I think everyone has come to the same conclusion, we suck. Losing 6 games in a row and getting absolutely pummeled in two of them will do exactly what's happening now to a fan base. Even the diehards will lose some, but not all interest.
We had a ray of hope with Gio then that was smashed rather quickly(hamstring). Rebuilds simply blow donkey balls. It's a slow tedious process which incorporates a helluva lot of loses, ridicule and pain. There's no real beacon of hope for this year or probably next. We are in the twilight of the shittiest part of a rebuild. Embrace the suck my friend, I finally have.
We don't suck and things are not as bleak as you project. Rather than project gloom and doom, why not enjoy the parts of the process that look bright? And there are some. The emergence of Gio. The emergence of Seymour on OL, Damon Hayes in the defensive backfield, Harris stepping up, Hester has been fairly solid.
The OL performance has been puzzling this year, and it is hard to imagine it getting worse next year, even though we lose Nelson and Muller. Could it get any worse?
Was listening to a radio interview of Chris Petersen a few weeks ago by Mike K (the Duke coach). He reviewed how things progressed at UW from year 1 to this year, and he said basically the same thing Ash has said- the need to get something along the lines of "our kind of guys," establishing a culture, and being CONSISTENT. You hear Ash harp on that word CONSISTENT after every game, evaluating every playing unit and every player. Petersen noted that last year there were some flashes of good play, but they were not CONSISTENT.
So, we have some small flashes of good play, and hopefully we will see more consistency in the next three games.
As to the OP's observation, YOU can start football threads too. The other thing about this week is that people may be focused and/or shell-shocked by the election results. The CE board is brimming with activity. The weekly look alike and haiku threads have been dead, and we have not had one MSU visitor on this board this week--maybe they are too ashamed to be in the basement slugging it out for which team remains there?
