Some folks (myself included) will point out that the defense wasn't that great in the 1st two thirds of the season.
The bigger problem, though, was that Brian Kelly insisted on using all of that offensive talent to run his dink 'n dunk passing offense, along with making Dayne Crist run too many designated QB runs. Had he simply let the team run standard dropback passing plays and throw the ball downfield, that offense would have been far superior.
Crist did what he could in that non-optimal offense, and actually came away with decent numbers until he got his knee blown out in the Tulsa game. 59% completion, 15 TD, 7 INT.
2010's team should have been at least a BCS bowl team, minimum
Replies to: "2010's team should have been at least a BCS bowl team, minimum"
- For the record Kelly had a BETTER roster (by far) when he went 8-5 his first season. - NDavenue - 12:38pm 12/22/22
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- No, but let's remember, Kelly inherited a shit show, - cubsfanin16 - 2:55pm 12/22/22
- Bk inherited as much talent as he left..Riddick eifert Rudolph Floyd zmartin - beefy78 - 3:27pm 12/22/22
- Talent and culture are not the same thing. - ND_in_DRO - 4:04pm 12/22/22
- Bk inherited as much talent as he left..Riddick eifert Rudolph Floyd zmartin - beefy78 - 3:27pm 12/22/22
- The commonality with both teams was the terribly QB situation - ND_in_DRO - 1:57pm 12/22/22
- Wait, so Kelly in fact did not "inherit crap" or a "shit show?" Wow, color me shocked! [NT] - Indy24Irish - 1:34pm 12/22/22
- 2010's team should have been at least a BCS bowl team, minimum - ndunabomber - 1:23pm 12/22/22
- Interesting that you would call those decent numbers [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 1:28pm 12/22/22
- Let’s see how Freeman pans out…. - WoodstockIrish - 1:21pm 12/22/22
- Agree. [NT] - NDavenue - 2:03pm 12/22/22
- No, but let's remember, Kelly inherited a shit show, - cubsfanin16 - 2:55pm 12/22/22