Dutchnation
Well-known member
Ok, so last night after that game, I literally couldn't speak for 2 hours. It definitely hurt mainly because we were off to such a great start and I would have liked to have seen a 14,15,16-0 start.
In trying to put some things in perspective and to think about what actually happened last night I realized one thing....I haven't reacted the way that I did last night after a Wyoming loss in probably 15 or more years.
This team has done that for us. Yeah yeah, if our schedule would have been a little stronger, we might not have been 13-0...maybe not, but this is what this program needs. But how many on this board can say that after last night's loss you were like "well that sucks....we lost. What's on HBO?" None of you!!! You were all just like me...pissed and ready to start the world on fire. The monkey is off of our back now. Yeah, and so is the national attention, but at least these guys can go out and play and not feel the pressure of undefeated. Before this game, people on this board were talking about losing 3-6 games all year. Some of you are saying, well, we will never be ranked again this year. If we are 27-3 or or 26-4 or 25-5 there is a good chance we will be ranked.
Now about the game....Martinez in that game makes a huge difference for us defensively. Why? Because he (yes our best defender on our team) would be guarding that ridiculous shooter all night. On offense all of their guards dropped into the paint as soon as the ball went in there. They wouldn't have been able to do that with martinez on the floor. We still did not play very well. We looked slow and we played BSU's game, they didn't play our game. Until the end, leonard was a non issue and Nance WAS a non issue all game. We have not arrived by any means. But we were the conference joke 2 years ago. That is no longer the case. It isn't going to happen over night, but I believe in these guys and I believe in Papa Shy.
One area of concern is the hit this will take to the home crowds from this point forward??? Pathetic that at 13-1 team can't get a big crowd. I will say that listening to that game last night, when the crowd got on their feet, it really got loud. There was 6416 at the game. I can't imagine what it WILL be like when we pack it to 15k. Losing last night hurt the probability of that happening anytime soon however.
We have a lot of work to do, but it feels really good to be pissed again. Now, I just hope I don't feel it again.
In trying to put some things in perspective and to think about what actually happened last night I realized one thing....I haven't reacted the way that I did last night after a Wyoming loss in probably 15 or more years.
This team has done that for us. Yeah yeah, if our schedule would have been a little stronger, we might not have been 13-0...maybe not, but this is what this program needs. But how many on this board can say that after last night's loss you were like "well that sucks....we lost. What's on HBO?" None of you!!! You were all just like me...pissed and ready to start the world on fire. The monkey is off of our back now. Yeah, and so is the national attention, but at least these guys can go out and play and not feel the pressure of undefeated. Before this game, people on this board were talking about losing 3-6 games all year. Some of you are saying, well, we will never be ranked again this year. If we are 27-3 or or 26-4 or 25-5 there is a good chance we will be ranked.
Now about the game....Martinez in that game makes a huge difference for us defensively. Why? Because he (yes our best defender on our team) would be guarding that ridiculous shooter all night. On offense all of their guards dropped into the paint as soon as the ball went in there. They wouldn't have been able to do that with martinez on the floor. We still did not play very well. We looked slow and we played BSU's game, they didn't play our game. Until the end, leonard was a non issue and Nance WAS a non issue all game. We have not arrived by any means. But we were the conference joke 2 years ago. That is no longer the case. It isn't going to happen over night, but I believe in these guys and I believe in Papa Shy.
One area of concern is the hit this will take to the home crowds from this point forward??? Pathetic that at 13-1 team can't get a big crowd. I will say that listening to that game last night, when the crowd got on their feet, it really got loud. There was 6416 at the game. I can't imagine what it WILL be like when we pack it to 15k. Losing last night hurt the probability of that happening anytime soon however.
We have a lot of work to do, but it feels really good to be pissed again. Now, I just hope I don't feel it again.
