Starting with JMU up to now…

Defense last two quarters vs JMU

Four quarters vs Indiana

Four quarters vs BSU

Four quarters vs Ok. State

Offense…

Four quarters vs Texas Tech

Four quarters vs Indy

Four quarters vs BSU

Four quarters vs Ok. State

Lose last two out of three…

After today did not hear Lanning say he needs to coach better.

This team could win 11 could win 5.

USC is the make or break.

Have to win BIG to get to CFP. Doubt it happens.

Downward trend…

You're free to define a trend across the last few games of one season and the first two games of the next season in college football, but there are too many variables for me.

It's too early in the season to write us off as being capable of being a good team.

Losing 2 of the last 3 is a sobering thought, but I am certainly not ready to jump on the “Can Dan Train” yet.

I'd like to throw out another possible correlation...the only teams Dan Lanning has ever lost to were teams that played or won the national championship or teams with orange and black jerseys with school acronyms of OSU.

Does not matter. Not that we lost but how we lost. Those were easier to accept until now. I am by no means writing off the year only saying that the trend line is not good. I am certainly not suggesting in any way that Dan should be on the hot seat. Just an observation on what IMHO is

fact relative to the last 18 quarters. See what the future holds.

Um, four of those quarters our defense pitched a shutout. JMU was totally on the scrubs. But it sure looks like the scrubs are no worse than the starters at this point.

I truly wonder what the team is going through. The level of performance has fallen worse than a meteor. And the loss feels just as catastrophic as an impact on the planet.

So the question is what will it take to look like they did when they bounced Texas Tech. Or better yet, how can they duplicate the performance in November 2024, but just obliterate teams. I surely hope this team plays their rear-ends off in Los Angeles. I don't even care if they win or lose. I just want to see some intensity, some nastiness, and if it takes running highlights of Dick Butkus and Ray Lewis, play those films until we see it on the field. Even if they don't push people back, I want to hear pads cracking.