ChiCityWolverine

July 23rd, 2014 at 10:53 PM ^

Agree with everyone else. This feels like the "hype" video of a scrappy program that hasn't accomplished anything in decades. Sadly feels almost true as the years (8) since we were nationally relevant continue to pile up.

I gotta say though. I talked myself so low on this team and so has everyone else. When is the last time we came into a season with this 8-4 or 7-5 malaise/expectation? In the RR era we were praying for 7-8 wins. Now we're down on the team and have tempered expectations.

I'm starting to believe we are destined for a sneaky bounceback season. 8-1 in the games we're favored in at least 1 win against Ohio or State, and we've got a 9-10 win season. The defense has two senior starters on the line (one All-B1G caliber), two senior starters at linebacker (one All-B1G caliber), three upperclassmen starting in the secondary, and whatever impact Jabrill can give us.

Someone tell me we can't surprise against a joke schedule with only 3 ranked opponents.

Note: To hell with ND. I want to beat them sure, but I can accept that loss if it means we sweep our patsy slate of home games and beat one of our real rivals.

hail2victors9

July 24th, 2014 at 8:23 AM ^

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like the theme was "perseverance."  It may better serve the players, but it sucks for us fans that can do next to nothing.

I'm just happy that no Chumbawamba songs were used and that there were no clips from The Horror.