The football players have moved into the weightroom and the coaches have started recruitment, but the memory of Saturday’s first-round playoff loss to Northern Iowa still lingers throughout the team.

“The disappointment is greater the more I think about it,” head coach Bob Spoo said. “I watched (the tape) and it only adds to the disappointment. It takes team effort, and all 11 guys out there, to put it together. That two percent is the difference that we didn’t accomplish. It’s a matter of executing.”

The 9-1 season was sparked by a win at Indiana State, highlighted by a win against Tennessee State, and topped off by an Ohio Valley Conference crown for the team’s second consecutive trip to the NCAA playoffs.

While the ‘L’ will forever be next to the Northern Iowa game, the memory will slowly fade into the off-season and into another year.