Really? What are our scores in the Big Ten? Outside of some late scores by Purdue, we have ****ING ROLLED everyone in the Big Ten we have played. Who are you watching?
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Some of our fans look at all the negatives or fret over every little thing. I had to leave the in-game thread because I couldn't handle the hand wringing and complaining.
Did we play a perfect game today - Nope
Did we leave some points on the field - Yep
Would we all like to have seen us play even better - Yep
Did we lose as big favorites - nope
Did we win by 35 in a game that wasn't even that close - Yep
I get that we are fighting years and years of conditioning that tells us not to believe what we see, that we are not a good team and that it is all going to fall apart. We feel this way because it has happened time and time again.
But this is different, it has been different since the Purdue game last year. We have won convincingly in 6 of our last 7 Big Ten games dating back to last season. Not just squeaking by or getting lucky but going out and physically dominating a fellow Big Ten team.
We will almost certainly lose a few games this season (Penn State looking really good against Michigan right now) and we may not be quite ready for prime time but what we are seeing now is different then what we have seen in the past and after many years of seeming on the verge of finally breaking through it sure looks like we are on the right path to becoming a legit force in the West in the very near future. And that future absolutely could start as early as this season.
Most of us are fully enjoying the ride, but for those that can't just relax and enjoy the team doing things it hasn't done in decades I feel for you. Maybe it will all come crashing down around us but I for one choose to believe that this team is for real and is on its way to finally being the program we have been waiting for.
