Im intrigued when folks argue in the face of reality. The outcome speaks for itself and proves you're reasoning is flawed, unless you're contention is we couldn't beat Temple under any circumstance. You're ideas are premised on the faulty notion that your opponent does not anticipate and scheme based on weaknesses and strengths. Temple shut down the run because they knew we would replicate what we did the prior week. We put together a terrible, lazy minded game plan. As far as Boyle is concerned, the kid has never been put in a position to be successful. He has managed into zero self confidence, second guessing and just don't make a mistake. We were playing with house money, and played with the conservatism of a team that feared losing too badly.
Couldn't beat Temple? No I wouldn't say that. Extremely unlikely we beat Temple on the road, with our backup QB, in a game that meant everything to them? Yes. Don't think that's a controversial position.
I defended Boyle in the past and said give him more time, but he's now gotten an opportunity to play in 3 seasons, and he hasn't shown anything. He was clearly mismanaged early in his career and maybe if he was handled better his career would go differently, nobody knows, but the reality is he's not a FBS QB.