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The conversation was why is Iowa and Wisconsin competitive and we aren’t. We clearly can compete with these two teams despite a bad stretch of close losses vs Iowa. We recruit on their level. Iowa and Wisconsin are not competitive with PSU, OSU, Michigan, and Oregon either.

Sounds like you think the team underperforms no matter how many games they win. I’m sure you’ll tag them with it if they win 7-8 next year despite your 3-4 win projection.

How many were competitive?

No, they don’t. We do recruit at their level, and compete just fine with them.

As long as the university is in Minnesota the talent gap will exist.

They were probably already aware a fake was possible, you don’t blow a timeout there.

They’ll just buy a new one.

I’m surprised Chryst hasn’t landed a HC job somewhere else. I remember the fire Fleck guys gushing over Wisconsin making a move.

If he could’ve maintained a consistent group of solid coordinators for an extended period he would’ve had a much better chance. Not sure if that was on him or the AD.

Huh?

First off we do compete at a Big10 level. He’s put players in the NFL as well at a good clip. Secondly, you could bring in Nick Saban and still be unlikely to recruit on the level of the blue bloods of the big10. Remember how Fleck recruited really well in the MAC by their standards? Kind of...

Like who? Outside of Alt, who is already in the NFL anyways, I can’t think of a bunch of top instate linemen that went elsewhere that would be huge upgrades. Fleck has locked up most of them.

He hasn’t even gone 2 years without 8 wins yet…. This forum loves freaking out about any small streak and thinking they’ll last forever.

Makes you wonder if it’s worth it to hire anyone other than a successful coach coming off a good year at a lower FBS school. Being able to bring player talent with them is such a giant advantage over hiring a FCS coach or a coordinator.

The refs also swallowed the whistles and let the DBs play very physical if I recall properly.

You’re pointing to a one off example that is super rare, look at all the other new hires slogging through year one.

They’ve had five winning seasons in the last 30 years.

I’ve heard “this was our last chance” like 3 or four times now since Fleck has been here.

He’s built a winning program at WMU and here. What are you talking about?

I can’t remember the last time I watched a game outside of the gophers. Used be top ten early season matchups would be like mini title games, we’d all tune in to see which team would suffer a major blow to their title chances. Now teams don’t even care about strength of schedule even though a...