Blow out losses are NOT acceptable to any team or program, although if we played this year's national champs, it would be unreasonable to expect anything more than to keep the loss from being over 6 touchdowns.
I would prefer competitive games against all opponents and while losing a bunch of games is disappointing and based on our 5 decades of good football, we may feel embarrassed somewhat. But blow out losses are downright shameful. We need to avoid the blow out losses if possible. They may not be within our control. We are in the process of completely retooling and rebuilding from the ground up. I personally feel we need to see how the next two games go. If we don't win one, then I feel we need to immediately look to the future and play returning players and sit the seniors to sub in late in games, unless they are likely NFL draftees. I would let them play half games at least to keep their draft stock apparent.
We fired a high dollar coach with a bunch of wins and too much baggage to resurrect the program with the goal of championships once again. To do this, we must build up talent and experience to exceed our competition. Sitting seniors and playing younger back ups now will make them better for the future seasons.
