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My source of disappointment and frustration this year was all the times in the 4th quarter the game was on the line and we just didn't seem to have the right stuff.
SDSU, Wazzu, U$C in the CC game, TCU. All very winnable games, but the opposition made the plays and we didn't.

add Oregon State to the mix too.
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Wasn't Oregon State the exact opposite?
In that game we were outplayed (a very winnable game for OSU), but did make a couple of plays towards the end to pull out the victory.


The OSU game was frustrating for a different reason, and at least for me a reason that lingers longer.

The close - coulda, woulda, shoulda - games I find sting in the moment (if we had just done X, we would have won, and there are usually about 10 choices for X). But over a longer haul, I find overall poor performances more disappointing. I was disappointed that we could not play a competitive game against $C in week #2, I was disappointed that we let a bad OSU team outplay us for most of the game, I was disappointed we could never put together a quality performance on the road.

You measure great players by their impact on the field -- and the void they leave when they're gone (in Solomon Thomas' case, with two years eligibility left).

I think the void they leave is more complicated, as it depends upon the next guy as well.
McCaffrey was a great player by most any measure, but the void he left was not as big as the one left by Thomas because Love was in the wings.

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[quote author=JPRI link=topic=18454.msg220323#msg220323 date=1515164866]
My source of disappointment and frustration this year was all the times in the 4th quarter the game was on the line and we just didn't seem to have the right stuff.
SDSU, Wazzu, U$C in the CC game, TCU. All very winnable games, but the opposition made the plays and we didn't.

add Oregon State to the mix too.
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Wasn't Oregon State the exact opposite?
In that game we were outplayed (a very winnable game for OSU), but did make a couple of plays towards the end to pull out the victory.


The OSU game was frustrating for a different reason, and at least for me a reason that lingers longer.

The close - coulda, woulda, shoulda - games I find sting in the moment (if we had just done X, we would have won, and there are usually about 10 choices for X). But over a longer haul, I find overall poor performances more disappointing. I was disappointed that we could not play a competitive game against $C in week #2, I was disappointed that we let a bad OSU team outplay us for most of the game, I was disappointed we could never put together a quality performance on the road.

You measure great players by their impact on the field -- and the void they leave when they're gone (in Solomon Thomas' case, with two years eligibility left).

I think the void they leave is more complicated, as it depends upon the next guy as well.
McCaffrey was a great player by most any measure, but the void he left was not as big as the one left by Thomas because Love was in the wings.