I agree they're probably in absolute panic mode. How the fuck do we have a QB who literally cannot throw an accurate pass if he just tossed the ball to the guy in front of him? My hope stems from back to back semis and PK. We have the athletes, but lack the QB...right now. And if you don't think any of those teams are flawed, I don't know what to tell you. UF lost to USF 18-16, then followed that up with just 10 points and he threw 5 fucking INT'S. FIVE. Their offense is comically bad, and this is the QB both Gerry and Bobby have a hard-on for. But sure, he's going to go 34/40 5 TD's against our defense. They're lost on offense, and Lagway is as bad as Arch, but we still have a better defense. That's not great, Bob. Georgia struggled with Austin Peay 28-6. A&M allowed 22 & 24 points from UTSA and Utah State, and 40 against ND. Vandy defense allowed 20 from VTech, who just fired their coach today, and Sellers getting knocked out. Oklahoma allowed a rebuilding Michigan team with a true freshman to put up 13 in their house against the prodigal defensive wunderkind and their RB drug his nuts all over their faces. We have at least 3 of those, while they only managed 24 with their "savior" on offense. Mississippi State barely beat ASU 24-20 at home. That's a solid win, but hardly a trophy lifting win.
You're telling me that none of those teams have a lot to work on is absolute nonsense, and you know it. You're having a knee-jerk reaction. The ones that played anyone with a pulse (if you even consider Michigan a pulse, ou got run the fuck over, and you don't think we can do the Same? K.), The biggest win any of those teams have is Aggie against ND, and ND dropped 40 on that defense, but you're scared they might do the same to us? They're aggie. They do this shit every year for the last century. Their motto is we win the off-season, but the regular season we fall off the coaster. Get a grip, man.
It's fine if you want to be down on the team, I get it. I'm not exactly moved by them, either. I am, however, encouraged by our depth at RB, and I think by the time conference play starts, which we get a bye before, Arch will at the very least be serviceable. Nothing more. Sark will lean on the running game more, and occasionally let Arch throw an easy ball and let our athletes do their thing.
My only hesitation is our o-line. If Flood can't figure out Stroh is Tristan Nickleson 2.0, he needs to go. Goosby is great, Campbell is really good when he's not picking up penalties, no clue on Hutson, I just assume he sucks no matter where he plays. I fully expect Brooks to be back by conference play, and hopefully Chatman gets a look. He can't be any worse. Baker is getting the work he needs. He's been great at times, and he's shit the bed at times. Trial by fire. Every single team needs work. It's game 3. We get two weeks to fix shit, so hopefully they use that time to do so.