re: I'm largely surprised at the response to this game

For clarification, my comments about Brandon Allen's staying in the game, injured, in no way are a reflection on him or are meant to berate him. If anything, I admire his willingness & desire to stay in when in obvious pain. My comments are regarding the coach's decision to keep him in, which I still disagree with.

Exactly. I think the real reason a lot of people were melting is because they talked so much shite to Mizzou fans this past week.

Getting to a bowl game was the goal for this season and we achieved it. I can't get too upset with a team that just got back to back shutouts but then lost when they had to go on the road in a short week.

He will probably be let go, but Bielema is a class act so he'll say something like "Jim Chaney has accepted a co-offensive coordinator position at Louisiana Tech" and then retards will freak out about it because it's a step down with a paycut.

We're disappointed in THIS GAME, and rightly so.
We SHOULD have won this one. It was doubly frustrating due to whoever made the call to leave BA in there.

The season? I think it lived up to, or even a little beyond realistic expectations.

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Plus a shortened TOP

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Not just additional fatigue on the D but more possessions for the opposing offense. Give a team enough shots against a tired D and yesterday is what you get. And A&M. And Alabama. And MissState. It's on BB too. He's head hog.

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They still underachieved.

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Lol no.

I don't think the TEAM underachieved. That's what I was responding to in your comment.

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You think we lost the A&M game because of coaching?

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Many factors resulted in that loss, but poor second half coaching was the big one. Yes, they were stuffing the run. But how many drives did we have that ran virtually no time off the clock? Same as yesterday. I'd rather BA be passing in a 3rd and 3-5 after running twice than 3rd and 10 or more. And our main weapons are our backs. You gotta keep feeding your studs and mix in a little play action. BA out to the shotgun=shitty results 90% of the time. Even worse in crunch time. But it's up to the coaches to put him in the best position to succeed.

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Put in Austin, let him get us 2-3 more first downs in the second half, it changes the whole game. The defense gets to rest and stops Mizzou one more time. We maybe get a FG at least. Brandon was missing easy throws badly. That's why people are pissed. To the average fan, it looked like Allen was begging to come out. According to Bielema, it was the opposite. I'm

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I've bitched plenty about BA. More of how he was used and playcalling, but at times drunkenly devolved into more direct insults for which I apologize. However, I don't recall once calling for his backup I've learned to watch what you ask for. I would have to believe he is far and away the best option we have (which is scary) or the coaches would yank his arse. Especially if he was injured. And I think most fans that are pissed at the outcome aren't necessarily pissed about this lone game. It's been the second half bullshite we've seen and late game collapses and wins shite away the last two years. We NEVER pull out close ones. Sorry, but that's a knock on the coaches. They've done great to get us in position to win, but it's apparent that unless we blow someone out we will get our asses handed to us.