Why not let the NFL prospects opt out and let the young guys get more run?
The season is hardly over. The rest of the games will determine how the season is remembered. If you were expecting this team to make the playoffs, you were highly over rating this team.Why not let the NFL prospects opt out and let the young guys get more run?
The season will likely be remembered as making it to a BS bowl game that nobody wants to play in or cares about.The season is hardly over. The rest of the games will determine how the season is remembered. If you were expecting this team to make the playoffs, you were highly over rating this team.
Will Cade's knee make it to the bowl game?The season will likely be remembered as making it to a BS bowl game that nobody wants to play in or cares about.
You are in the minority...by quite a margin.... If you were expecting this team to make the playoffs, you were highly over rating this team.
Why not let the NFL prospects opt out and let the young guys get more run?
I don’t get what “playoff or bust” means.with the amount of returning starters & that soft ass schedule everyone's expectation should have been playoff or bust.
not thinking or believing that is the real loser mentality just like you losers wearing punting is winning merch.
If I'm KF I'd float the option to any senior or underclassmen who'll turn pro like Johnson to sit out the rest of the season. This year was a failure and there's no way around it. None of these 6th year guys came back to go 8-4 and get rewarded with an exhibition game after a month of practice in December. Times have changed.I don’t get what “playoff or bust” means.
We will not make the playoff. We have “busted”.
Now just quit? Forfeit the last 5?
And that would be?Season not over. Much to play for.
“Season over” is loser mentality.
I would think a loser mentality would be a team not making the playoffs and being ok with it since bowl games are essentially the NIT now.“Season over” is loser mentality.
Must be a lot of losers out there. Only a dozen teams make the playoffs.I would think a loser mentality would be a team not making the playoffs and being ok with it since bowl games are essentially the NIT now.
In case you're new to sports: Not making the playoffs is a failed season.I don’t get what “playoff or bust” means.
We will not make the playoff. We have “busted”.
Now just quit? Forfeit the last 5?
Listed in many other thread:And that would be?
Who do you think is “ok” with not making the playoffs?I would think a loser mentality would be a team not making the playoffs and being ok with it since bowl games are essentially the NIT now.
This!!!!Must be a lot of losers out there. Only a dozen teams make the playoffs.
Did I say it wasn’t?In case you're new to sports: Not making the playoffs is a failed season.
If the 41-121 White Sox go 81-81 next year, with no playoffs, do you think that will be a “failed season”?In case you're new to sports: Not making the playoffs is a failed season.
Ummm, yeah...? If it seems obvious, don't let it trick you.Must be a lot of losers out there. Only a dozen teams make the playoffs.
I hope it makes it one play from scrimmage SaturdayWill Cade's knee make it to the bowl game?
Hmm, you respond to the English language, but common sense is lacking. Are you an AI?Did I say it wasn’t?
Sounds like a plan!!I don’t get what “playoff or bust” means.
We will not make the playoff. We have “busted”.
Now just quit? Forfeit the last 5?
You're either a real idiot, or a troll. I'll explain this for your benefit. What determines if you have a successful season or not depends on what your goal is. If your goal is to improve in the wins column from last year, that would be a successful year. When your team reaches a certain level, then your goal becomes the playoffs. Clearly, with having an established program (10+ years), and with who was coming back, the fans hoped for the playoffs. Who knows what the hell Ferentz's goal(s) was/were? But they aren't going to the playoffs now. I knew they wouldn't, but that was the expectation from fans.If the 41-121 White Sox go 81-81 next year, with no playoffs, do you think that will be a “failed season”?
If the 41-121 White Sox go 81-81 next year, with no playoffs, do you think that will be a “failed season”?
Must be a lot of losers out there. Only a dozen teams make the playoffs.
There’s a difference between saying the season is a failure and saying the season is over.Hmm, you respond to the English language, but common sense is lacking. Are you an AI?
You just said you didn't understand what "playoff or bust" means. You acknowledged understanding that we have busted. That means the season is a failure. What is so difficult to "get"?
I was expecting them to make the playoffs, if they beat Iowa State. And they had no business losing to Iowa State until Cade stepped in and gave the Clones a game and season to remember.The season is hardly over. The rest of the games will determine how the season is remembered. If you were expecting this team to make the playoffs, you were highly over rating this team.
I think we should have forfeited against Ohio State. Legitimately. Should have used it as a bye week.I don’t get what “playoff or bust” means.
We will not make the playoff. We have “busted”.
Now just quit? Forfeit the last 5?
Your statement was “In case you're new to sports: Not making the playoffs is a failed season”.You're either a real idiot, or a troll. I'll explain this for your benefit. What determines if you have a successful season or not depends on what your goal is. If your goal is to improve in the wins column from last year, that would be a successful year. When your team reaches a certain level, then your goal becomes the playoffs. Clearly, with having an established program (10+ years), and with who was coming back, the fans hoped for the playoffs. Who knows what the hell Ferentz's goal(s) was/were? But they aren't going to the playoffs now.
So are you on the “season not over” side?That’s different. It’s pro sports. The answer is yes.
This is college sports. Most of these guys are going to be just regular working joes in a few years. They got NIL money, and you only get so many opportunities to put the pads on before it’s all over.
Who here do you see with that thought process? It better not be me.Here we go, I knew some of our fanbase would come along with the not a playoff contender thought process. Such a loser mentality when 12 teams make it. It definitely is the goal every year moving forward.
I don't believe so, but the goal is definitely playoffs. I'd argue it's more attainable than winning the conference moving forward.Who here do you see with that thought process? It better not be me.
Iowa has been favored in every game this season other than Ohio St, and there's a good chance that they will be favored in every game from here on out. You think that expecting a team to win all the games that it should is having overly unrealistic expectations? A season in which a team is favored in at least 10 games finishing out of the rankings, much less in the CFP, is an utter failure by any measurement.The season is hardly over. The rest of the games will determine how the season is remembered. If you were expecting this team to make the playoffs, you were highly over rating this team.