changes, that won’t change. We false start, illegal shift or aren’t on the same page between quarterback and receivers. That has got to change!
Eh, I still feel better about this loss than I did the 56-7 loss. We had a chance in this game. That’s more than anybody expected going into the game.

There has been a change. We hired a new coaching staff a season and a half ago. The 23 years before they got here is irrelevant. When you hire a new staff, you start from scratch.

False starts are part of the game. They will never go away completely for any team, especially in a loud away game. Illegal shifts don’t seem to be common for this team, so I doubt that’s holding us back. I do agree with you on the communication issue. We have had two straight games where a receiver went the “wrong” direction, or at least a different direction than the QB wanted him to go. It resulted in interceptions. That needs fixed asap.
 

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