Of course no one would be satisfied with 4-8 consistently. But right now the "next level" is winning Big 12 games and getting into bowl games. Let's start doing that before we start talking BCS.
Will fans be happy with a 4-8 record this year?
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Of course no one would be satisfied with 4-8 consistently. But right now the "next level" is winning Big 12 games and getting into bowl games. Let's start doing that before we start talking BCS.
I think 4-8 is far under estimating this team. We are already at 3 wins, and we lost a heartbreaker in K.C. but it could be worse, we could have Dan Hawkins as our coach. I think Baylor, aTm, and CU are all wins and we may even pick a team off that is sleep walking. 6-7 wins is still attainable, I am still putting money in my bowl fund! Go Cyclones.
Don't think we win another game, the offense (passing game) is bad and the defense can't be on the field all day.
The question was:
How do you know when you've been a Cyclone fan for many years?
How can anybody be happy with 4-8? Especially with this patty cake schedule. 4-8 still stinks.
With that said it will still be better than last year and I can be satisfied with 4 wins as long as we look competitive on the field. But happy? hell no
With that said it will still be better than last year and I can be satisfied with 4 wins as long as we look competitive on the field. But happy? hell no
I came into the season thinking 4, possibly 5 wins, but more likely 4.
After the Army game I thought we should easily get to 6.
After this past weekends debacle I think I realized we aren't mentally capable of winning 6, so I'm going back to 4 wins until I see something.
We aren't disciplined, we make stupid penalties and make stupid mistakes on the field. Our receivers aren't getting open while AA has all day to throw.
What really sucks is our O-line is great and we aren't going to benefit from it this season. It's rare for us to have such a good O-Line. Not too mention ARob is banged up, we win last weekend if he's healthy.
I hope this team proves me wrong, but last weekend was another harsh reality check in the life of a Cyclone.
After the Army game I thought we should easily get to 6.
After this past weekends debacle I think I realized we aren't mentally capable of winning 6, so I'm going back to 4 wins until I see something.
We aren't disciplined, we make stupid penalties and make stupid mistakes on the field. Our receivers aren't getting open while AA has all day to throw.
What really sucks is our O-line is great and we aren't going to benefit from it this season. It's rare for us to have such a good O-Line. Not too mention ARob is banged up, we win last weekend if he's healthy.
I hope this team proves me wrong, but last weekend was another harsh reality check in the life of a Cyclone.
Actually I would not be happy with four wins since we should have been capable of six wins. The chance for a bowl game in the following two years is fairly low with the rise of KU, OU, Te, MU, etc.
This has to be our breakthrough year IMO.
This has to be our breakthrough year IMO.
Yes, the o-line has progressed from week to week.
I'm starting to think that coach Bleil is the best one that Rhoads hired.
I guess that's why he's the assistant HC...
I honestly believe we will back into a few wins since the Big Twelve is down this year. This could possibly happen... @ Kansas, Baylor, @ A&M, Colorado.
We need a game breaker or go to wide receiver. With all the hoopla about how we are set in the postion, I am surprised what we are seeing on the field. If it does not improve the rest of the year, I will also be surprized. Having receivers covered may mean simplified routes, shallow routes, little imagination. Having bad passes dropping a yard in front of them may mean we are thinking too much, we are overwhelmed with the offense. This is the worst "looking" offense that we have for many years although from a yardage standpoint that is not so. Maybe we run mopre plays to get more yardage in the end.
YEAR OFF DEF (all in yards/game)
2002 381 359
2003 297 442
2004 329 329
2005 350 345
2006 317 392
2007 326 390
2008 386 453
2009 347 350
Looks like defense is doing well historically while our offense is slightly behind Chizsklick who now is ranked in the Top 25.
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Are those stats for the first 5 games of those season or are those the season totals. In all fairness this season has a long way to go, those numbers could get decidedly worse agianst better competition in the B12. On the other hand they could get decidedly better.
Exactly so. At this point we should be talking 8-4. The corner is being turned and bowls are on the horizon!I don't get all the talk about our season being over and our bowl chances shot with yesterdays loss.
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This. I couldn't agree more.
The D is better than I thought it would be. The O worse. Net result is pretty much the same.
I see 2 very winable games left at home. They could just as easily be losses.
Don't know how bad A&M is, don't care. I haven't seen anything that would make me think we can go on the road in the Big XII and win. Not counting it out, I just don't think it likely.
Unless the O gets it's collective **** together, and the D plays lights out (possible, not probable) the remaining 4 against KU, NU, OSU and Mizzou look to be smack downs.
