Recent content by bleedsmaroonandgold

I used to always just want a P6/P5/P4 team because I wanted to beat a recognizable school from a solid conference. We still say P4, but realistically, after the most recent realignment, it feels like there is really a P2, with the Big 12 and ACC being in a separate tier between B1G/SEC and the...

We could have gone 9-3 without needing to win a single game against a major conference team with a winning conference record. Easier said than done, but we can get to 8 wins without needing to upset the Ohio States or Oregons or even Iowas of the world. Not poo pooing our big Axe victory. I am...

That drive that started with about 7 minutes left was baffling (your word, and it was the perfect word). I bet if you looked at one of those in game win probability models, our chance of winning was increasing even as they were getting first downs. But even before that, in a game where quick...

So DU got 60% exposed last night?

The 4th down timeout was necessary because two of our players were dancing and hugging 20 yards behind the line of scrimmage while wisconsin was lining up for the next play.

Nestor easily

+1 Im not happy at 6-5, but the manner in which we got our wins is not the source of my frustration.

Not necessarily positivity. I think for some folks there is no daylight between "right where we want to be" and "fire the coach." For others (including myself) there is definitely a zone of "this isn't good, but not calling for the coach's head yet." Im disappointed with the overall trend and...

I know its easy to say "of course we struggled against good teams, they are good teams." But I looked back over the schedules, I think we were OSU and Iowas largest margin of victory in B1G play this year, and Oregon's second largest behind a thumping they gave to Rutgers. And this despite the...

For the the inexplicable ones have been Bowling Green, the blown lead collapse against NW, and the utter face plant against Iowa this year. I know every team lays an egg now and again, but I dont recall Fleck pulling off an upset where we were 20+ point dogs (bowling green), having a comeback...

Id echo marginally not markedly improved during his tenure for football. Last three years included two 8-4 regular seasons. If we go over to the football board, im hearing that this would be a pretty successful year if we could get to 8-4. If we were closer in time to 2019, id probably say...

Maybe the problem this year has been the lack of flashing the players watches at opposing fans. I think the modern analytics show that is an underrated aspect of the game.

Long enough to be worried about the Badgers' wing span?

I said almost that exact thing at the time. You cant be "better than your record" forever, at some point you are exactly as good as your record.

This tends to be my view. But the corollary to not apologizing for how we won against weak opponents is that I am also not willing to get too excited about a strong showing in a loss to a good opponent. If a win is a win, then a loss is a loss.