[Husker] We really need some perspective here

[Pat]

rczeranko at juno.com wrote:

>What defines success? The team picks goals each season and that is the definition of success for the team. We fans can have expectations, but only the team can define success.
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If the team doesn't live up to outside expectatins, then it doesn't 
really matter what goals they may come up with to define success.

>  If you look objectively at the past three seasons, Nebraska keeps getting better.
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This is debatable.  It's very possible that Nebraska will finish with a 
worse record than last year.  That might not neccessarily mean we've 
gotten worse, but I don't know that this team is all that much better 
than last year.  If they are, they have yet to prove it on the field.  
Callahan's first season was so awful that there was nowhere to go but up.

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>This team is not medocre as some as stated, it does not stink. It is young, but competatitve. Nebraska jumped Oklahoma State year, but looked a little flat due to the Texas game. Heck, even Texas struggled on the road. Missouri is big game, but Nebraska should prevail. Homecoming in Lincoln, after back to back loses. It should be a fun one. I have always believed that you can tell more about a team on how they react to a lose than you can to a win.
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Nebraska *was* coming off a loss going into the Oklahoma State game.  
They  were also coming off a loss after the Texas Tech game in 2005 when 
they went  1-3 over the next stretch of 4 games.  In fact, if Nebraska 
loses on Saturday, it would be the 3rd straight season in which Bill has 
lost 3 consecutive games during some stretch.

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>Nebraska came out firing last Saturday, but just ran into a team that wanted it more. There's no shame in how the Huskers played against Oklahoma State. They played hard the whole game, Oklahoma State was just the better team last Saturday.
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With all due respect, you are way off-base with this paragraph.  I am 
sure the coaches do not feel that we played "hard the whole game" and 
that there's "no shame" in how we played.  This would be true of how 
Nebraska played against Texas, but not last week.  If the team has 
nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to improve on from last week, then 
I would not expect them to beat Missouri on Saturday.  The team simply 
played awful for most of the 2nd half.  There are certain things that 
simply can't be excused by simply saying "they wanted it more", such as 
the 7 points OSU put up right before halftime.