well, with that statement, yes.... according to him it is a mental thing... at least it was for his predecessor. and that's just the thing, there haven't been costly injuries yet, and the opponents we've beaten have been cake. when fassel had those 2 things going for him (healthy team and favorable sched) we went to the SB.
we'll learn a lot in the next 2 weeks- hopefully, there really is a change. we have to beat someone better than us to make me a believer.