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[QUOTE="Consigliere, post: 1514621, member: 559"]
So disheartened this morning. Like many, after LSU I truly felt Cuse football had turned the corner and was headed for sustainable prosperity. I headed on the road honestly expecting to see two wins and this morning we're staring at  a 3-3 record, the heart of a challenging second half schedule and a host of "what-ifs." I was able to write off USF as the first road game for a young team, cautious return of Dungey and Phillips and a team that was perhaps a bit better than we thought. But following yesterday's debacle I just don;t know where we are as  program. Expected to see us dominate a patchwork O-line with a front seven that showed signs of being very good early in the season. We ended up with two sacks - one on corner blitz facing a very pedestrian QB. Expected to see a multi-faceted offense with a vertical passing game and dynamic runners. The only effective running back was QB1 and I cringe every time he takes a hit. We end up with no true RB running for more than 35 yards and 22 passes including 3 OT periods - if more than two or three went more than 15 yards in the air I must have been sunblind.

Absolutely love Shaf as the face of the program. The passion, the values, and the dedication to Cuse are so evident and seem to resonate well on the recruiting trail but to see a team come out obviously not ready to play in Tampa and missing multiple opportunities yesterday - when the actual score was 24-14 I remarked that the "should be" score was 37-7 - I wonder if those positives will be enough to bring Orange football back to respectability instead of every team's favorite homecoming opponent.

Can anyone help talk me off the ledge?
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