Fleck: “I’m proud of our players fight. We didn’t turn the ball over which is really positive for us…We have a really good football team though.”

[Ope3]

Oh FFS

Why even show up then?

What a loser attitude.

I believe it was a requirement for continued membership in the Big 10. The checks are nice.

 

[mngg11]

We lost....so for some it means we will never win again....doesn't matter that we lost to the #1 team in the country and a National Title favorite.

That said....I don't think it is half the board....just the usual suspects who are only happy when they are complaining.

I'll give that to you. I should probably give less of a damn about what people think but that's not in my nature, particularly with this team.

 

[Ope3]

Listen, two good coaches playing a game, one has a $35MM roster the other a $3-5MM roster, the out come should be 42 - 3, if not worse.

You want to be competitive with these teams, we need to spend the NIL $ before we can fairly evaluate PJ.

Cal, that’s another story, yeah that was disappointing and all on PJ.

Long before NIL one coaches team plays in 100,000+ stadium filled to capacity weekly while the other plays in a 50,000 seat stadium that is not.

Quite a budget disparity.

 

[DEGopher]

Should have been 42-3 if not worse? 42-3 was worse than Ohio, Washington, and Texas (who may be nowhere near as good as advertised) played them. Only grambling state had a worse showing than us. Being upset that we lost is unreasonable. Being upset that we looked as bad as we did is fair.

1st, Texas has a ton more talent than we have, they also spent $35MM on there roster. They just put all the eggs in the Arch Manning basket and he didn’t pan out. Plus the coach is likely to get fired for incompetence since he has a 35MM roster and two losses.

2nd, comparing point spreads is ridiculous, the transitive property doesn’t hold up in sports.

Also, maybe you feel better about a 30 point loss vs a 40 pt loss, but I don’t.