Good - Ryan Williams looked like himself again. Happy for him. Austin Mack looked like the guy that should have started the game.
Bad - Ty's fumble killed the team. Looking at us being down 3 or 7 at Half and instead go down 17. Womack calling off of pressure and us getting eaten alive. Two incompletions is awful. We get beat on one blitz and don't pressure again till the 4th. Once again, our backers get lost in zone and we got drilled by receivers that could actually catch. I said it all year and got blasted for saying it, but knew this would get us with a group that could catch.
Ugly - Grubb and Simpson were both terrible. Grubb made awful calls, totally predictable, and others that made no sense. Both absolutely torpedoed our offense and our chances. And this was a season long thing. Ty should have never played with his back and Grubb should have adjusted ten times over.
I was done with the football season over two months ago. Pulled for our guys and hoped for the best, but knew we would fall short. Didn't expect this butt whooping even though I told everyone not to look past Indiana. This staff and returning players need to look in the mirror and other places to see if they want to be a part of this program and put in the work to win. Coordinators, strength and conditioning, mental coach, academics, it all needs to be on the table. We look weak in a lot of areas, we look slow in a number of positions, and we are not disciplined in a lot of positions. Guys hitting wrong gaps, getting lost in coverage, losing contain, missed tackles, never driving the pile backwards, it all means there is a lot of work to do. DeBoer better have a plan and see it through at an extreme micro level. Your team is healthier than coming into the season and you get smoked. I am fine with going for it on 4th down, but your employee screwed it all up. A quarterback scared to throw into windows and cut it loose kills the team. A defense that gets gashed and doesn't adjust doesn't cut it. Lots of work to do.