Yes sker that close win against McNeese State is brought up every single week. Your good wins, your good losses all count, just as bad wins and bad losses. At least that is what they keep saying. Every week it is looked at from start to finish. We are 8-1 but by the committee we are not thought as highly of as some two loss teams. We dropped because the team that lost to, dropped in the poll. According to this committee every thing is looked at every week to see how it measures up.
Like I said months/years ago, these type of games have an affect and nothing about them is positive. I know everyone else does it, but we are the ones that make them look like national level teams and hypsman type athletes. That is history for us.
I also do not agree that if we beat Wisconsin, we will see this giant jump in the poll. Almost everyone is into the real part of their schedules, the teams that lose, we may move ahead of. But if we beat Wisconsin and Minnesota they will have another loss, dropping them from the poll. Minnesota most likely will be gone this week.
I have no idea if we win the last three or not. sure hope so, but nothing this team has done this year indicates truly one way or the other, just our faith in them. As fans we rank up there, whether the team does or does not will be found out in the next month.
I am saying that we have to play the games. All this guessing and wishing and hoping means nothing. We are where we are. Win the games we will end up in the top 12 for sure, and for me that is a vast improvement over the past 14 years.