Captain Obvious Here

[CrookedSquealliry]

You can see how far we are from being an elite program by watching the games the past couple of days.

[Jackrabbit Hog]

My thoughts exactly.  Watching the big boys play in the major games is a real reality check.

However, I will say that there are only a few teams that are head and shoulders above the rest of us.  Maybe 5-10.  Past that, everybody else is as mediocre as we are.

[Coach Obvious]

Past that, everybody else is as mediocre as we are.

I disagree.

The Auburn, Missouri, and Va. Tech meltdowns prove we are more mediocre than many.

[Arthur pigby sellers.]

 I can't agree more. And I noticed the strangest thing going on in several of these games. A defense was able to get pressure on the quarterback with just their front four!
I didn't know this  was possible.

[al_pigcino]

Western Kentucky looked good.  But in the end Wisconsin just did what they wanted to.  Alabama ended up doing the same thing to Washington.  It's still a league of have and have nots.  The gap between WKU and Wisky was the same as Alabama and Washington.  Let that sink in while we prepare for the off season.......

[jgphillips3]

I can't agree more. And I noticed the strangest thing going on in several of these games. A defense was able to get pressure on the quarterback with just their front four!
I didn't know this  was possible.

What?  Come on man.  If you had told me you had proof of Bigfoot or UFO's, I might would have believed you but pressure with just the front four?

[hogsanity]

You can see how far we are from being an elite program by watching the games the past couple of days.

apparently it is not that obvious to many here, they think we are NC calibre if we just had " the right" coach. Of course they have no idea who " the right" coach is.

[010HogFan]

Western Kentucky looked good.  But in the end Wisconsin just did what they wanted to.  Alabama ended up doing the same thing to Washington.  It's still a league of have and have nots.  The gap between WKU and Wisky was the same as Alabama and Washington.  Let that sink in while we prepare for the off season.......

Western Michigan

Watching Oklahoma dismantle Auburn last night was the biggest reality check of all.

[Tejano Jawg]

I enjoy watching all the bowl games at this point, especially doozies like the Rose Bowl. But my mind does drift over to us...when I think we're not in the same league as some/most of these teams.

Think about USC and Penn State. USC got thumped right off the bat, then rebounded, now looks like a top 5 team. And is there a wilder story than Penn State?? A few years ago, I thought they'd be so irrelevant, we wouldn't see them for another 10 years. If that. They are solid, they are well coached. And CLEARLY they now have re-established the pride in being a part of that program. This is the thing that concerns me about ours. This is beyond specific wins/losses. I really thought we were getting there too. Now just don't know.

[d1nonlyhogfan]

apparently it is not that obvious to many here, they think we are NC calibre if we just had " the right" coach. Of course they have no idea who " the right" coach is.

Bobby Petrino.

[ceegar]

Bobby Petrino.

Seriously.  The A$s Hat of a person you speak of just got buried in his bowl game.  And lost a couple at the end as well.  Keep in mind he had the best player in college football this year.  He would do no better here unless he had a premier QB.  Very similar to Gus in my opinion.  And I'm not a huge Bret supporter either but he is what we have for now.

[Hogwild]

Western Kentucky looked good.  But in the end Wisconsin just did what they wanted to.  Alabama ended up doing the same thing to Washington.  It's still a league of have and have nots.  The gap between WKU and Wisky was the same as Alabama and Washington.  Let that sink in while we prepare for the off season.......

Western Kentucky scored 51 points in their bowl win, and likely will finish the season ranked for the 2nd year in a row. 


Did you mean Western Michigan? If so they only lost by one score to Wisconsin.
Western Michigan in three games against the Big Ten outscored them 72-55, winning 2 of 3.

[ChicoHog]

I enjoy watching all the bowl games at this point, especially doozies like the Rose Bowl. But my mind does drift over to us...when I think we're not in the same league as some/most of these teams.

Think about USC and Penn State. USC got thumped right off the bat, then rebounded, now looks like a top 5 team. And is there a wilder story than Penn State?? A few years ago, I thought they'd be so irrelevant, we wouldn't see them for another 10 years. If that. They are solid, they are well coached. And CLEARLY they now have re-established the pride in being a part of that program. This is the thing that concerns me about ours. This is beyond specific wins/losses. I really thought we were getting there too. Now just don't know.

All about the Jimmys and Joe's and both SC and Penn st have them.  Sam Darnold, Trace McSorley, Adoree Jackson and Saquan Barkley will all be Heisman contenders next year and both teams will probably be in the pre-season top 5.  Do we have anyone who will be drafted in the first or second round the next year or two?  Very doubtful. 

[WBOBO]

Alabama, Clemson, USC, Penn St, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio St, Oklahoma St, and LSU are 10 teams off the top of my head  who are head and shoulders above our program.  Sad but true.  What hurts the most is Penn St.  Five years ago they were as close to the death penalty as a program could have had levied upon and look at them NOW.

[upperdeck_hawg]

I mean we beat Florida handily. We're not that far off. One OL, one dynamic WR,
two linebackers and a safety.

[Shrevepork]

You can see how far we are from being an elite program by watching the games the past couple of days.

Speed is what I see and a lot of it.

[HogBreath]

Alabama, Clemson, USC, Penn St, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio St, Oklahoma St, and LSU are 10 teams off the top of my head  who are head and shoulders above our program.  Sad but true.  What hurts the most is Penn St.  Five years ago they were as close to the death penalty as a program could have had levied upon and look at them NOW.

And to think we've beat one of those head & shoulders programs 2 of the last 3 seasons.

[Al Boarland]

I mean we beat Florida handily. We're not that far off. One OL, one dynamic WR,
two linebackers and a safety.

Problem is when CBB gets those there will be new holes.

[Biggus Piggus]

Problem is when CBB gets those there will be new holes.

You say that, but have you really analyzed it?

[Oklahawg]

Watching Oklahoma dismantle Auburn last night was the biggest reality check of all.

The same OU team that got their doors blown off by Houston and Ohio State in September, when Auburn almost handed Malzahn his walking papers following the LSU game (were it not for an odd officiating job at the end it might have been Malzahn who got canned, not Les Miles).

OU used the weak Big 12 to get itself together and was humming at the end (kind of the Bob Stoops model today, the reason he is often called "medium-game Bob").

Auburn did use three QBs the other night.

[Pig Worshipper]

I mean we beat Florida handily. We're not that far off. One OL, one dynamic WR,
two linebackers and a safety.

And a partridge in a pear tree.