re: Expect more of the same from Bert for the 17'-18' season

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The '14 team was capable with that defense. They choked a lot of games away and went 7-6. Examples include Missouri, aTm, Mississippi State, and the Alabama one stings the most.

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While you aren't wrong about those games, I think it is a little unrealistic to assume we hold on to all those games. Mainly the Mississippi State game on the road and the Bama game. We were certainly in position to win those games but those were all very tough situations.

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The '15 team was lead by upperclassmen and had a lot of NFL players on offense. They blew ten wins by losing to fricking Toledo, Texas Tech, and the notorious Bert bed shite against A&M.

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I can definitely agree here. While Toledo wasn't a typical MAC team, we still should have won that game. I think most would agree that we beat that team if that game is later in the year. Which brings the whole theme that we see pop up quite often about starting slow.

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The '16 team was a big "wtf" but they still underachieved considering the Bert bed shits that occurred against god awful Missouri and in the bowl game.

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Agreed

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Hell, even the '13 team underachieved. They were going to be bad under any coach, but they never should have gone 3-9. Member Rutgers? LSU? Mississippi State? They were in games and choked them away late in typical Bert bed shite fashion. Underachievement is the theme here. Bert has underachieved here, as evidenced by his losing record, and I don't think that is debatable. His teams have a troubling tendency to shite the game away late, start seasons looking like shite, and lose to inferior opponents or at least let them hang around for way too long (Samford, LA Tech).

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I think the toughest thing to judge is when we see his teams play like a top 25 team in the country one week and maybe not a top 50 the next week. Florida game and then the follow up LSU game was a good example. Although I think we all know that Florida mainly feasted on a week division. There are more examples but I think everyone understands the point.

I have felt to a certain degree that it is mostly useless to be hypercritical of Bert right now because he isn't going anywhere after this year barring something unforeseen. I don't blame others for doing that though with what we have see during his tenure. Jeff Long has definitely done him some favors on that contract.