Few thoughts
1- Lets get it out of the way – that sucked. I could probably suffer through another 34-31, or miracle touchdown pass, before that again
2- This was still an awesome year. I’m proud of this team and ultra proud to be a Ute.
3- I think the gap to USC and Oregon is more coaching than on the field talent. I’m not on a “fire someone” kick. But both USC and Oregon found a couple weaknesses and exploited them, and it seems like our coaches don’t adjust the game plan when they should be ANTICIPATING those attacks. That was the big difference in my mind. Too much focus on our strength, not enough adjusting to cover our relative weakness. We didn’t get beat across the board, but we were cut DEEP in a small number mismatches.
4- We have some primadonna fans out there. I thought I splurged on some great seats. The view of the game was amazing. The fans around me were silent. F that. Our fanbase has to bring it to the game, you could see the team light up when it got loud, but the middle section was silent the whole game. Except for the OU fans that bought seats in our section. If you aren’t willing to stand up and get loud, even if we aren’t crushing it, give the tickets to someone else, assholes. Till then I’m headed back with the real fans.
Rant over. Love this team and season. Though I should probably stop linking my sense of self worth to outcomes of football games.