Has the team quit?
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Not at all. They were fighting at the end of a miserable game in miserable weather last weekend.
They didn't quit, but they are tired and worn out.
I don't think so. Not overall.
There may have been points in the blowouts when the starters get somewhat demoralized. They are human and competitors and that's natural and understandable.
Anybody who has had to compete against vastly superior competition and has any ability at introspection understands the psychology at work here. But some players are as contrarian as they are competitive and will fight and scrape and claw even harder regardless of the score.
I think we have more of that later sort than not. Which is a good thing.
There may have been points in the blowouts when the starters get somewhat demoralized. They are human and competitors and that's natural and understandable.
Anybody who has had to compete against vastly superior competition and has any ability at introspection understands the psychology at work here. But some players are as contrarian as they are competitive and will fight and scrape and claw even harder regardless of the score.
I think we have more of that later sort than not. Which is a good thing.
Not sure, but a lot of the fans quit.
You think any player that will be on the field Saturday against MD will not give his all? Which seems like what the OP was asking. I think the players will come out and fight hard to win a game for the seniors.
It's one thing to be down 50 points and start exhibiting frustration by over-playing or being just that little bit slower to react because one's lightly bruised rib, right forearm, and left heel are all hurting like hell. It's another thing to quit before even walking out on the field for the last game for the seniors. I just don't see that happening.
True but is the nature of the beast. If we were 9-1 and in the game till the end, not too many people would've left, hopefully. Being 2-8 and down a lot when the wind-driven frozen precipitation started is, IMO, understandably beyond most ordinary fan's limits.
No. PSU couldn't score a touchdown in the first half. An early turnover in the second may have created momentum for PSU and they got their game on, but I think RU played the whole game. I actually do not care for the question.
don't think so, not at all and thats a testament to their mental toughness
lol....this one is on the kids, their upbringing, pride. The coaches stripped them of their season but not their pride :)
I honestly believe that this team is exhausted. I also believe the coaching staff is a little tired. Did the team quit this year, not completely sure. But if they did it would be understandable. All I ask for next year is a little more continuity and better execution from the offense.
I predict that after the 2018 season, you will be Ash's biggest fan. C'mon, admit it. You know you're gonna love him.
I hope Ash and the team prove me right. We'll probably have some idea in about twenty one months or so.
Just to put it in perspective, Michigan played in front of 100,000 in a driving snowstorm. For us, by the time the freezing rain started happening, the only people in the stadium that could be found were the teams, cheerleaders, and the band.
Yep. Is just the how that it is. (Yo, @RU848789; how ya like that last sentence. :D)
I might've gutted it out, but a friend of mine had been sending warm and inviting text messages all game long and once the sleet/hail/frozen-precip arrived, coincidental with the score getting out of hand, I became weak-willed and selfish and fled into her waiting arms.
Also, the rest of the folks I drove to the game were already back in my truck waiting for me to take them home.
I think for the most part players came into games with a positive outlook.As games progress and the score became unfavorable some players became demoralized and their performance made fans think that they quit.My viewpoint is that the team lacks talent and playing a B1G schedule weekly simply wore the team down because there were no play makers to change the tide of games.
Unfortunately I think you are right. Especially the Offense has packed it in since the 2nd Half of the Indiana game. Just not enough talent at QB, OL, and WR to be anywhere near competitive in the B1G. Fustrations have taken its toll.
If we are down by a few scores early and the offense is floundering again, I can see the "here we go again" mindset rearing it's ugly head. It's just human nature.
Agree with this. I believe that this team lacks confidence, and when they fall behind their performance declines. With an offense that can't score, once we fall behind the games are lost because the defense is not capable of scoring.
Agree with bac that this started after the Indiana game.
I will be shocked if we cover the 14 point spread at College Park on Saturday. And MD is a lousy team. We can't beat anyone at this point, IMO.
I dunno.. hard to explain 9-0 for the 1st half against a ranked team... that is not a team that quit.
I will grant that Bac's example of 3rd and 12 and running seems like quitting on a coach's part. And the offense seems... less inspired than the D... but I do not think that is a team quitting.
alot of that was PSU not playing all that well. I just so no fire from RU in that first half even down 9-0 that led me to believe that this game would be competitive in the 2nd half.
They played their butts off against penn state until the tanks were empty. Too bad out safety didn't intercept that pass that hit him in the chest
Quit is a bad term. Maybe they're just beaten up and worn out. Especially the D.
I don't think they've quit at all. The defense played well against PSU. They just got worn down.
I think the best thing that could've happened was that PSU fumble on the kickoff. I didn't watch as closely as I usually do, but I think that even though the offense didn't / couldn't convert...The PSU Fumble put some extra fire in the defense. I thought they played their hearts out. Let's give this some perspective...to be down by only 9-0 at the half to a top 10 team (regardless of the team), when Michigan, Ohio State, etc. had blown them out previously was a feat of it's own. Second half I'd say the defense was dog tired and really needed the offense to get on the scoreboard and eat up some playing time to give them some more rest. Really needed a gunslinger QB in the second half that could've been unleashed to scramble a little bit, ala a Chas Dodd.
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I never said that...I said even though they didn't score from that initial PSU error, it (the PSU fumble) put some extra fire in the RU defense. I edited my original post to clarify.
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No the team has not quit. It's simply beat up and demoralized. That's what happens when you play the 11th toughest schedule in the country. Playing the #2,3,6,8,33,35 teams in the country takes a toll.
This is where depth creeps in, you're forced to play players who aren't healthy, because you have no one else. While the other teams can just rollout another player and not lose much. I still believe our schedule was simply too top heavy in the 1st 5 weeks. I've never seen a schedule like that from anybody ever in college football.
This is where depth creeps in, you're forced to play players who aren't healthy, because you have no one else. While the other teams can just rollout another player and not lose much. I still believe our schedule was simply too top heavy in the 1st 5 weeks. I've never seen a schedule like that from anybody ever in college football.
