bshot44: I actually agree with your general premise about Rourke. I think where we differ is that I think we have made great strides so far this season and that we are seeing great improvements in recent games. Admittedly BG was not much of a test but Ball State is a decent team. I watched much of their game against Notre Dame and the Irish OL was not opening up the kinds of holes that we were last night. Some of those hole were big enough and open long enough that Casper, Colorado or I could have run through them.
Amen. I think you're right. Offense has clicked last two weeks for sure. They did what they should've vs inferior opponents ... dominated them. I just hope that same success follows them to Kalamazoo & Oxford ... two places they've not experienced great success.
leads the series by 12 games, but we’ve won 5 of the last 6 in Oxford. The only loss was that 23-20 heartbreaker where the game ended on a sack near the goal line.
Current streak vs Miami. Ohio W5, 2013-2017.
Yes ... but last three in Oxford have been struggle vs bad Miami teams. This isn't a bad Miami team.
2012 - Gross
2014 - Needed FG to salvage a game vs 2-10 team
2016 - Ugly 17-7 win
Just saying they haven't been dominant over there in recent trips. And this Miami team is much better than those previous teams.
And Ohio has shown to be a different team away from Peden.
So yeah ... it's little worrisome to me