im not sure. last years defense was a lot better than this years. we had some size on the line and our secondary actually played well despite not having a lot of fan fair. this year they were hyped as possibly the best in the country... and they are complete trash 3 games in against absolute trash teams. last years oline was pretty solid as well and gelled rather quickly allowing us to run the ball and open things up a bit for a qb who was still figuring things out. this years oline is really poor. the only thing that might save us from embarrasment is trask's quick release and ability to read the coverage and make decisions much faster than franks. I would take last years squad over this years any day.
I think last year's Uk game has been forgotten by many here(rightly so). But we got torched all night, made some clutch turnover plays that killed their drives, gave up 21 offensive points, and ran for 128 ourselves, at home.
Saturday, we got torched several times, made some clutch turnover plays that killed their drives, gave up 21 points and ran for 138 ourselves, on the road.
To be clear, I get that much of the rushing was the jet sweep, Wilson wasn't playing etc., and I agree that we have not looked very good for most of this year. But I think we were in a really comparable position last year, only at 2-1. For that matter, it wasn't until the ut game(after a very forgettable CSU game) that we actually looked like we could be a decent team. Things can improve, and we have a pretty recent example under this staff to give us reason to believe they will.
