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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 363640, member: 628"]
...not in W-L, but in style.
 
Last year we looked terrible vs. Wake Forest for the first 3 quarters, then made a great rally for the W.  We gutted out a far-too-close win vs. 1-AA URI, had a decent showing in a loss against a USC team that overmatched us, and lucked into a far-too-close win at home vs. Toldeo.  We were 3-1, but our play was not all that good.
 
This year we looked awful in the first 2 1/2 quarters vs. N'Western, then made a great rally, but this time it fell short.  Hung with a USC team that overmatched us, but lost.  Then gutted out a far-too-close win against 1-AA Stony Brook, and shot ourselves in the foot repeatedly against what seems to be a mid-pack Big Ten team on the road.
 
In short, I'm just not sure this program is advancing.  The stats are better, and I'm sure some will point to that.  And the schedule does us no favors, for sure.  We look more athletic, but that's relative to where we were, not to our opponents.  To me we look like the athletic lesser of the two teams on the field for all 3 of the 1-A games we've played this season.
 
Just really disappointing, and I almost sadly feel like I'm writing this for closure so I can pull away for the rest of the season.  
 
Marrone's not going anywhere, this year or next, and the ACC move still has me really excited.
 
But I've seen great coaches and great rebuilding jobs, and I think it's hard to say it looks like we have either.
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