I am hoping there is a breakthrough soon as well. Who is it going to be and when is the question.
Oh well I was a fan before, a fan now, and will be a fan then too. People just hate getting their hopes dashed time after time. The team could come together and have a great season still, I just have no faith it could happen and it pains me.
You all make some good points. Here are some of mine.
1. Completely agree that we got much deeper into this game than last year, and that IS improvement. The collapse is still totally unacceptable, but I see progress.
2. There was a mental collapse to be sure, but some of you IMO are not giving enough credit to the physical part of that. We still lack depth.
3. I am not as upset by the mental collapse, because i realize this team simply has not "been there before". Remember that Bear saying? "Act like you've been there before". Well, they haven't! When is the last time we were in position to beat a ranked, major rival in the latter stages of the game? 2009 under Kiffin vs. bama (IMO). A LONG time ago, and with attrition most of those players are gone. So I would expect maybe the first time we get there, we might choke. No excuse for that, but to me the question is how do they handle this situation the NEXT TIME? And I sincerely hope there is one, and soon. If they screw the pooch again, then I will join the mob with torches.