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I voted 9-7, just because you would expect us to win some of the upcoming games, but the play has been so inconsistent. I think we are capable of winning the rest of the games, but we should have won three or four of the games we lost. I have never seen a team play itself or coach itself out of games you should win. It has been almost scary predictable. I was at the game yesterday and I swear I looked at my buddy as much as I hate bashing the skins when we were backed up and began losing the field position battle this is where we have been all year, get up on a team and let them back in the game. three plays later Portis laid the ball on the ground. It is like a well written book that things are going to turn at pivitol points in a game for us. Though I believe we only gave up three points these things have haunted us all year in nearly every game. I would have to say if it was not for our turnovers and failure to put teams away we could finish out 11-5 or 10-6, but 9-7 the way we are playing is optimistic. The mindset needs to change for the players and coaches to get away from continually saying we are going to be in battles week after week and it is going to come down to the last plays to decide. Though it may be a reality, you have to talk it up and have the mindset you are going to go in and blow this team up go for the kill. If you continually live up to that expectation of you can hang with a team to the last few minutes and hope the ball falls the right way you will play to that standard and coach to that standard. This is not a bash at any coaches or players, just seems like a team that is settled for mediocrity, maybe not the right words. Every player and coach in interview utter those words that we will be in hard fought battles all year and just don't get it done when were supposed to. Supposed to should be the whole game, not the last three minutes, the last defensive drive, the last offensive drive.