One thing I have noticed that concerns me

[pokefanchaz7]

Is that this team gets up for the big games (Air Force and Neb so far) but seem uninterested against the teams that are not viewed as being good (UNC,Texas State, and Idaho) I would like to see the same heart and effort put into every game. The pokes lost to the first team that they should beat and there were all sorts of reasons why they lost this one but It just felt like they were not nearly as passionate as a team this game. All will be forgiven if we play well from here on but the not showing up for perceived lesser teams is concerning

 

[YankPoke]

This game was a good thing. Maybe this will be the wakeup call that we have needed all season to make the team not come out flat against teams they think we should easily beat.

Everyone on this board is having a massive overreaction though, we will still win 8 or 9 games this season. We should still beat UNM CSU SJSU and Hawaii, and I think that we will at least beat one of Fresno Boise and USU. The Mountain West is horrible this season, and that includes the top teams as well. We will be fine, and hopefully we can start showing up for weaker opponents.

Texas State has by far the best defense we will play this year, nobody in conference is close, and that includes USU. They outplayed us last night, hats off to the Bobcats. Nobody in conference play has a defense that can slow us down if we play our game, and I think this one will wake us up and make us play our game. We will still be right there challenging for the Mountain division and you can count on that.

Calm down people and stop overreacting over ONE game.
Go Pokes!

 

[pokefanchaz7]

Agreed that the sky is falling crowd needs to back away from the edge. I think we'll be fine and agree that when we play our A game we are very hard to beat. Hopefully this is a wake up call though, we need to play better against perceived lesser teams.

 

[YankPoke]

Agreed that the sky is falling crowd needs to back away from the edge. I think we'll be fine and agree that when we play our A game we are very hard to beat. Hopefully this is a wake up call though, we need to play better against perceived lesser teams.

Agree 100%, but that is why this could be a good thing since we might have been able to get that wake up call in a non-conference game rather then a conference one.

 

[Wyolie Coyote]

Really? If Texas state can run over our defense, what do you think USU and Fresno will do to us? Sky is falling.

 

[Wyokie]

Really? If Texas state can run over our defense, what do you think USU and Fresno will do to us? Sky is falling.

+1 you forgot Boise. Boise & USU will beat the shit outta us.

 

[kansasCowboy]

Really? If Texas state can run over our defense, what do you think USU and Fresno will do to us? Sky is falling.

Did you see how lowly Hawaii aired the ball to a 5 point loss against Fresno's D?
WYO- Fresno will more than likely be a shoot out.
So will WYO-usu.
I fear only Boise might get out of hand.

 

[pokefanchaz7]

Really? If Texas state can run over our defense, what do you think USU and Fresno will do to us? Sky is falling.

I think our team playing with the passion and grit that we saw against Air Force and Nebraska can play with anyone in the conference but this game it wasn't there.