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re: You can't overcome the Wyoming loss in today's environment without long term consequences
Posted on 9/2/19 at 10:15 am to countrygrammar
Posted on 9/2/19 at 10:15 am to countrygrammar
The season isn’t completely ruined...yet.
What the loss does is put a monumental hill in front of them that must be climbed that wasn’t there before. Now they need to win the next 6-7 games without dropping any to prove they are a good team because the narrative is completely different.
If they go on to win 9 games, it will be a good season, but leave questions about the long term future with a coach that can not prepare his football team.
If they win 10, which is now very doubtful, then the Wyoming games becomes a fluke first game frickup.
They just have to win and correct the mistakes and play sound football.
I don’t know if any of that happens, and I’m not confident it will or predicting that it does. Just say that’s where we are now
What the loss does is put a monumental hill in front of them that must be climbed that wasn’t there before. Now they need to win the next 6-7 games without dropping any to prove they are a good team because the narrative is completely different.
If they go on to win 9 games, it will be a good season, but leave questions about the long term future with a coach that can not prepare his football team.
If they win 10, which is now very doubtful, then the Wyoming games becomes a fluke first game frickup.
They just have to win and correct the mistakes and play sound football.
I don’t know if any of that happens, and I’m not confident it will or predicting that it does. Just say that’s where we are now
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Posted on 9/2/19 at 10:24 am to ZOUtiger
I get the short term picture. This could still be a "successful" season with 9 wins.
I am trying to recognize the long term disadvantages associated with this loss.
- No positive airtime during "College Football Live" or other ESPN shows. This impacts fans expectations and overall perspective across other fan bases and recruits
- The narrative of us being good and beating teams like South Carolina during week three can be shifted as two average/bad teams playing each other
- Recruiting impact to get the Doyle's and Mannings back in the fold against other bigger programs as we show no real progress. In the end we can get to November without beating a team with a winning record, again.
I am trying to recognize the long term disadvantages associated with this loss.
- No positive airtime during "College Football Live" or other ESPN shows. This impacts fans expectations and overall perspective across other fan bases and recruits
- The narrative of us being good and beating teams like South Carolina during week three can be shifted as two average/bad teams playing each other
- Recruiting impact to get the Doyle's and Mannings back in the fold against other bigger programs as we show no real progress. In the end we can get to November without beating a team with a winning record, again.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 10:34 am to ZOUtiger
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The season isn’t completely ruined...yet.
No, but the preseason hype had us expecting a pony for Christmas. When we suddenly realized we'd gotten a slinky and a pair of socks, well...
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