(10-17-2017 11:45 AM)TTT Wrote: 1. That was ONE YEAR of winning
So it’s not “just win,” or even “win big,” it’s “win big for an unspecified consecutive number of years.”
Quote:2. The first game was in a monsoon
So was Louisville’s 2002 win over Florida State that put them in the national consciousness. So are any number of well-attended games at any number of schools every year. Do our people all have the same medical condition that causes them to melt in the rain?
Quote:3. The Memphis game was the week after we laid the golden turd vs. UAB and ruined our sugar bowl hopes...that's why we only drew 26k...
It was our SECOND loss of the year. The team was right back into the Top 25 a week later. So now we’re redefining the criteria to “
No more than 1 loss for an unspecified number of consecutive years.”
This is why 99% of everything said in these discussions is a steaming pile of livestock manure. No matter what happens, the goalpost just moves back another 5 yards. There’s always another “but...”.
“Well, we’re winning, but 7-8 games isn’t gonna do it.”
“Well, we won 11 games, but we still lost to that team we never should have.”
“Well, OK, so the polls even respect us this year, but this next game is against a no-name so I’m not gonna bother.”
“But, but, but...”
For decades, I said “It’s not the fans’ fault,” then I eventually realized, no, SOME of it actually is. We’ve got too many people expecting to draw money out of an account to which they’re unwilling to make a deposit. Then to top it off, they have the audacity to complain about how those that do put in the effort have too much control.