Realism
From the Northwestern game, I simply dont understand how so many can be as down on yesterdays performance as they are. This thread gives some great examples for what good instances are taking place, but it seems like other threads and posts are not so thrilled by this team.
These are just a few things that really stand out to me in terms of positives:
-Like a poster said earlier, just look at the offensive line depth, we are playing with guys who couldn't see the field on almost every other big ten team. Not because of talent alone, but mainly due to experience and age development.
-Next just look at our depth across the board. The two game reassurance was wonderful, but in reality it could not be sustained. It showed what Kill is capable of doing with a motivated team, but it was clear last week, we just cant sustain that type of play yet with the bodies missing (Stuadamire, Gjere, Campion, Tomy-tank, jones) and the inexperiance in key areas (quarterback, de, wr, db's, te, and even running back other than Bennet).
-This game, other than the early strikes because of bad field position, was all Minnesota. Does not being able to punch it in a few times mean we had a bad day, when all other aspects of the game looked at least somewhat impressive? In my mind no, it had to do more with the inexperience again, and execution. Two things that take a little more time to develop.
-And lastly, so what if we would have won, ooooweee ! Great! we would have 3 wins now, instead of 2! Wouldn't that be so much better, and mean the season was such a success...... Lets be serious, no, it wouldnt matter. This season has been about improvement and development ever since the Michigan game, and thats what we have done just about ever since. Im liking what I see, some good signs, signs that were not here the 4 or so years prior.