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<blockquote data-quote="RockfordIllini" data-source="post: 1657615" data-attributes="member: 8716"><p>Of course would have liked to win, but feel okay about this one. We are a team hoping to make a bowl and that’s what we looked like. I think anyone thinking we were winning 8 games this year was probably drinking too much koolaid. And UTSA looks quite good. Not surprising with a 7 win team that returns everyone. Guessing they win 8-9 games this year and this won’t be looked at as too bad a loss.</p><p></p><p>I think their skill positions were simply better than ours, and that shows up on the box score. Total plays were relatively even. TOP was relatively even. But they had about 70 more total yards, ie more chunk plays. Their receivers were simply able to gain more separation than ours and their QB was able to connect with them.</p><p></p><p>All that said, we were about a foot from tying the game on the last play. This game felt like the ND game where Trent’s shot to tie/win rimmed out, or any number of excruciating close losses in the early BU era. It will take more time for BB to rebuild (football rebuilds always do), but I think we are clearly headed in the right direction.</p><p></p><p>I think we will continue to improve this year and may win 1-2 games we shouldn’t.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockfordIllini, post: 1657615, member: 8716"] Of course would have liked to win, but feel okay about this one. We are a team hoping to make a bowl and that’s what we looked like. I think anyone thinking we were winning 8 games this year was probably drinking too much koolaid. And UTSA looks quite good. Not surprising with a 7 win team that returns everyone. Guessing they win 8-9 games this year and this won’t be looked at as too bad a loss. I think their skill positions were simply better than ours, and that shows up on the box score. Total plays were relatively even. TOP was relatively even. But they had about 70 more total yards, ie more chunk plays. Their receivers were simply able to gain more separation than ours and their QB was able to connect with them. All that said, we were about a foot from tying the game on the last play. This game felt like the ND game where Trent’s shot to tie/win rimmed out, or any number of excruciating close losses in the early BU era. It will take more time for BB to rebuild (football rebuilds always do), but I think we are clearly headed in the right direction. I think we will continue to improve this year and may win 1-2 games we shouldn’t. [/QUOTE]
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