I agree, but was our running game consistent enough? We had a lot of 2 yard carries I think. And while everyone wants to see bowman/lingard, would be tough to sit pierce/Davis in their last game.
Not saying sit Pierce or Davis. But take 16 of those pass attempts and distribute them among the 4 backs. Not doing EJ any favors going 5-wide anyway. Not his strength.
They should have run some option plays. Navy beat UCF primarily running the option play. Navy had 348 yards rushing and 58 yards passing. They only passed FOUR TIMES. That should have been the UF game plan all along.
Game stats were awful. 2-13 on third down is a killer stat. Won’t win many games that way. Agree that we should have run more. We did not use misdirection, reverses, option, .. to take advantage of our running talent either. That said, the WRs were open on many of those plays. We just did not have a QB capable of making those throws.
Which UCF could not stop. They averaged 226.9/game. We averaged 206.4. UCF was 89th in the country stopping the run. We should have ran the ball down their throats the whole game long.
Sadly a number of people, on the field and on the sideline did nothing to improve their portal or job prospects.
Heard from a reliable source the players partied while the coaches drank...No real motivation to win the game; just there to collect their last paycheck.
Knox got more to shat the bed and lose than most make in a year (75K). Glad they are gone. I would ban EJ from the team, Rotate Kitna and Del Rio, Pierce gets the ball every other play, make Shorter the star receiver. But that is just me. I just help rockets go to space, what do I know?