re: The 1988 football schedule

Interesting take, but I don't buy a downturn at the end of one year really affecting the next year. New team, new talent, new opponents..... 1988 shouldn't have much at all to do with what happened in 1989. There are many more controlling/governing factors than momentum from one year to the next. One of them being Mike Archer (or some say Joe Dean), which is a whole thread within itself.