This Team... (long)

First of all, let me start by saying yesterday was a complete disaster. Come into a opener hyped like we were and to see that performance was depressing. We got out-played, out-hustled, and out-coached. Our offensive line was atrocious for most of the game. Harris looked way to much in his own head to have any chance of making a play. Our kicking philosophy completely boggles me. And our defense, which played pretty well considering they were on the field pretty much the whole first half, looked confused for much of the game. That comes with a new coordinator and scheme tho. The game as a whole was terrible to watch.

However, you have to give credit where credit is due. Wisconsin played a pretty good game while we played the worst game we could have possibly played. Just going back to '14 when we played them in Houston, you knew it would be a tough game, especially playing in Green Bay. Wisconsin has shown to be practically unbeatable at home.

What I didn't see that I would have liked to have seen more of was someone taking control, as far as leadership goes with the players, on the sideline. We hear about the "leadership council" the team has but never see anybody (players not coaches) getting in anybody's arse on the sideline.

However, this season is NOT over! Yeah, we looked pathetic but, there is still a lot to play for. I'm no pumper, Miles needs to go after the season is over; whatever the outcome may be. But I'm not throwing in the towel either. Let's take a look at the last 5 one loss national champions:

'15: Bama loses to OM @ home
'14: Ohio St loses to Va Tech @ home (bad loss)
'12: Bama loses to aTm & JF @ home
'11: Do we really even need to discuss it??
'08: Florida loses @ home to OM (bad loss) and Tebow gives his crying speech

Notice the trend of the home game losses. We just went into Lambeau Field and played a Wisconsin team, who isn't some slouch program and playing their old DC who left them for dry basically, and got beat in the first game of the season. There is still a lot to play for. We still have the best player in college football. We still have a pretty damn good defense, who will improve throughout the season. Our o-line played horrible and will get better as the season progresses. And if Harris can get out of his head, he could be a good enough QB to not screw it up.

Looking around the league, the only team that looked good yesterday was Alabama. Nobody else really played that well. There is still a ton of potential for a stellar season. Win out and you're in the playoff. It IS possible. Not saying it will happen just saying it's possible. We are going to find a lot out about this team and its leadership in the next 3-4 weeks. Don't give up just yet.

And for you people that call yourselves "fans" that do NOTHING but bitch and moan, go find a hole to crawl in for the next couple of months. Seriously, yall are pathetic. Yall are the reason we don't have the fanbase we used to be. It was the first game of a LONG season. There is a lot that can happen.