BC lost their starting RB, too for the season in the early season Northern Illinois win( in which he was stellar ). Once their starting QB and RB's went down, they couldn't score worth a lick after that, despite having perhaps the best defense in all of football. The biggest disappointment this season for BC however was the OL. Yes, they were all young and raw, but man, they were just awful this season. Awful. Its the OL that Daz needs to improve for next season, or it really won't matter if Daz has the return of his injured starting QB and RB.
I was a skeptic on Diaco, but the Uconn defense improved by leaps and bounds over last season's play.
After 6-6 with the kids he has coming back 8 wins minimum is my expectation.
Of the 22 players in the 2 deep defense, 19 out of the 22 are right now slated to return on defense next season as they were underclassmen this season. Brown was nothing less than a miracle worker on defense for BC. He made BC's defense the best in the country this season with an astonishingly young squad there on BC's defensive side of the ball. BC's biggest loss will be at MLB, Steven Daniels. He's just about a lock to be on an NFL roster next season, imo, after his graduation from BC this year. Soph Connor Strachan will move over and perhaps be his replacement at MLB, and he looked very good this season when he was out there at LB, imo. Uconn should be improved on defense too, imo, which should make for an interesting game next season.
Andrew Adams and Julien Campenni
Yes... Campenni was solid on the DL, and Adams at safety. I remember watching Adams booting the dead ball into the stands on an incomplete 3rd down pass vs. BYU when the game was close in the 2nd half, and thought..... " ouch, thats not too smart", ( got a 15 yard unsportsmenlike penalty, gave BYU a 1st down, new life). Stuff happens. BC had their fair share of stupid penalties too this season as well.
Addazio preferrs to run the pro-style offense? I am surprised at how little you know about your
I don't know about this. I think I know Steve Addazio pretty well, having met him, dined once with him ( in my former hometown) and talked with him a few times since he's been the Head Coach at BC. He had a different offense under Meyer at Florida because of what Meyer wanted to run there, and more importantly the players he had for personnel at Florida on offense there. At BC, Addazio his first year ran a Pro Style offense and it was predicated upon primarily running the ball. Thats because the personnel skill levels he found at BC when he arrived was much different than at Florida. BC did not have the receivers. But they did have a veteran offensive line, and a running back that was big, physical, talented ( Andre Williams..of Heisman qualifying abilities ). So he ran the ball in the Pro Set. After Williams graduated, he brought in Murphy from Florida as his QB, and he altered the offense to his skill levels. Last season was a mismatch on offense, as he had 3 QB's that were too slow footed for a Spread... or anything but a Pro Set, but he had a Frosh QB ( Smith ) that could run ( but not throw ), so he utilized him in a different fashion. Its interesting to note that when this season started he had Hilliman ( RB ) primarily running the ball on most plays ( behind Wade at QB). There was no spread offense there. In my view, and hearing Daz, he is actually not wedded to any particular style of offense. Its geared to the particular skill levels of the players he has on offense. That primarily determines what offense style he prefers that season. If Towles beats out Wade, Daz will probably have Towles operating out of a Pro Set style offense, that Kentucky ran last season with Towles at QB.
That totally contradicts what Boyle said he was told when he reopened his recruitment. Here you have a pro-style QB that was told he didn't fit the offensive scheme he was gonna run. He sure didn't run a pro-style offense at Temple.
One thing is for sure...this will be a make or break season for Addazio on the Hill. I can tell you that the first year for a defense after Don Brown leaves can be VERY rough. I can only imagine how hot Coach Smoke & Mirrors' seat will get with a loss to UCONN.
QB... and Towles... was not the primary problem at Kentucky last season, imo. Towles was a 4 star recruited player... Gatorade's Kentucky Player of the Year in his Senior Year at QB in High School. If you think that Uconn is so solid at the QB position right now, that Diaco would not be happy to have him on the Uconn roster for next season, you are just kidding yourself here.
That would concern me if I was a BC fan. I hope you are 100% right about that because if that's the case then BC is in for another season of offensive ineptitude. He's had 3 years to establish HIS system there. Adjusting it season to season, game to game, based on who's healthy and who's on the roster is an odd approach. I get it the first year, adjusting the system to the skills you inherit, but by year 3 a good coach has that sorted out. I guess we will find out next fall.
Absolutely. Addazio needs to beat Uconn for sure, and go bowling next season, or its true, he's probably a goner after next season. He had excuses for this season. But he won't for next season, as he's got lots of young returnees back, including his original starting QB ( Wade ) and RB ( Hilliman )... and a defense returning 19 out of 22 on the 2 deep... a defense that was the best in the nation this season.