I pretty much jumped after the Michigan St game.
Last year at the end I was just playing the spec. game of the whatifs. What if we got this guy. What if we got that guy. And was pretty much 'meh' on the whole fire Bo thing. More of a "whatever happens, happens" type of deal. When he was retained, I jumped back on board. It's just the way I am. I blindly support the program coaches and players in an offseason. I looked forward with some hope that experience on defense and offense would lead to taking the next step. But I also went in with this was the last chance. There had to be some progress somehow. The excuses are done in regards to talent level, recruiting, new offense, new conference, injuries/depth.
When the season started, I got excited. We looked pretty good. Regardless of competition. But a couple things happened with me this season. One, I started to get into coaching. I have a 6 year old son and we got into the flag football. I've always wanted to start dabbling into coaching football. So I started to read up and study up on the little nuances and intricacies of the game. Things that were well beyond any knowledge I've ever had prior. With this came and tendancy for my to watch the little things within game. Then 2, the Michigan St game happened. And I thought that performance was nothing more than complete garbage. Even though our defense was ok, when you look at when Michigan St scored on their big plays, it's was head scratching. I know mistakes and big plays happen, but it was just such a lack of tenacity. Lack of basic skill that aggrevated me. I came to the point that night that nothing was different about this team. Nothing was changed. I wouldnt say I completely packed it in on the Bo era, but I knew this year was gonna be the same. I went into pessimist mode and the next 3 wins, to the despise of many both here and home, started to overanalyze things and after the Purdue game, even at 8-1, had reached the conclusion that we were gonna be 9-4 again. i didnt predict what would happen at Wisconsin. I wont thump my chest like that. But i did say, that if we played like we did in the 3 games since Sparty, Wiscy would beat us by 3 scores. then of course what happened happened.
Now, it's not all about wins and losses. Combine it with Kenny Bell's antics. I'm sorry, i'm not a fan of someone that outspoken. it's a reflection of the staff and the head coach. he's just so combative. And you cant have that on a football team in this environement. There's no ability on this team to embrace the good, block out the bad, and move on. The whole combative nature with this team has just worn thin. Then Cotton's comments. Over analyzed or not, jsut are ridiculous. And to me, any disdain from the fanbase is complete warranted at this point. I've come to the reality that the 9/10 wins crap is exactly that crap. Cuz Callahan could win 9-10 games in this conference.
This program and fanbase cannot afford another gloom offseason. Last one was bad enough. Get some fresh faces in here and generate some excitement.
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I'm so done with it. It's just time for a change