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Message: [QUOTE="orangeintheacc, post: 400384, member: 1747"] Looking at the new USA Today coaches poll 4 out of our 5 losses this year were to current top 30 teams. Rutgers (20); NW (21); USC (22); and Cincy (would be 30 based on votes). Plus we have Louisville coming up at #10. The only team we lost to not in there was Minny -- our worst game of the season IMO. The point is we haven't exactly been playing a bunch of patsies. All of those games we were within 5-6 plays made or not made of pulling out a win. Reasons for failure have run the gamut from bad special teams to turnovers to dropped passes to penalties, etc. etc. I fully understand we are still losing these games, but no one can deny those were all winnable late into the game. To answer my own question, I think we are close... obviously it won't happen this season, but soon. Maybe sometimes in life (and football) you have to learn the hard way and have some short term pain for the long term gain. [/QUOTE]