The offensive playcalling was a simplified retread of the Tommy Rees / Brian Kelly offense, with some of the obviously bad choice plays not being used as much.
To put it this way, even Guidugli's playcalling seemed much more thorough during the Sun Bowl, and that we were seeing our receivers actually getting some separation in their routes.
I still wonder how much better this team could have been if we hadn't botched the Andy Ludwig hire.