Quote Originally Posted by confucius say View Post
I agree it's important for perception and all the "outside noise" as lebby calls it. But if we play them to the wire I do think it will raise some eyebrows, both at us and at them.
Yep, but then part of me remembers last years team taking the big 12 champ to a 7 point game on the road?. well we see how that turned out.

I think at this point anything but a W before conference play will cripple the fan base for the rest of the season. Have to get them back into it. A close loss won?t do anything to motivate an average fan. They want to see Ws.