This could get ugly.
Or it could get better.
That’s what we wrote three and a half weeks ago, and expectations generally leaned toward the former. At 1-3 with two shocking, heartbreaking losses, the Wildcats were spiraling in the wrong direction with the beef of the Big Ten schedule ahead. We questioned the coaching staff — offensive, defensive and even Pat Fitzgerald. Change seemed to be the only solution, and one that was necessary sooner rather than later.
Not much else could have gone wrong in the first four weeks.