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I use the quotation marks because the word "thoughts" does not include the phrase "angry rants". No no, I'm not super angry. More frustrated. Tired of missing these golden opportunities to jump to the next level. Sad for the fact that these BCS games don't come too often. Nor do they come often against teams we should beat.
Yes, we should have beaten Kansas. Not that we could have won. We straight up should have won. KU was better than I thought, for sure. Really, I had no idea what to expect as they didn't really play anyone. But to lose by 3 after the way Tech played? We should have won.
Make no mistake, this loss set us back. A program fighting on the brink of elite did not need another loss in a BCS game. This now makes 12 years since a BCS win. Officially, no one is allowed to talk about a National Championship on this site. WVU is 10 times more likely to win one than us... that hurt to type.
So let's play the question/answer dialog:
Was the season a success? Yes, of course. 11-3 is always successful. I will always be happy OVERALL with a season. I got to do the tomahawk chop in mocking fashion with 75,000 of my best friends. I've been waiting since kindergarten to do that. But the name of the game is missed opportunities. There is no need to document those. Besides, the computer I was tracking them on got thrown into the wall when we kicked the ball into Joe Mortensen's stomach.
Since the season was technically a success, does anything need changed? Good God yes. Bryan Stinespring... wow. If our offense was anywhere near AVERAGE, we finish top 5 every year. By my count, our offense cost us 17 points from turnovers. We win going away if we punted the ball on 1st down. Despite what you probably think, I am not a football expert. I cannot tell you exactly what needs to change in our offense (i.e. RUN THE %#*&ING BALL!). But I do know that if you have a legend like Frank Beamer as your coach and you can't recruit a top 30 offense, then you need to go home. If it quacks like a duck, it's either a duck or coach Bombay. (Hey, think Gordon could come be OC? I'd take Charlie Conway or that cake eater Adam Banks at this point.) By my count, there are 217 "Fire Bryan Stinespring" websites/facebook groups/nursery schools. This is not including the international community. The surge in the facebook group membership in the past 4 days should be telling enough. (The newest to join the Fire BS/VT blog community is in the links to the right.) I'm not saying its the end all be all, but sometimes a little change is good. And any change concerning our offense can't be bad. (Note that I refrained from using the phrase "offensive offense"... aww dammit.)
But I am only one person. How can I make a difference? Write your congressman. Tell him or her that we cannot stand for this kind of blind bi-partisan coaching. I don't really know what I meant by that, but forget it. I'm rolling.
Can we at least hate Kansas now? Unfortunately or otherwise, no. Every fan we met from the heart land was pretty fun. Most likely because they had booze, and we had no contact with KU whatsoever before this game. The last time we played common opponents was in 1874. Ironically, Michael "Ookie" Vick was transferred to a prison in Kansas. Maybe ESPN will make him define the state, cuz lord knows they made him define us. (Seriously, the freshmen this year were 12 when Vick played at Tech. No one cares.)
Will we be in the National Championship hunt in 2008? Get the hell off of my porch, son.
But the game was fun. To all fans out there, if you can make a BCS game, DO IT. Then you'll realize why our goal every year should be to win the conference. Yes, we are angry right now, but we are angry about one game. That's fine. We all know we had a great season. And we will all remember that in a few weeks when we return from our ESPN.com hibernation. Stay tuned for a season wrap.
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