This team was undefeated, BK's best team ever, won them all and got an ass kicking in the bowl game. This has to have some residual impact. So what the players may say, we win them all and what is awaiting us-a big loss on national television, why bother. Teams that lose the Super Bowl suffer from this syndrome and rarely, if ever, get back for next year.
It will take more of a sports psychologist than football coach to keep the team on track.