We can only rely on this defense to bail us out so many times before luck runs out.
This was a similar situation in 2002, where that excellent (and very, very lucky) defense pulled out 7 wins for us before luck ran out against USC. That castrated version of the West Coast Offense that Tyrone Willingham insisted on running, using a triple option quarterback was an exercise in futility, and the 7-14 loss to BC the week before that blowout by USC, was a glaring sign of the offense's terrible weakness.
He's entirely correct.
Replies to: "He's entirely correct."
- ESPN quote - bobdrake - 10:45am 10/7/24
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- Tells you all you need to know. Can’t be a playoff contender with those numbers. They are also - Frank L - 3:27pm 10/8/24
- The OLine is the main problem - wrdomerson - 9:34am 10/8/24
- 50-50 between Leonard and the line, but your point is valid. [NT] - Frank L - 3:28pm 10/8/24
- RL will not cause anyone any sleepless nights with his arm -- other than Notre Dame. - humbaba - 1:40pm 10/7/24
- The bigger concern is why RL was the primary focus of Freeman. He's a RB who happens to throw some - WestCoastIrishFan - 12:08pm 10/7/24
- He threw for nearly 3000 yards at Duke as a sophomore, and more than Quinn or Book in Yr 2 starts - Turkish - 12:40pm 10/7/24
- Lets not pretend he's either Quinn or Book. He's not [NT]
- ColeyO - 1:52pm 10/7/24
- Love both QBs. Interesting fact, Brady Quinn only beat 1 team that finished Top 25 his last 2 years - Turkish - 3:55pm 10/7/24
- I bet playing under ty and Weis had nothing to do with that. [NT] - Chrisb - 9:41pm 10/7/24
- a foreshadowing of his NFL career. An equal athlete to RL but with a better arm. He would have - WestCoastIrishFan - 5:05pm 10/7/24
- Playing for the Cleveland Browns killed his career - ndunabomber - 6:00pm 10/7/24
- Love both QBs. Interesting fact, Brady Quinn only beat 1 team that finished Top 25 his last 2 years - Turkish - 3:55pm 10/7/24
- Lets not pretend he's either Quinn or Book. He's not [NT]
- ColeyO - 1:52pm 10/7/24
- He could get in? It’s a mystery on several QB recruits why we offer them and why he can’t keep them. - whatsamataU - 12:28pm 10/7/24
- He threw for nearly 3000 yards at Duke as a sophomore, and more than Quinn or Book in Yr 2 starts - Turkish - 12:40pm 10/7/24
- He's entirely correct. - ndunabomber - 11:48am 10/7/24
- Surprised to hear it’s not worse than 30 or 40. Wonder what it is if we take out Purdue [NT]
- ndphysics - 11:11am 10/7/24
- Good point. Use the geometric rather than arithmetic mean in calculing performance metric averages. [NT]
- SteveM - 11:21am 10/7/24
- Yes. Let's cherry pick just Riley's performances to support our argument. What if we take out NIU? - Turkish - 12:53pm 10/7/24
- Are u suggesting NIU was our only ‘off’ game? [NT]
- ndphysics - 4:08pm 10/7/24
- I'm suggesting that removing 20% of a sample size to bolster an agenda is poor form - Turkish - 4:24pm 10/7/24
- I will hope u r right but to me the Purdue game was an outlier. NIU looked a lot like CMU offensive - ndphysics - 4:48pm 10/7/24
- I'm suggesting that removing 20% of a sample size to bolster an agenda is poor form - Turkish - 4:24pm 10/7/24
- Are u suggesting NIU was our only ‘off’ game? [NT]
- ndphysics - 4:08pm 10/7/24
- Yes. Let's cherry pick just Riley's performances to support our argument. What if we take out NIU? - Turkish - 12:53pm 10/7/24
- Good point. Use the geometric rather than arithmetic mean in calculing performance metric averages. [NT]
- SteveM - 11:21am 10/7/24