it was not so much us as it was them. they had two weeks to figure out a game plan and that included sending coaches to see us in person, something we could not do. all we had was probably a couple of tapes they had to give us. they came up with a game plan and it was the right one particularly on defense and we never adjusted to it. they took away our quick outs by covering us tight out there, then blitzed. because our quick throws were covered MS had to hang on to the ball just long enough for the blitz to be in his face. to be honest, Joe Gibbs, never adjusted to the same thing being done by the raiders in the super bowl and he was a pretty darn good coach. if someone is kicking your butt, better figure a way to turn things the other way, we did not. all the credit in the world to them, they not only had a good plan, they executed it and that is what it is all about.
we made the playoffs for the first time in a while, we had another winning season and we beat w&m, all in all, a season i can live with and really hope that we have gotten the program back on an even keel and we can go forward as a playoff contender though we lose a lot of great seniors.