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Victim of Expectations

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52 minutes ago, Roaming Bull said:

We came into the year thinking we were going to see lite coast version of the gulf coast offense; but no we know we are watching the no coast offense and are saddened by that. All we are asking for is a more aggressive offense, especially at the beginning of the game.

500 yds/41 pts per game ...

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That's a fair enough point. However, if people on this board were asked BEFORE we played Temple how they would would feel if we beat them 43-7, I'm sure that the vast majority would have been ecs

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As I said, people get too caught up on every play. When you hold any opponent to -4 yards rushing, less than 85 total yards and defense pitches a shutout and the offense puts up 43 points that is tota

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We have too many drops, special teams gaffes and penalties, no doubt. But if you look at the final scores and stats (aside from maybe Stony Brook) we have handily dominated every team. We are exp

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6 minutes ago, Triple B said:

500 yds/41 pts per game ...

Ok, but we still aren't close to right in some phases of the game. You use those stats to quiet justified criticism. Those stats are masking problems that we as fans should be concerned about. We just want things to start trending back the other way, not stagnate or get worse. 

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2 minutes ago, Roaming Bull said:

Ok, but we still aren't close to right in some phases of the game. You use those stats to quiet justified criticism. Those stats are masking problems that we as fans should be concerned about. We just want things to start trending back the other way, not stagnate or get worse. 

I use those stats because that's the bottom line and until that bottom line changes, I don't consider it justified criticism ..... unless you're talking about the criticism pertaining to players not executing to the best of their ability. That was a justified criticism for Temple.

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We can win the AACCG without style points. All we need to do is avoid losing.

If this is your expectation, then you are no victim

The Peach and ths CFB playoffs are different. Both require style points

 

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8 minutes ago, charsibb said:

We can win the AACCG without style points. All we need to do is avoid losing.

If this is your expectation, then you are no victim

The Peach and ths CFB playoffs are different. Both require style points

 

I'd argue (again, Stony Brook withstanding) if you look at yards and final scores that we actually do have the style points people would desire.

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37 minutes ago, FatDaddyBull said:

I'd argue (again, Stony Brook withstanding) if you look at yards and final scores that we actually do have the style points people would desire.

Let's do it. I can argue that with you all day long.

 

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I think people became too enamoured with highlight reel dynamic scoring plays of our offense the last couple of years and our thinking that the new methodical offense is not working. Stats are similar so it is working, but it is different. There are still problems no doubt, but we are still averaging over 40 points.

I believe sometimes fans are watching every play too closely and thinking because we are no longer the quick strike offense its not working. That's wrong. 

I don't see teams that we competing with for the New Year Day spot to be playing better than us to deserve that spot.  Why aren't they putting up 40 pts consistently?  Why isn't their defenses playing stifling defense like we are?  Despite our flaws we are doing both. Reporters don't rank us because of penalties? Take a look at SDSU penalties. 

A lot of football yet to be played. I think we are still hitting our stride. I see no reason to see any other G5 team to be more deserving than us at this point. 

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Just like anything in life. If you only look for negatives, that's probably what you'll find.

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10 hours ago, usfgrad84 said:

I don't see teams that we competing with for the New Year Day spot to be playing better than us to deserve that spot.  Why aren't they putting up 40 pts consistently?  Why isn't their defenses playing stifling defense like we are? 

 

Because we're playing stronger competition

 

10 hours ago, usfgrad84 said:

A lot of football yet to be played.

 

Exactly the point. We haven't shown we can dominate the little sisters, so there's no reason for us (or the voters) to believe we're worthy of a shot against the big brothers

 

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Not sure which games you have been watching. After first quarter we completely dominated SJSU for last 3 quarters till 2nd and 3rd team were in. How was Illinois and Temple not domination?  

Still room for improvement, yes, but we have been taking care of business. 

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