Still wait and see. We are better than last year, and we have CJ to thank for that. But I still see a lot of the same tendencies from years past that bite us. The difference this year.....CJ and special teams.
CJ won us that ISU game. CJ, King, and Koehn won us the Pitt game.
Our defense is playing better, but we still don't get much of a pass rush, or we didn't against Pitt. I cannot remember a game where we actually STOPPED an offense on 4th down with the game on the line. Maybe we have, but it just seems like if it's 3rd and long, 4th and long.....the other team is automatic in converting it.
This feels more like the 2009 team, not in talent, but maybe in fortune. Our schedule is incredibly soft, so having gamers like CJ, Smith, and King might be enough to get us to that 9-10 win mark.
Pitt was a decent team, but we also had the emotion of Greenwood, a night game behind us. Will we be able to dial up that intensity against WI or NE?
And we still have Greg Davis.