Mullen has to go. If Brad doesnât have the gumption to let him walk over the bye, then Brad needs to go too. Itâs gotten completely inexcusable, regardless of the talent gap. Opposing Defenses have scored more touchdowns than our offense has. We are more productive when plays break down than when we execute them as planned.
My specific issues today:
We pull more offensive lineman than any team Iâve ever seen. I donât hate this in theory, but this wears them out. I actually thought our O line was a lot better this week, but you can only do so much when you are tired and playing somebody flat out better than you across the line.
Back to back RB screens??? You donât even call that on madden. Wasnât shocked at all the second one was a defensive TD, even though that was a forward pass. You canât put crap like that in the officials hands.
We called timeout to reinsert Klugh after he had been hurt and then call at quarterback power play on third and short. Thatâs just not smart.
The commentators kept talking about us being vanilla since the game was out of hand, but Iâve been watching this offense long enough to know thatâs not vanilla, thatâs who we are in this system. I really want to go back and watch old west virginia games, and see how much of their offense was Pat White and Steve Slaton compensating for sorry play calling.
In summary, I get the criticism of Klugh, but the truth is we really donât know what we have offensively. This system is a complete joke. Itâs practically impossible to evaluate talent.
I know we got taken to the woodshed, but I thought talent wise, we looked much closer to our competition than last year at Louisville. We completely handed them 14 points.
Finally, and I want to be clear this has nothing to do with who his father is, but Nate Mullen has been good for a turnover per game recently. It doesnât matter what level you are playing, you canât win with that.