Agreed--to an EXTENT, E: This wasn't as bad from a STRATEGIC POV--but I shouldn't have to tell YOU what it means in terms of insufferable BS from a bunch of loud-mouthed morons who already inundate our sites with their lame jive talk.
PLUS, this was just a really bad loss in "style and content"-terms. We stunk things up the way we hadn't since the Cocktail Party LAST year, and it said SO many things about the season ahead, our true "potential" (or lack thereof)--and, more than anything else, this was an indictment straight to the heart of such inescapable truths as (1) our QB, the only supposed "quality"- and experienced-one we've got, doesn't have it after all--and there is NO ONE behind him to step in and get it done NOW (and maybe even worse, unless we just bite the bullet and get the other "newbies" in there and learning/auditioning under stress, we won't have one in the pipeline to take over NEXT year--maybe not for a year or two after THAT!!!...and (2) We may well be "back where we started" at OC as well: There seems little sign Pease has any real plan or vision himself--in fact, he appears to have the cajones of an Addazio. OUCH! Unless some "take the wraps off it"-revelation of an as-yet-unrevealed offense is suddenly somehow turned loose in the weeks immediately ahead, we'll have to face, accept and deal with the reality of another year (MINIMUM) with one of the most boring and moribund "attacks" in major college football, a disgrace to our traditions AND the aggressive logo that we wear on our sleeves, bumber stickers, etc.
All in all, seems plenty "bad" to me.
