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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4789081, member: 5685"] Blowouts happen. It is part of the game. But we routinely do not show up. Even against teams that are not good. There have been plenty of blowouts to teams we should be on par with. 2023 Down 27-0 at half vs UNC. None of the prior teams UNC played were beaten that badly. The game was over at half. Why did the other teams they played thus put up more of a fight? 2022 Trailed by 21 at home to Notre Dame who was 4-3 going into the game. It isn't like they were beating up everyone else before or after. So why us? FSU we were at home and the game was over at half. They were a good team but they also lost to teams that were that good and had closer games against mediocre teams. So why did we get blown out when others did not? 2021 Louisville who was 4-5 going into the game was up 35-3 at HALF!!!! Can't say it was a good team here. NC State down 28-7 at half. They were a decent team that won a bunch of close games. For us they had a laugher. 2020 We were down 35-14 at home to LIBERTY! We were down 38-7 at home to Wake. They were 4-5 that year and had no easy Ws besides us. We were down 20-0 at half to Louisville. They were 2-6 going into our game. I don't expect to win any of these but can we still have a chance going into the 2nd half? We put up a better fight against... Notre Dame that year, we trailed 38-14 late 3rd Q. They were a good team can't blame here. 2019 Maryland we were down 42-13 at half. They went on to lose 9 of their next 10 games including Temple. Clemson no shame in losing bigly. But can we be a tad closer than 24-6 early 3rd Q? FSU trailed 35-3 going into the 4th Q. This is an FSU team that went 6-7 that year. BC, at home mind you, we trailed 44-20 at half and 51-20 halfway through the 3rd Q. A team that also ended the year 6-7. Louisville was 21-3 after 1Q, 28-10 at half, 49-27 after 3 Qs. They had a 7-5 regular season, so why did they have such an easy time? 2018 ND outclassed us and we lost Dungey. But couldn't we muster better than 20-0 at half or 29-0 after 3 Qs? 2017 Wake not sure to count this game. We led by 17 in the first half. But then we were at scored at home 43-5 the rest of the game. Another 7-5 regular season team. I don't care if you have 11 guys from the Fine lot playing, 43-5 at home should never happen. Louisville 35-3 at half and 56-10 final. This is a team that went 4-4 in the ACC and 8-4 for the regular season. I don't expect to win without our QB but can we put some fight up? Trailed 42-14 early 4th Q at home to BC! They were 6-5 (3-4) going into our game. Any HC who can't put up a fight at home against the Dazzler should have no one behind him. 2016 Louisville (again) was actually a good team this season. 28-7 after 1Q and 62-28 final for an SU home game though? USF was another good team. The game was Wake like in that we were up 17-0 and then were outscored at home 45-3 the rest of the way. Should that really happen? Halfway through the 3rd Q we trailed 47-27 to a Notre Dame team that went 4-8 that year. Clemson no shame in losing or not playing them close. But was 30-0 at half and 54-0 really representative of the talent gap? FSU was good but 42-14 after 3 Qs in the Dome? Halfway through the 3rd Q we trailed 49-21 to Pitt and gave up 76 points! We did cut the lead to 15 a few times to be fair. They had some good Ws too but were only 8-5. How do you trail by 28 at any point and give up that many points? On top of all of the above we had the unprepared Wake wind game and the Middle Tennessee (Shafer) home loss. Why should fans have to endure all of this? [/QUOTE]

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