Any game now guys.
Not to nit-pick, but like Internet access in my apartment, I can't seem to find the Penn State men's soccer team that Division I coaches picked to finish second in the Big Ten conference in 2006.

Through the first six games, the Nittany Lions have one win and what can only be called a disappointing tie.

I'm oozing with confidence when it comes to the team's ability. After watching them stumble out of the gate this year, I immediately expected the same rapid rebound we saw last September.

Last fall saw the Lions start the season winless through five games before the sudden turnaround that included 10 straight wins and won them a conference title.

Maybe this year they're just teasing us.

Maybe like this year's Florida Marlins of the MLB, they are going to see how far under .500 they can fall before soaring back into the hunt.

Of course, that's not the case, but they might make a few fans think otherwise if the anticipated resurgence doesn't show itself soon.

The losing is almost inexplicable.

On metaphorical "paper," the team seems formidable, with a lineup including pre-season All-American Simon Omekanda, last year's Big Ten freshman of the year Jason Yeisley, 2006's all conference goalkeeper Conrad Taylor, stonewall defender Markku Viitanen and nine of last years 11 starters.

Having seen only stats and not the final scores, there's almost no way you could pin a winning percentage of less than .170 on this team.

Games have the same feeling. If you happened to be in the bathroom when the game's goals were scored, and saw only the other eighty-some minutes, a loss would be hard to believe after the manhandling of a match you had just watched.

The Lions have outshot opponents regularly. They've taken more corner kicks. They're faster. They have more experience.

Yet they've lost.

Granted, four of the season's first six contests have been against ranked teams, but this is not the Pittsburgh Pirates we're discussing.

Unlike my lifetime's perennial losers, this lack of results is anything but expected, not by the fans, not by the coaches and certainly not by the team.

They know they're good. The returning players who won last year know it. The new guys who came here to win know it. The coaches especially know it.

Perhaps that's why, despite the unexpected early flat-lining, there is a positive wind blowing through Jeffrey Field before every game.

Head coach Barry Gorman maintains his optimistic disposition.

Encouragingly, he has reiterated that through the losing he is simply not worried and his team will respond.

Well coach, I have faith in your team and I believe you, but what do you know about wireless internet?