(09-26-2018 12:28 AM)17Huskies Wrote:  

(09-25-2018 10:10 PM)NIU1981 Wrote:  I agree with 7 that the schedule is much tougher than it used to be. I also agree with BDB5yp that our offense has been atrocious so far this year. Both are true. The EMU game will tell us a lot about this team. I still think they have enough talent to win the MAC (sorry, MAC Conference), but they have to figure it out on offense starting right now.

My son and I were talking about how the struggle against FSU was probably better for this team's development than housing a bad FCS team at home. Childers was forced to make a lot of throws under duress and he did some good things. Veloz was pushed right into his lap on his perfect TD throw to Wesley, and his TD throw to Brown had zero margin for error. Let's hope he and the team can use that experience as a springboard to better things.

For the record, I like scheduling P5 teams and wouldn't mind four each year. Get big checks, excite the recruits, test the team prior to conference play.

If you look at what we 'thought' we had coming into the season, I'd say the O-line has been the biggest disappointment. I didn't expect Childers to be great or even very good. We knew we had gaps at WR, etc. But it seemed like the O-line would carry it a bit. Now...they have faced some very good front 7's...so I'll wait to see how they do it MAC play, but really thought they'd hold up better.

I agree with this. I thought the O line would be a lot better than it has been so far. They've been working a lot of guys in there due to injuries and performance issues. Hopefully they find the right formula.