Some of you might not follow college football. I don’t blame you. Or maybe you watch it, yet, it’s not at a level where you’re listening to college football podcasts. The Solid Verbal, arguably the best college football podcast out there, talks about sandwich games for team. The definition of this type of a game is ‘The team who face in between two major ones, and while you could beat the big teams, you may fall to that middle team.” Granted, Butler is much better than ‘middle of the road’, but Marquette fell into the sandwich trap.
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Even though the fans and coaches know this was a big game, the players had their eyes on National Marquette Day. It’s the homecoming of Marquette, and a game that means a hell of a lot to people. Also, they were still thinking about what happened against Villanova on Sunday. This isn’t an excuse for Marquette, rather, an explanation on how the hell this could happen with the stakes so high. They didn’t get up for this game, and Butler fucking kicked their ass putting a serious dent in their tournament hopes.

Marquette hangs by a thread on a bubble, but it’s officially dead for the time being. They’ve trended in the wrong direction since that Seton Hall win where most people are looking for answers than explanations. Did Marquette play over their head? Did Butler unlock the recipe to beat Marquette a few weeks ago, and they haven’t solved for it? Does Steve Wojciechowski’s seat starting getting warmer? (Answer: No). This is hopefully rock bottom, and Golden Eagles will need to respond in a major way.

If they get embarrassed on Saturday, the sandwich theory can get tossed out, and maybe, we all have to make peace that this was an average team disguised as a good one.