"Pretty mediocre" will never be "very bad" for the Gophers. Regardless of what happens the rest of the way, this is one of the best Gopher teams of the last 40 years, and we are in one of the best two year runs ever since our glory days. The last three games have been likely losses since the schedule came out.
Here's what was posted.
If that passing game shows-up for more than a quarter or two against NE and WI this will be a very good season. If it stays the way it was today and for 3 quarters vs. Illinois, they will end the season with a 4 game losing streak.
"That will make it feel like a very bad season and a pretty mediocre squad."
That offended a couple of people huh? True, but the last three games of the season includes NE, WI and a
bowl game. That will make it
4 losses in a row ending the season. That is what people will remember and that's what's killed the fan base for years. Even the no nothings may be able to figure out that people who don't already have Season Tickets will not be looking to buy them when they see the team lose
5 out of 6 of their last games and end-up 7-6.
They'll have beat the 3 cream puffs on Non-Conference Schedule and lost convincingly to TCU. They beat NW and Purdue, neither of which will end the season above .500, but they did their job and won. They beat a Michigan team but who cares how lousy Michigan was, they got the Jug back! That pumped everybody up. Then they didn't show-up in the 1st Half against Illinois and the Passing Game only showed-up for a Quarter, but they came back to HAMMER Iowa and add Floyd to the trophy case. They followed that with a close loss to tOSU. A loss that arguably came about because, again, the Defense, Special Teams and Running Game played very well, and the Passing Game
was mediocre or worse.
The hope for a very good season is still there. The prospect of a good season is also there. But the prospect of a "very good season" even if they lose the next 3 games? We have people coming out to tell us that even if they lose the last 4 games of the season ending a run were they lose 5 out of 6 "Hey,
7-6 is the record of a
very good team!"
That's satire right? I mean one even calls himself "Spoofin".
No, it's not but the usual suspects will be whining constantly next year about "lousy Marketing", "idiots over at the U" and "fair weather fans" if TCF isn't sold out for the Big Ten Season. Not for the whole year mind you, even the small-minded know that sellouts for Kent State and Ohio just ain't gonna happen.
Now as was ignored before
"If that passing games shows-up for more than a quarter or two against NE and WI this will be a very good season."
If not how many of those same people will be here telling us about that "very good" 7-6 team?
