Well, they lost a lot. I looked at their starting lineup from their Bowl game as compared to their starting lineup against MTSU. Only 3 of 11 names are the same and all 3 are OL. Given some of the scores in their games last year, hard to believe that backup Knapke only threw 20 passes all of last season.

To be fair, this is BG's 3rd head coach and coaching staff in the last 4 seasons. That is a huge amount of turnover and change in a very, very short period of time. When you considered Ohio has had pretty much the same core coaching staff during the entire Solich era, you can imagine how that much change could be hard on players with different schemes, plays and the daily operations changing all the time. They are also played 3 teams that will challenge/win conference championships this year in the Big 10 (OSU), CUSA (MTSU) & AAC (Memphis). But still, after being really good the last several years, it's hard to think BG is that bad now. But their losses were huge, especially the playmakers they lost on offense and a good head coach. One thing is for sure, there will not be a BG-NIU matchup in the MACC again this year for the 4th straight time. You can book that.