Quote I heard yesterday

"When you start accepting defeats just because your team played well and just because your players gave their best, a performance for people to be proud of… I think when you get used to it, that’s when the big clubs stop being big clubs."

This was a comment made by former Chelsea football Club manager Jose Mourinho regarding his former team's performance against league leader's Liverpool yesterday, a 2-1 home loss. Chelsea are usually considered one of the top clubs in England but are in a transition period at the moment. I think it perfectly sums up where we are as a program.

There are those that look at Saturday Night as an opportunity missed. They will comment on clock management and our penalties as well as our putrid third quarter and there are those that will comment on how we should be "proud" of losing by less than a touchdown to a top 3 program on the road and it shows we belong. The more I think about that mindset the more I accept that we are not a "big club" in the current landscape, and probably haven't been for a good two decades at least.