However, I don't ever remember being embarrassed nearly as much in one season as we have this year.
How many times did the goalposts come down in 2002? Losing record against D-1 teams. Had to play 14 count them 14 times to get 7 wins. That season was probably a little more embarrassing. IMO
2002 was a hard year, but I don't consider it nearly as embarassing as this year. Yes, we got embarassed by Penn State and K-State. Both very solid teams that year. We collapsed in the second half against maybe the best Iowa State team in 20 years. But the other 4 losses were not embarassments. They were to good/great teams and they were all close.
We got our backsides totally handed to us by Texas Tech this year. We lost at home to an non-major conference team. You know the last time that happened? 1968!!! And S. Miss wasn't even ranked. Then we get dominated by the worst Kansas State team in recent memory and give up 30+ to the worst offense in the league. That's embarassing. In 2002 the team kept fighting and was right there to win 4 more games. In the process we still rolled over the bottom-feeders. Now there are no givens on the schedule. That's embarassing.