Are we really supposed to be impressed that the team kept trying? I never felt like Shafer, Marrone, Robinson, Pasqualoni, or MacPherson teams gave up.
Like I said, I haven't felt hope since McNabb was here. There were times that yes, even under Coach P, I thought they gave up. Down at Rutgers in 1999 comes to mind. I never mentioned Coach Mac who I feel was second only to Ben Schwartzwalder.
it was pathetic, but maybe they were just exhausted by then. i felt bad through out the game for them as they were so out talented and the scheme seemed not to be working. either a poor scheme given the athletes we have or just simply the talent gap
P's teams definitely quit from time to time. A couple of the Miami games, the 62-0 VT loss, a WVU drubbing, some losses to Rutgers, the Homecoming embarrassment to Pitt...
We seem to rehash most conversations on here. Some weekly, others annually.
If you take away the horrible start, we were in that game almost the whole time. People have to understand this is going to happen while we transition into a new offense/defense.
Giving up and having a chance to come back are two different concepts.
It killed me... I was late to the game and only half paying attention but everyone the score would get within 14 and we had the ball I would flip over and we'd go three and out. The opening drive of the second half was a disaster... if we had managed to score that drive it would have been a different game. But Louisville brought pressure and we had no idea how to handle it. I would have loved to see a screen on that 2nd down.
Yes, if we had scored on the opening drive of the second half we are down 7 and it's a different game all together.
She's been talked about a couple of times over the last week somewhere in here, I kid you not.
I see it like this - it was clear we were trying to get back into the game. We really weren't content once we got punched to try and keep it close. If we try to keep it close, we take the field goal instead of running that 4th down play.
