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[QUOTE="CA Monk, post: 3989015, member: 5268"]
[B]Sunday Morning Ramble[/B]
Little boy sports heart hurt by this loss. Big boy strategic heart embracing this capable team whose newfound swagger portends competitiveness, perseverance and and and...well you can just watch them now and know they can make something happen at critical times. Unlike before when every 3rd and long might as well have been a punt. Pre-Liberty you watched the game through barely separated fingers. It was gloomy.

But now...Put it this way: Wouldn't you love to play Rutgers?
I think we're getting an identity and the team is sensing that. Shrader is the catalyst. He can make things happen in spite of the sometimes spotty coaching. His brawn and his beard speaks volumes. 
With this learning/performance curve the team is evincing, heck, I wouldn't want to play us now.

The breaks will come our way...at some point.

*Tucker had a mediocre game and still flashed for 100+ yds and 4.2 ypc. Good sign.
*Shrader's confidence will only grow now that he's settled in. That's worth 5 plays a game he won't screw up for lack of playing time/self-assuredness. He can improvise. He knows he's the man now. He ain't coming out. Just an extrapolation on my part, but if that's a 4th quarter pass to Mang in the end zone instead of being a first half pass...he doesn't over throw it.
*The D is active, opportunistic and occasionally vulnerable, but really well suited for its personnel. 
*So much more to ramble on about. I just hope there's a snowball's chance in hell of making a bowl game , crushing it on the recruiting trail and imbuing these coaches with ample and more effective game smarts. That's it Santa. Make it so.
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