Oh c'mon, I have to read the board about how much our program sucks, so I can't have a little fun every so often playing off on those posters with a bit of humor? Our program is fine, and dare I say it's right where it is intended to be. There is an element of truth to injuries and the union movement playing into our losses. Although injuries are inherent in the game, the extent of injuries within our program over the last two years has been monumental.
Other than the Iowa game [and for the first half of the Cali game] our team played competitively. There really wasn't that much of a difference between our 5-7 record and some years when we won 8 games, other than a few plays.
Moving forward, it's tough to say what we need to do. I mean, the biggest problem, imo, is that we haven't protected the QB in several years under McCall. This could be a result of being predictable, but mostly as a result of minimal protection. Putting in max protection, from time to time, isn't a bad idea if you want to lengthen routes. But, imo, minimal protection and expecting our wide receivers to get off the LOS timely and run deeper routes, has been asking too much. Shorten the routes and do what we do best. I think McCall got suckered into TS's arm strength and gambled the last two years with longer routes. But we just don't have the physical OL to maintain blocks nor was TS elusive enough.
Not saying I'm right, but it all is going to start with protecting the QB. We haven't gone one season without using two QB's since Kafka about 7 years ago. Persa, Colter, TS all got eaten alive with multiple concussions and injuries.
