I'm not making a predictions though. Just saying what the standard should still be and that this moment was inevitably coming unless people thought we were winning out. Obviously it's extremely crushing in the manner it came but it was coming and it was always going to be under the pretense of a game we "should have won".
Of course no one thought that we'd be 12-0 but many people rightly thought that one of the losses wouldn't be to our rival playing the worst football they've played in years, for the 7th straight game in a row, setting a new record in the "rivalry."
Last night was disturbing and uninspiring.
Fair enough. But would/will it be any more disturbing than if we **** the bed against a Pitt or NC State? I'm just saying that if you adhere to the big picture standards you set going into this season and you're 4-0 and presumably the favorite in your remaining games at that point that ANY loss is going to seem like it shouldn't have occurred.
Yes, more disturbing. We disagree on the magnitude of the FSU game. It was huge for the program going forward and is not at all comparable to any other game in the rest of the schedule. Agree to disagree here.
This.
Part of me hates citing an individual game as season or program defining, but the FSU game has always been the measuring stick for the UM program.
If you look back to 2010, when FSU rocked us at home, it was the turning point for that program and since then, both programs have gone in completely different directions.
Richt's playcalling was beyond concerning. I think [MENTION=32]AUcane[/MENTION] brought it up in a different thread, but many expressed concerns with Golden's defense early on in his tenure. Many have concerns with Richt on the offensive side of the ball.
This is an inexcusable loss, plain and simple. Any faqqots blaming the players Richt inherited from Fat Al need to STFU. This is an FSU team that has given up 34 to Ole ****, 63 to Loserville, and 35 to UNC and USF, but UM only musters 19 points and less than 80 yards in the second half. At home.
Pitiful.