but Patterson definitely tries to have it both ways. “Oh, I definitely think it’s the end of an era” while saying we can definitely make the playoffs and compete for a Natty. All righty then.
I think he was trying to be cute. "It's the end of one era and the beginning of another." He didn't say that, but I got the impression that was what he was trying to say. I agree with you. His workding was very strange.