tPB Official Cope Thread

[Mavsker]

As the title suggests go to the other thread for bitching, this one is for coping

1. This loss will light a fire under our asses. We were flat last night at home in a ranked matchup under the lights. We'll come out juiced for our 11 am kickoff at Purdoodoo next week.

2. Similarly getting pushed around and physically manhandled on both sides of the ball gives us many "coachable moments". We had a lot of these from last week but now we have even more.

3. The team was buying into its own hype. The loss will actually be good in the long run, because the media will (in the words of Mazzcua) "get off our dicks" and we can now refocus on fundamentals.

4. Coach Rhule said we had our best week of practice this week. Trending up. And as we all know from the Frost tenure, great practices during the week will translate to great results on the field on Saturdays, sooner or later.

5. Last year after getting our asses waxxed by Michigan at home, we turned around and beat Illinois on the road by two scores, kicking off what would become a three game win streak against the bottom of the barrel of the Big Ten. Our next three games are Purdoodoo, Rutgers, and Indiana, and three wins get us to bowl eligibility.

Did I miss anything?

 

[BingoDingo]

"I'd hate to be Purdoodoo this week!"

 

[greybeardedchild]

6. This makes Colorado look all the more stupid for losing to us.

 

[Dawgsauce]

As the title suggests go to the other thread for bitching, this one is for coping

1. This loss will light a fire under our asses. We were flat last night at home in a ranked matchup under the lights. We'll come out juiced for our 11 am kickoff at Purdoodoo next week.

2. Similarly getting pushed around and physically manhandled on both sides of the ball gives us many "coachable moments". We had a lot of these from last week but now we have even more.

3. The team was buying into its own hype. The loss will actually be good because, the media will (in the words of Mazzcua) get off our dicks and we can now refocus on fundamentals.

4. Coach Rhule said had our best week of practice this week. Trending up...

5. Last year after getting our asses waxxed by Michigan at home, we turned around and beat Illinois on the road by two scores, kicking off what would become a three game win streak against the bottom of the barrel of the Big Ten. Our next three games are Purdoodoo, Rutgers, and Indiana, and three games gets us to bowl eligibility.

Did I miss anything?

Great post, and only one dick comment so far which is also positive. Also a great time to manage expectations which helps when things don't go N's way. Nebraska has a QB that every team would kill to have. Year 2 and 3 are going to be nuts. I also like that Rhule kept the sumbitch Mazzcua out. That is the tough calls a coach has to make to build culture which doesn't happen overnight. Honestly, if that kid doesn't get it together, he won't be here next year. He needs his ass kicked.
The Oline was whooped by OT, and needs more depth and N has to figure out how to stop the run. Great night for lessons as Mavs said, and I think we'll see better play next game as well.

 

[Mavsker]

This is a playoff caliber Illinois team and we went blow for blow with them. Year 3, after we lose half our starters to graduation, is when this thing really takes off

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

We also lost 2 of the 3 players on our team to injury that everyone agreed were the most irreplaceable. Gottula played pretty decent for his age and experience, but losing a potential first round NFL draft corner probably affected our defensive calls and gave some openings that wouldn't have otherwise been there.

I haven't heard prognosis yet for Corc or Tommi. Getting them back would be a boon.

 

[Papa...Football]

We aren’t officially eliminated from bowl eligibility yet, so we got that going for us