I’m as tired as any of you of the board being clogged up so I will bite. First garizzlies it sounds like A to me.
As far as top sixteen or top three I’m extremely tired of comparing apples to oranges. This team has and will have big goals. Win the big sky, win the national title, beat the cats, and graduate. I would say during this second stint there has been an unspoken rule/goal and that is to be exemplary off the field. Some years we will not achieve any or all of these goals. However, trying to pretend like Bobby was starting out this second stint as he was his first stint (with 2 national titles in the previous decade as well as multiple appearances, a double digit streak over the cats, and a string of big sky titles, and playoff appearances) would be disingenuous. This university is coming off one of the decidedly worst stretches we’ve had in decades. A national scandal, dropping enrollment, poor success on and off the field.
Now to my knowledge we’ve had multiple winning seasons in a row, three straight playoff appearances, and two of those higher than anything in the last decade with this year to be determined. We’ve had great academic results for a college football team. We’re not seeing athletes show up in the paper except one in 5 years which was an act of self defense downtown, and by a player who is no longer on the team. We haven’t hit a lot of those goals yet but we are hitting the most important 2 at this time. The university is rebounding and not shooting itself in the foot.
Now, there is much more to accomplish, and this program needs to continue to build. This staff needs to take a hard look in the mirror and make the adjustments to get us to the next level and attaining those other goals. This is a weakness that this staff has had and one we will see if they can correct. It happened during the first stint.
As a fan I can enjoy what we have at the moment versus the last decade without maroon colored glasses. I look forward to the future and watching us continue to work to attain goals. I will be frustrated at times and pleasantly surprised at times, and regardless of those outcomes my life will move on, because this is just a game after all, and thanks to my degree from this university, my love for this town and state, and all the other blessings outside of griz football, I don’t judge my happiness by singular events. Hope you can count your blessings and learn to cheer on these guys through thick and thin.
