Pride85
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If we were playing either Pitt or Florida today, we would win both games. The team has really bought into the system and are playing with confidence and gusto. It took a couple of games to learn the system and play the correct QB.Looking back, the only true blemish on our losses this year is from Florida. Granted, they were much better at the time early in the season. But our other losses are as follows:
Georgia: 11-0
Alabama: 10-1
Ole Miss: 9-2
Pittsburgh: 9-2
This has been an even more impressive season than first impressions would indicate. Our 4 losses outside of Florida are a combined 39-5. And we were in the Pitt and Ole Miss game until the end, and gave Alabama all they could handle through 3 quarters. We also were up on Georgia after the 1st quarter, and scored more on them than any other team this season.
The only true blemish is the loss against Florida, but things were much different at the time.
The season has been an absolute success, and the future is bright in K-Town.
It’s more of a realization of things, perhaps, to come. If our not-so-great-record season is put into perspective, it can give hope for actual wins to come. No one considers a loss a win. I mean, how many of us are angry over the Pitt and Miss losses due to poor calls on the field? OP is acknowledging them as losses and not even mentioning “what if’s”. I can see no moral victory claimed here.Yay, moral victory national champs again.
Looking back, the only true blemish on our losses this year is from Florida. Granted, they were much better at the time early in the season. But our other losses are as follows:
Georgia: 11-0
Alabama: 10-1
Ole Miss: 9-2
Pittsburgh: 9-2
This has been an even more impressive season than first impressions would indicate. Our 4 losses outside of Florida are a combined 39-5. And we were in the Pitt and Ole Miss game until the end, and gave Alabama all they could handle through 3 quarters. We also were up on Georgia after the 1st quarter, and scored more on them than any other team this season.
The only true blemish is the loss against Florida, but things were much different at the time.
The season has been an absolute success, and the future is bright in K-Town.
Just ignore them. They're either trolls or just think that the constant negativity makes them look "cool", kind of like middle schoolers. The adults in the room are better off just rolling our eyes and ignoring them.I see most of your comments are negative.
You're about as pleasant as an itchy butthole.
It’s been a good year. Bot COY year. If Leach beats Ole Miss, I think he should get it. Everyone talking about Beamer and Huepel, but forget that Leach’s team went 4-7 last year and this year could end up 8-4 with wins over A&M, Kentucky (when they were rollin’) and Ole Miss. That would also secure a #2 spot in the SECW. That said, how can you count Kiffin out of COY if they win out? That’s taking a struggling Ole Miss program to 10 wins in his second year and winning whatever bowl game.Looking back, the only true blemish on our losses this year is from Florida. Granted, they were much better at the time early in the season. But our other losses are as follows:
Georgia: 11-0
Alabama: 10-1
Ole Miss: 9-2
Pittsburgh: 9-2
This has been an even more impressive season than first impressions would indicate. Our 4 losses outside of Florida are a combined 39-5. And we were in the Pitt and Ole Miss game until the end, and gave Alabama all they could handle through 3 quarters. We also were up on Georgia after the 1st quarter, and scored more on them than any other team this season.
The only true blemish is the loss against Florida, but things were much different at the time.
The season has been an absolute success, and the future is bright in K-Town.
That's just dumb and thoughtless. I NEVER want to lose. Not to good teams. Not to bad teams. But if I have to lose then I want to first be competitive... UT was for the most part. Next, I want it to be to someone who SHOULD beat me based on ability.Yay, moral victory national champs again.
I think UT had the talent to beat 9 opponents. And in spite of all the handwringing, I don't think "depth" is just a blanket explanation for losses. UT had the wrong injuries at the wrong time. Not having a healthy RB for much of the season was not good. Losing Cade early in the OM game probably had more impact than any call or mistake.Honestly, this is exactly where I expected we'd be at the beginning of the season. Heupel's done a great job schematically, but based on talent, we were probably a 7-5 team anyway.
That said, the refs basically stole that Ole Miss game from us. And I think we beat Pitt if we had played Hooker instead of Milton. We certainly feel more like a 9-3 team than a 7-5 one, but on paper, we're only 7-5.
I had very realistic expectations, and one win over those expectations doesn't mean jack in the long run. How many times has one of our last three coaches put together a winning season and then how many of those coaches were our long term answer? That's right we've seen this from all three of our last hires and at each time some of the overly optimistic crowd have started acting like we are without a shadow of a doubt on our way back to relevancy. Fool me once....fool me four times...I love how facts don’t fit the narrative you want it to be. Yay, another “fan” who expects an unrealistic outcome and criticizes those that mention progress.