14 seasons with zero conference championships

[NUpolo8]

Pretty sure the guy with the highest post count is deemed the biggest fan and gets to make all the rules pertaining to fandom.

 

I'm sure I read that rule somewhere.

 

Was it in EZ-E's book, "Conduct to Message Board Posting"?

Right before the "Rage-quitting for a week to gain attention" chapter I think

 

Which was right after the "openly dismiss everyone who disagrees with me, yet never offer any claim link evidence to the contrary" essay in the Afterward.

[It'sNotAFakeID]

Pretty sure the guy with the highest post count is deemed the biggest fan and gets to make all the rules pertaining to fandom.

 

I'm sure I read that rule somewhere.

 

Was it in EZ-E's book, "Conduct to Message Board Posting"?

Right before the "Rage-quitting for a week to gain attention" chapter I think

 

Which was right after the "openly dismiss everyone who disagrees with me, yet never offer any claim link evidence to the contrary" essay in the Afterward.

 

I missed that part, is it good?

[It'sNotAFakeID]

Hey, hey! Let's leave non-thread participants out of this.

 

No no no, it's like high school again. Talking behind peoples' backs and stuff.

 

I'm all giddy inside.

[Nobody]

see my little red troll?

 

PUT THAT THING AWAY HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU I DON'T LIKE YOU LIKE THAT.

 

[NUpolo8]

Pretty sure the guy with the highest post count is deemed the biggest fan and gets to make all the rules pertaining to fandom.

 

I'm sure I read that rule somewhere.

 

Was it in EZ-E's book, "Conduct to Message Board Posting"?

Right before the "Rage-quitting for a week to gain attention" chapter I think

 

Which was right after the "openly dismiss everyone who disagrees with me, yet never offer any claim link evidence to the contrary" essay in the Afterward.

 

I missed that part, is it good?

 

Kinda rings hollow, oddly.

[It'sNotAFakeID]

Kinda rings hollow, oddly.

 

That's disappointing. I expected more.

 

 

And thus we've come full circle.

[Landlord]

maybe we shouldn't place these super duper crazy high expections of losing only three games and competing for conference titles once maybe, oh i don't know, 14 years.

 

 

See that is funny because I was fairly certain we had competed for conference titles at least five times per 14 years!

[knapplc]

Does anyone think that this defense is showing signs of being a conference-champion caliber defense? Because I'm liking what I'm seeing out of these young guys more and more every week.

[It'sNotAFakeID]

Does anyone think that this defense is showing signs of being a conference-champion caliber defense? Because I'm liking what I'm seeing out of these young guys more and more every week.

 

Yes. That's why I think the future is bright.

[presidentjlh]

Does anyone think that this defense is showing signs of being a conference-champion caliber defense? Because I'm liking what I'm seeing out of these young guys more and more every week.

Our defense has been extremely impressive to me. The score was not indicative of what I felt to be a great performance from such a young unit.

[True2tRA]

Does anyone think that this defense is showing signs of being a conference-champion caliber defense? Because I'm liking what I'm seeing out of these young guys more and more every week.

 

To me, there is no question something has clicked. What? And why now? Those are big questions.....and I don't think they are answered by simply gaining experience. Something more has changed.

[presidentjlh]

Does anyone think that this defense is showing signs of being a conference-champion caliber defense? Because I'm liking what I'm seeing out of these young guys more and more every week.

 

To me, there is no question something has clicked. What? And why now? Those are big questions.....and I don't think they are answered by simply gaining experience. Something more has changed.

I think the answer is fairly clear: The blitz. Once Bo allowed the team to be aggressive, they are like wild men out there, and it's great.

[Landlord]

Does anyone think that this defense is showing signs of being a conference-champion caliber defense? Because I'm liking what I'm seeing out of these young guys more and more every week.

 

 

Yes, but I wonder how exciting that really is.

 

 

We were talking about this at the tailgate today - the problems with this team/program aren't black&white. I think that's easy to see because they keep being fixed, one by one, but without improvement as a whole.

 

First it was an anemic offense - fixed that pretty well.

Then it was a poor offensive line that would spend 3 days giving up a sack, a false start and a holding call. Our line is pretty good now, and those penalties have been cut way down.

Then it was lousy recruiting - we've been getting good talent the last few seasons.

Then it was (not really going in order) switching to a new conference - well, we're in season three. That excuse has run out.

Then it was scheme our players were too crappy to execute - we have better players and have shown progress but still have the Minnesota and UCLA games as proof that there's some ugly in there.

 

Basically, the above might not be entirely accurate, but the question needs to be asked - as each of these individual things improve, why are the big picture end results not also improving? Because there's still something at the core that is very wrong with the way our program approaches football games, and more experienced players, more capable defense, a favorable schedule or whatever other element you want to focus on isn't going to fix whatever is wrong. It transcends and handcuffs all of that.

 

I just wish we knew what it was.

[knapplc]

Does anyone think that this defense is showing signs of being a conference-champion caliber defense? Because I'm liking what I'm seeing out of these young guys more and more every week.

 

To me, there is no question something has clicked. What? And why now? Those are big questions.....and I don't think they are answered by simply gaining experience. Something more has changed.

I think the answer is fairly clear: The blitz. Once Bo allowed the team to be aggressive, they are like wild men out there, and it's great.

 

That's because defense is a predatory pursuit. These guys are trained to attack, tackle, separate man from ball, sack, disrupt. When you try to make those kinds of people play passively they rebel, either overtly or subconsciously.

 

It is always going to be more fun to go out and attack the QB than to sit back and hope to contain him.

 

You have to let your hunters hunt. And he finally seemed to figure that out midway through the Northwestern game.

[True2tRA]

Does anyone think that this defense is showing signs of being a conference-champion caliber defense? Because I'm liking what I'm seeing out of these young guys more and more every week.

 

To me, there is no question something has clicked. What? And why now? Those are big questions.....and I don't think they are answered by simply gaining experience. Something more has changed.

I think the answer is fairly clear: The blitz. Once Bo allowed the team to be aggressive, they are like wild men out there, and it's great.

 

That's fine, but it still leaves the why now? What were we waiting for? I don't know. Maybe we didn't feel our backs against the ropes until that NW game, but this strategy would have worked all year. This defense wins UCLA and Minnesota IMO.