Where do we go from here..(as fans)?

***I am not going to address the defense.  Everyone else hear, on the C-J, etc. has said anything I could say.  Let's hope for adjustments and improvements that prove this to be a one-time lapse.  They are talented.  Hope to see that soon.

First of all, yes the defense underperformed to a level I would never imagine in 2007, but as a fellow Cards fan, the BOOING WAS ATROCIOUS.  It would take a very long discussion to convince me otherwise.  An article within Frankpos's diary sums it up best, that maybe we are spoiled as a fan base with our recent success.  It is just terrible to hear hundreds and some times thousands of fans, not only booing, but yelling terrible things to the coaches and players on the field.  Believe me, I can be as big a critic as anyone else, but it surely does not motivate the players on the field when their own crowd is not behind them and how does that look to potential recruits and other TV viewers?  Yes the Defensive peformance was very disappointing, but the fan performance was even more disappointing.

Also, I didn't say it last week, but now seems like the time given the topic.  Why do we BOO when running plays are called against Murray in the 4th quarter when we had a 9 TD lead?  Anyone, ever heard of sportsmanship? And into this week, I don't understand the negative feedback about kneeling at the end and deciding to give Allen the ball many times.  He was averaging 8 yards a carry, keeping the clock running and minimizing turnover possibilities.  Clearly, to me at least, that was a smart move when your defense is vulnerable (putting it politely).  The spread will NEVER, EVER matter to matter to those running the game (unless we are talking about the NBA).  Since when was 10 scoring possessions in consecutive games and new records for your QB and RB unacceptable?

Other thoughts:
I wonder if Mr. Allen is still unhappy with his son's PT?  

Equally as a concern to me (and many other posters) were the penalties.  Two of 3rd down negated GOOD efforts by the defense.  And two inside the five yard line forced FGs rather than TDs.

In regards to the injuries, both teams had players go down.  And most of ours were offensive guys, and clearly through the stat sheet, I think it can be said that we were hitting them in the mouth on that side of the ball.  Even if we were hitting them harder, there is a lot of luck (lack of luck) involved in staying healthy (getting injured).

Loved seeing the efforts of TEs and Receivers after making catches.  Wish there would have been fewer drops, but dragging the defenders for the second week was awesome.  

Finally, at least we were not Michigan.  We won...not pretty...but we won.  Remembering all the criticism about defense vs WVU, BE conference, strength of schedule, and margin of victory vs UC and Syracuse from last year, none of that mattered because we kept winning.  UF almost lost to South Carolina, among others, AT HOME last year.  Michigan almost lost to Ball State AT HOME last year.  At the end of the year they (and UofL) were where they needed to be in the rankings to give them a shot at title hopes.  Losing is what matters most, and we just need to be glad the offense was spectacular enough to bail the team out.  Elvis Redbird said it right, at least the streak is alive. We live another day with our hopes still in tact.
(I'm NOT saying we can expect that every game, with the likes of UK, UC, USF, WVU, and Rutgers on the schedule.  Just trying to feed a little short-term optimism into the mix.  No reason to give up YET.)