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<blockquote data-quote="icengineer" data-source="post: 1240769" data-attributes="member: 8141"><p>I think anyone with some knowledge of the team knew we weren't going to be very good. Sure lots of people tried to talk themselves (and others) into thinking we had a realistic chance at a bowl game, but I doubt you'd have very many of those people willing to lay down some hard earned cash on the prospect. There was one guy who did that for a few games, sorry can't remember who, but I was rooting for you/us!! If you look back at all the predictions of wins that would get us into a bowl game about half of those wins were based on 'best case scenarios'. And we all know that over the course of a season no one gets that lucky. You can't really blame the fans though, this is what real fans do. We want our team to win and we search for reasons/answers that will make that come true. What might appear to be 'false hope' is actually 'wishful thinking'. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="icengineer, post: 1240769, member: 8141"] I think anyone with some knowledge of the team knew we weren't going to be very good. Sure lots of people tried to talk themselves (and others) into thinking we had a realistic chance at a bowl game, but I doubt you'd have very many of those people willing to lay down some hard earned cash on the prospect. There was one guy who did that for a few games, sorry can't remember who, but I was rooting for you/us!! If you look back at all the predictions of wins that would get us into a bowl game about half of those wins were based on 'best case scenarios'. And we all know that over the course of a season no one gets that lucky. You can't really blame the fans though, this is what real fans do. We want our team to win and we search for reasons/answers that will make that come true. What might appear to be 'false hope' is actually 'wishful thinking'. ;) [/QUOTE]
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