Notice one stat missing:  Number of times we either took a penalty or had to use a TO because coaching staff couldn't get the play to the QB in time.  The staff does deserve criticism for this issue, which was embarrassing in Boise.

What were there? Zero turnovers? I'll take the "better safe than sorry" timeouts, thankyouverymuch.

You can criticize all you want but in the first year of running a difficult system that sometimes had its kinks it worked well.  What isn't as obvious is when a play is changed when the defense is recognized and the result is a first down or a play for large gain.  It was obvious that Utah St. was running a defense that they had not run previously even the announcers noted that.  We took some time to figure out what they were doing and what to run.

Getting the snap off before the play clock expires is a pretty simple exercise.  Like on the first offensive set of the 2nd half.  And we were sooooo reacting to USU for the first 1 1/2 quarters.  When we finally decided to get up to the line quickly and get the snap off pretty much right away, we started moving.  Until that point the lack of confidence and fire that characterized the 2nd half of the NIU game was hampering us.  When we took it to them with confidence, we rolled.  14 games into the year, we should have known who we were and what worked for us earlier in the game.

I think Saturday woulda been a lot less stressful if we'd've gone hard quick at USU right away and if we'd've blitzed them in some obvious situations (third and longs).

I totally agree that the future is very bright.  The way that this year ended, though, did not give us top 25 shine.  I think that a MAC title and more decisive bowl win definitely would've gotten us votes.

I do think that's what we're capable of.  It disappoints and irks me when, having that potential, we don't play like it.

Look at the way our offense played against temples and bg and redhawk.  Not much hesitation or leg-lifting and looking toward the sideline and hesitation.  For the most part, we were confident in what we were doing and we attacked.  We didn't stumble around trying to react to the defense.

It just seemed so obvious in the last half against NIU and most of the first half vs. USU that we did not have that flair.

I wonder what our offensive output was (# of plays run, yards, running yards, passing yards, points, first downs, etc) in the last 2 quarters of NIU and the first two of USU compared to the rest of the season or the four or five games before the title game.

I'm not griping just to complain.  I'm griping because I think that we are so much better on offense than we showed.

I didn't see the best one on there... number of days since we lost to Miami.

I too am blinded to the many faults of our current coaching staff when I should be thinking about what might have been.  I guess I just get wrapped up in this whole "best season ever in the history of Bobcat football" thing.  Thanks for keeping me down to earth on this matter.