I predict a well played, contested game against Miami. We probably lose, but do not get blown out. That will make the 38-0 run by Bowling Green all the more unacceptable. That we thought one win over Wake Forest entitled us to overlook Bowling Green is pathetic.
That's still a bullshit lie pathetic excuse. BG's coach was unhappy about having to play a non conference game between two MAC conference games. Said so in his presser. We are in the exact same boat. Non conference game sandwiched between two conference games.
BG was the better team. End of story. There was no overlooking anything. They physically dominated our defense. They owned the LOS. They mixed plays up and were balanced. We are adept at running about a minute and a half of clock, being way behind the sticks, before punting.
I have always joked when we have a team in a 2nd and 3rd and more than 10 yards that "they got us just where they want us". We showed yesterday, once again, that a 2nd or 3rd and long for the other team is more of a slight inconvenience to them. Pitch and catch to wide open WR's, TE's, RB's in the flats. QB lumbering for 15 to get a first down.
And hell, on offense, BG crowding the line and just working their asses off. They played a 3-4 and we were bumfuddled. Their DL held blocks, their LB's and Safeties had free lanes to create havoc. We NEVER attempted to correct. Didn't pull in a TE. We have no big back. No fullback. Nothing. A Mike Cox type player would have done a world of good as a lead blocker yesterday.
We don't run anything special on offense. The same basic shotgun/pistol as everyone else, only we aren't as good at it.
I miss seeing a QB going under center. Mixing it up. Have a FB and TB. BG ran heavy 2 TE sets pulled in tight. We spread the field like we were some air raid defense and they brought numbers and just tsunami'd us with defenders. We had no quick hot routes. Hell, I hate to make the comparison, but play that BG defense against UGAg and they score 63 in 3 quarters. Middle of the field wide ass open. Deep down field wide ass open. Edges wide ass open. They just dared us to respond to that heat and we didn't. Pathetic.