but it is a huge cop out if you put the loss squarely on them. The Tigers offense still has to make plays and they just did not do that in the 2nd half for whatever reason. I believe the play calling was insanely bad tonight, but the guys still have to go out there and execute and they did not.

all that said, this team is due for some good fortune and play. i wouldn’t be surprised if they give texas a run for their money next week, but maybe i’m crazy.

What’s done is done. We’ll likely lose to Texas, and then we can look forward to some unranked opponents we have a better chance against.

that the DE can crash the zone read cause Gabbert is immobile, then something needs to be done. Why didn’t we fake a jet sweep and/or use two back sets more often to negate this? Very frustrating night to combine that with Gabbert being up and down throwing the ball as well.

However, for some perspective, the North isn’t out of reach. We can lose to Texas and still win out after that, Nebraska can lose to OU and KU, and KU can lose to all 3 south teams on their schedule.

Uninspiring, poor coaching, poor play calling.

OSU gave us opportunities. We beat ourselves. Even with the ref poor judgement calls, we could have still been in it if we had a freakin brain.

Costello can’t be that bad? WTF.

…is fascinating.

Steckel is getting it done on D (nobody is panicking on that side of the ball, they come set to play when things get tough, players are developing well), but if things continue as they are, might Yost be in some hot water?

I mean sure, it’s very early days and with a young team, so it’s not unheard of that they get rattled… but they also seem to have more curious woes – odd playcalling, the TE’s are straight up MIA, there are problems getting a running game going (at worst) or consistent (at best), red zones seem to stump them…. and we’ve seen them dicing with a very valuable ankle (though THAT probably isn’t Yost’s call).

Again, it’s all very early days, but I wonder if Pinkel’s legendary loyalty might not be tested if these sorts of things don’t start improving.

that music makes me sad.

Actual comment on a Facebook status of mine, about how we should fire Gary Pinkel.

“big deal dude… the north was down, we won the north conference because nebraska and colorado sucked…. sorry man, but nothing the last 2 years impressed me…

today on nbc, they talked about charlie weis and how he doesn’t have a signature win… where’s pinkel’s? when is the last time we beat a team in the top-5 that wasn’t an overrated … Read Morekansas team? when did we last beat texas or ou?

sorry man, pinkel is slightly better than hawkins/zook and whatever schlub iowa state has now… he’s far worse than bo, fat manigino and any coach in the south half of the conference… i’ve hated him since day 1 and i hate him now, he hasn’t accomplished enough to earn immunity"

…the Gambling Gods did NOT take my earlier-in-the-day fake exuberance lightly…I ended up 25-27-2 today, missing FIVE games by half-points…

You performed at a chance

That’s a new one. Throwback to the old CD trick where you had to notice that the song was over but the track somehow had another 14 mins to play.