Like ripping off a band-aid

[Ranchdawg]

I hate seasons like this but ultimately I have moved on. Going 6-6 and heading to the Toilet Bowl isn't that much better. I'm not watching the portal or fretting over the SEC balance of power. Life is too short to waste on things you can't change.

 

[dawgstudent]

I hate seasons like this but ultimately I have moved on. Going 6-6 and heading to the Toilet Bowl isn't that much better. I'm not watching the portal or fretting over the SEC balance of power. Life is too short to waste on things you can't change.

I'll never take 6+ wins for granted. That's why I enjoyed the Mullen years.

 

[85Bears]

Yea I’d take six wins and a bowl game, it means a little improvement and you are 8-4. Toledo and ten on the other hand....

 

[OG Goat Holder]

6-6 no longer nets you anything. You used to could claim you were building for the next year. That's largely out the door, and probably always should have been. I personally think it was a tactic for ADs and coaches to keep fans off their back. If you don't see competence immediately, and at least a significant improvement from year one to year two, you ain't got the right coach.

In this new era, you need to be doing whatever you need to do to get that 'up' year and contend for the playoffs.

 

[Anon1717806835]

I hate seasons like this but ultimately I have moved on. Going 6-6 and heading to the Toilet Bowl isn't that much better. I'm not watching the portal or fretting over the SEC balance of power. Life is too short to waste on things you can't change.

If the majority of our fans feel like this, its no wonder we are not making any staff changes.

6-6 and the lowest bowl in the country is infinitely better than what we have had the past two years.

 

[dawgstudent]

6-6 no longer nets you anything. You used to could claim you were building for the next year. That's largely out the door, and probably always should have been. I personally think it was a tactic for ADs and coaches to keep fans off their back. If you don't see competence immediately, and at least a significant improvement from year one to year two, you ain't got the right coach.

In this new era, you need to be doing whatever you need to do to get that 'up' year and contend for the playoffs.

From a program building standpoint - it doesn't matter because a lot of your players could be gone. I saw that Bama is down to 4 WR for their bowl game. Some are injured and 4 transferred out.

But at the end of the day, I take a bowl game vs the other alternative.

 

[85Bears]

It’s nice just to go to a bowl game, even with the opt outs. It sucks when your season ends a month ago

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

6-6 no longer nets you anything. You used to could claim you were building for the next year. That's largely out the door, and probably always should have been. I personally think it was a tactic for ADs and coaches to keep fans off their back. If you don't see competence immediately, and at least a significant improvement from year one to year two, you ain't got the right coach.

In this new era, you need to be doing whatever you need to do to get that 'up' year and contend for the playoffs.

Whether you think 6-6 teams in bowl games is irrelevant or not it’s infinitely better than 2-10 looking like a clown show.

 

[Seinfeld]

Whether you think 6-6 teams in bowl games is irrelevant or not it’s infinitely better than 2-10 looking like a clown show.

Yep, the difference between a 6-6 team and a 9-3 team battling for the CFP can be a couple of players. Possibly even one of its a game changer like Travis Hunter

The difference between a 6-6 team and a 2-10 one is as wide as the Gulf of Mexico. We’re exhibit A

 

[OG Goat Holder]

The difference between a 6-6 team and a 2-10 one is as wide as the Gulf of Mexico. We’re exhibit A a competent coach.

Fixed that. It's basically that simple. Mullen proved this.

I think it's much easier than you say to get to 6-6, assuming competence. Much harder to get to 9-3. Yeah, it may just be a player or two....but those players are harder to come by, and those wins are against much tougher teams.

But either way I think we all agree that we need to hover around 6-6 as a base, and then hopefully take advantage once in a while. But point earlier was more about bowl participation i.e. the 6-win threshold, and what our goals should really be. To me, 5-7 is the same as 7-5 in a general sense of where we're going as a program, as long as we are competent. The difference in those records could be as simple as harder schedules.

We're not doing any of this until we get a real coach in here. And we aren't going to accomplish big things on a year in year out basis until we get a real AD in here, who can stand up to Keenum and put our RuN dA bAwL fans in their place, but at the same time keep them donating.

 

[HailStout]

What sucks is I honestly got my hopes up with krom being “in the boat”. Should have known better. Being a state fan is like herpes. No matter what you do, it stays with you.

 

[Dawgbite]

College football is dead for the have nots and we are certainly a have not. What makes it more glaring and painful is that we live in a gated neighborhood with a bunch of haves. When Alabama is losing starting players to Notre Dame, the system is broken. Until the adults fix the system or totally shut it down, it’s all just a waste of time, money, and emotion.

 

[patdog]

Going 6-6 and heading to the Toilet Bowl isn't that much better.

This is the stupidest thing ever. How is 4 games better in a 12 game season not significantly better. 6-6 ain't great, but right now 6-6 is looking awfully dang good. I long for the 6-6 days when I could dream of the occasional SEC win, and even see a couple or more.

 

[ckDOG]

6-6 provides a little entertainment and establishes a base where a few key playmakers can take you to a special season. 2-10 is despair and, aside from some real outliers that got you there, an indicator you are going to suck for a while.

 

[patdog]

6-6 provides a little entertainment and establishes a base where a few key playmakers can take you to a special season. 2-10 is despair and, aside from some real outliers that got you there, an indicator you are going to suck for a while.

Yeah. I'm afraid we're digging ourselves into a hole so deep we're not gonna be able to get out of it. Maybe ever. We picked the worst possible time to bottom out as a football program.