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Message: [QUOTE="SwingDog, post: 5356670, member: 7919"] Lots of good points here. We put together a fairly soft schedule, similar to last year, with no "buy" games. Every game was winnable, with Duke, Syracuse, and Boston College being the three toughest opponents on paper. Losing to Delaware and Rice are bad losses, and really so was the Syracuse one as their season is spiraling downward. Sure, the three losses are OT losses, but they're losses. Looking at the remainder of the schedule, with this defense, there are ZERO easy wins. We could say if not for the slippery turf the ever-steady Chris Freeman kicks one through the uprights earlier on and this one ends up going into the win column. But, as I've said before, you can't give up 44 points (to Delaware) and the 37 points (to Rice today) and expect to win, though it is reasonable to expect to when scoring 41 and 34 points in each of those losses. At this point, for this to be considered a successful season we need to win at least 3 of the 4 remaining games or arguably all 4. For building the case for P4 consideration, beating Duke is crucial- particularly if that is the greater objective for this program as stated. If we are satisfied with mediocrity, I'm really not interested in getting behind that. I believe AD Benedict is committed to elevating the program, but we'll have to see how the remainder of the season plays out. [/QUOTE]