had to carry them through the Wisconsin game. The difference between last year and this is that they had an experienced QB on the roster. The line play is a direct result of possible misevaluations and multiple years of bad coaching. That stuff doesn’t generally get fixed over night. Their LB talent is subpar (again, same issue as last year, blame recruiting) and their Dline is undersized (again, recruiting and they lost KH - their biggest interior DL last year). The roster is down to what, 4 healthy scholarship WRs? The roster is seriously flawed. Kelly squeaked by some BAD teams last year, early, before TR made adjustments with a veteran QB at the helm. Jack Coan is the difference between beating Toledo by 3 and losing to Marshall by 6. …Actually, didn’t Kelly have a habit of squeaking by teams they should beat by 4 scores? Didn’t we want that to end? Part of it is coaching but some of it is talent as well. QB, WR, and OLine need to be recruited better AND coached better. The offense has consistently been the problem for about 6 years now. Freeman has obviously had no say over offensive recruiting or offensive philosophy until he became HC. Give him some time to recruit. Give his coaches some time to teach. This was a double-digit win team but was also an incredibly lucky team and probably an overrated team in some regards. Kelly, being experienced, IS probably more likely to win close games…but we don’t want close games against G5 schools.