Some early thoughts:
Our Oline is an embarrassment and easily our most underachieving unit. If you recall, Stoutland called this the best oline he was ever going to coach when he left to Bama. These guys are soft physically and mentally. They are gut-wrenchingly bad. Watching USF's Dline look like the '85 Bears was painful.
WTF has happened to Lamar Miller? He is not the same back. My feeling is that he's playing in pain with the same bum shoulder he's had since HS which is the exact liability that's going to cost him in the draft. I'll say it again, missing Storm Johnson is really hurting us. I would like to see Eduardo get more carries.
WTF has happened to TB3? He's just not playing focused ball which, at this point in the season and his career, is enough for me. Demote him, let him sit for a while, and let him regroup. His mistakes are killing us right now.
When was the last time we blocked a FG? Punt? We used to scare teams with spectacular STs play. Every FG was a threat to be blocked. That sort of pressure used to derail kicks before they were actually even kicked. It intensifies an already intense situation. I wish we would focus more on STs. Granted we're better in coverage, but we still have a long way to go when compared to the Soldinger-coached units of years past.
Props to Jacory for firing away today. He made some bone-headed plays, was late on several throws, but the WRs didn't do him any favors. No INTs today was tremendous.
The sooner we cleanse this team of Shannon holdovers, the better.
