<p>Poor end-game execution and Fitz going conservative on offense w/ the lead partially led to those 4th Q losses, but Mark not playing RB in the 4th Q of the PSU game and top CB Van Hoose missing the UNL and UM game probably hurt more.</p>
<p>The good news was that this was supposed to be a “seasoning” year for the 'Cats - most of the starters are returning and much of the best talent is among the underclassmen (w/ another strong recruiting class slated for 2013).</p>
<p>The 'Cats should be in the hunt for a B1G title for the next couple of years even w/ the conf. schedule getting tougher w/ the addition of dOSU.</p>