Guy Chamberlin said:
No he doesn't. Pretty much the opposite, actually.
We are a terrible first half team. We think we've learned a lesson from the previous loss or close call, then come out the next game looking confused, turnover prone and penalty riddled all over again. That recent string of crazy second half comebacks almost make a fan forget this, but if I had one hyphenated word to describe the problem with Nebraska on both sides of the ball it's ill-prepared.
That being said, I do believe this young defense will get better as the season goes along, and could easily play better against UCLA than they did Wyoming. They pretty much have to.
Just don't know if it will be enough.
Please point out to me where the team has failed to respond to adverse situations under Bo, where they greatly underperformed and the sky appeared to be falling. Wait. Ill do it.
2008-Get the a$$ whooped by Missouri at home. Things dont look good as we head on the road to face a top 10/5 Texas Tech team. We shoulda won the game. Then later in the season after the butt whoopin to Oklahoma in Norman and sitting at 5-4, the team rattles off 4 straight wins to end the year with a bowl win.
2009-Team responds with 6 wins in the last 7 games after a couple ugly losses.
2010. The team responded nicely to losses against Texas at home(which may be the most dissappointing loss in Bo's tenure to date) and at Texas A&M.
2011. The teams responded by playing pretty well after all their losses.
2012. After UCLA, i remember folks worried about Arkansas St. I remember many people laughing about Bo's proclamation of "winning out" after the Ohio St game. I remember many thinking we should not even bother showing up against Georgia.
In fact, I'm trouble finding an instance where the team didnt respond well to these "sky is falling" situations. Maybe you can fill me in?