"They picked us 12th in the league"

[RUHouston]

“They picked us 12th in the league," McConnell said, echoing his coach’s favorite line. “That’s all I’m going to say about that. They picked us 12th.” (from Politi's good article today)

We've heard Pike say it in EVERY single post-game presser but now we've got Caleb echoing it in public.

At first I thought it was Pike being modest and humble but the more he's saying it, and I do believe he is modest and humble, the more I think it's used as motivation - not cheap words.

The players have clearly bought in and I love the chip on their collective shoulders.

Barring some kind of freaky collapse there's NO way we finish 12th unless it's 12th from the BOTTOM of the league!

Keep pounding nails, boys! Keep winning!

 

[RUBigFrank]

We could finish 12 possibly and still make the tourney. The road is treacherous.

 

[RUJMM78]

We could finish 12 possibly and still make the tourney. The road is treacherous.

Not likely to happen since all other B1G teams are having great difficulty winning on the road.Its more likely that many teams will be clustered with 8-11 league losses.

 

[cubuffsdoug_rivals]

We could finish 12 possibly and still make the tourney. The road is treacherous.

I knew it. There would be someone who would find that needle in the haystack and poke himself. Why must we always look for the negative in everything?

 

[RUBigFrank]

cuz we have long waze to go - lot of tough road games ahead.