Truthfully, Boykin has been MIA for the last few games, and I don't know if another back even got a carry yesterday. Problem is that Harden was getting nothing between the tackles. and we kept doing it. Again. and again, and again. We were at least giving ourselves a chance to pick up yards outside the hash marks. We were committed to three plays the entire second half... deep ball, Harden up the middle, Tettleton scramble. No misdirection, no short passing game (which was critical because NIU's d was eating our offensive line for lunch). I don't remember a game where Tettleton had so little time to throw... NIU's "horrible" defense was in our backfield all night. All. effing. night.

I was asking myself the same questions in the second half last night:  Where's Blankenship?  Where's Boykin?  I told some folks around me that I thought we'd be bringing them in for some grind-it-out yardage.  Though Harden can be more explosive when it gets past the initial block, the other two had shown more ability at times to drag tacklers for additional yardage.  Last night the OL was not able to open many holes big enough for Harden to get through.  On good days sometimes the B boys don't need holes, they make their own.  I'm probably all wet here, but those were the thoughts going through my head as I watched things unfold last night.