Here are my thoughts.. and I agree that every time we lose it is absolute melt down. Every team has their awful games... think about the year we pounded Michigan 34-9 in ann arbor and the reaction their fans had. I as there for that game... and they just looked stupid. What about Illinoy after we beat them in 07. Crap happens!
1. Coming off of a bye week, the hawks were rusty. I am by no means saying we are a good team. But there were a lot of dropped passes and miscues. Penn State caught some breaks early and allowed them to build some confidence. I think it would have been a completely different story had we gotten that pick 6 on psu's first drive.
2. Not all of the blame can be on the coaching staff. Do I agree with everything that they do... no. However, they are in practice everyday and we are not. They also have a significantly higher football IQ than probably all of us combined. So I don't think it is right that people can make judgments based on what they see on Saturday's, M-F is what matters.
3. I am picturing a team similar to the team we had in 01. Pretty inexperienced, but we have some talent. Defensively we have to, and WILL get better. Offensively... our oline is overrated at this point. BUT they will get better also and when Coker can get some room to run, we will be fine.
4. This was the 4th game of the year... it is a long season and good things are going to happen... there will probably be some rough spots mixed in... but come on!!! As a fan base, lets come together and cheer for this team to get better every week, and see what happens. I don't want to be like the ISU fans I was around last week that made excuses for their team. We aren't that good... YET. I have faith that we can be good by the end of the year.