Occasional flop vs. repeat failures in big games
by Flanner89 (2021-02-19 12:40:17)

In reply to: Why don't more people get this?  posted by graNDfan

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I can accept an occasional flop game. Lou lost to Air Force. Ohio State lost to Purdue (or was it Iowa) not that long ago, and barely beat Navy. Clemson has their occasional Pittsburgh.
I know it was Michigan, but we beat them pretty well the previous year and Michigan was down, so I put that more in the "flop" game category. As long as that's a once every 3-5 year happening I'll accept it as par for the course (as evidenced by the elite teams having a similar rate of flop games.)
My issue is the repeat ass-whoopings in the big games. That's where those elite teams shine and we stink -- a huge difference between a Kelly team and the elite teams in these games. Not as big a different with the occasional flop.
(I am admittedly a bit torn on not counting Michigan as a big game, since it fits the profiles of some of the other Kelly blow-outs. But I remember the ND fanbase view of that game, myself included, as it being a fairly sure victory for us.)

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