Quote Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg View Post
Yes, Jackie had some memorable wins and had opportunities for more, but "Bad Losses" does not accurately depict the entirety of the Jackie era. We had TERRIBLE seasons under Jackie that people seem to ignore because he took us to Atlanta. I sat through 3-6-2 ('93), 3-8 ('95), and 5-6 ('96). It put Jackie on the hot seat - and if it wasn't for that miracle against Bama in '96 we would have seen a new coach. But, we stuck with Jackie because we were looking at the long game. While Dan has had some disappointing seasons, I have never seen anywhere near the crap I saw those 3 seasons in the mid-90's.
I'll give you that 93 and 95 were bad. I remember those years even though I'd rather forget them. But 96 wasn't terrible. We beat Alabama and shut out OM in Oxford. The week before Alabama, we missed what would have been a game winning field goal against UK in Lexington and also lost a heartbreaker to Arkansas in OT the week after. If schedules were then like they are today, we would have had an extra fluff nonconference game in there somewhere that would have gotten us to 6-6 and bowl eligible. That team was realistically comparable to Mullen's 2011 and 2013 teams.