TheCusian
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Ok, the reason I asked is because when I think of 2012 I think of the SU offense clicking and Nassib having a break-out season teaming up with Lemon and others. They were sitting at below .500 (4-5), and then they won out going 7-5 and then beating WVU in the Pinstripe to finish 8-5. Had to be the high point under Marrone, and hours later he took the job with the Bills.
I felt then and I still feel now that a big reason Marrone left when he did was because of the heat he took during the 2011 season when an injured SU squad lost its final 5 games and missed out on a bowl game. Marrone had already completely turned the program around winning the Pinstripe in 2010, but many fans expected another bowl game in 2011 and even though the team had a lot of injuries Marrone was heavily criticized.
And that heat continued into the 2012 season when the team had a slow start. After the 2012 squad turned it around and finished the season with an impressive performance in the snow at Yankee Stadium Marrone left.
2010 was fool's gold a little bit, since the schedule was in the 100's. I don't think that year signaled quite the turnaround we all hoped. But it was nice considering the recent past. The offense was pretty bad, the D was decent.
2011 was highlighted by that WVU win which gave me more hope than the entire 2010 season. Injuries got us for sure - but our O was still pretty bad.
2012 was headed downhill until Pugh came back and they married the run to the decent passing game (this was my point above). It made our O very good. That was the best team we've had in a long time. Followed by Shafer's first team in 2013, which was sneaky good vs a really tough schedule.