I like numbers, here are some. Last season Wake averaged 443 yards a game, the season before 467. This season 331. Last year Wake averaged 36 points a game, the year before 41. This year Wake is averaging 20. Wake currently is 2nd from the bottom in points and 3rd from the bottom in yards. We have 6 more points than Pitt, so it will be interesting to see if they surpass us before the end of the season.
There are some good numbers though, Wake is currently only giving up 24 points a game, while the last two years it was 29 and 31 respectively. I don’t think this is all due to teams letting up near the end of games, so we have seen improvement in our defense.
I know people have been saying all along that this would be a bridge year after Hartman left, but did anyone think our offense would be in the basement of the conference?
4 wins doesn’t necessarily look like a complete cratering, but if we had played Pitt or UVA’s schedule, we are most likely a two win team as well.
As much as we have been asking about Clawson’s credibility, what about Ruggiero? He is the QB coach who couldn’t develop a QB and the offensive coordinator who couldn’t figure out what to do after Hartman left. There is a lot of blame to go around. Tabacca the Oline coach is going to have answer tough questions, as well as the new WR coach Confesor.