This was very well written. Great content @Outlaw Even thought I wear my green and gold goggles hard, I have harsher grades. But I agree with what you wrote.
Golesh B+: I give a B and share the same sentiment. I feel he gave the best effort he could. But playcalling was questionable.
Quarterbacks A- : Brown delivered and is in the history books for USF football. We didn't play QB musical chairs this year, and the coaching staff coached this boy into the history books. I still don't think he is done growing and could be really special. I give him a B. Truthfully he was inconsistent, it's just that he is so good, that he still can have success. He had 10 Ints, too many missed opportunities, bad decisions on when to run or throw. He was sacked 40 times. He needs to learn to throw the ball away. We played a handful of veteran or good QBs. Watching us play them, I've seen a crap load of "almost sacks" that became last-second incompletions. BB has the arm strength to get rid of the ball from any angle. He needs to get better. I can at minimum say he could have reduced his 40 sacks by 15 if he had done a better job throwing the ball away. That rest I put on the O-line. I give him a pass b/c this is his first full year starting and a new OC. If he was a veteran I would give him a C-. He has plenty of film and experience to analyze this off-season. I expect him to go off next year. I posted a screenshot of his high school stats. He had 10 ints his first year as a starter and had only 4 his last year. In his last year of high school, he had 4,990 combined passing and rushing yards. 53 combined TDs, 5 fumbles, and only 4 ints. If he can duplicate those stats his senior year, we will be in the playoffs.
Running backs C+: I agree. I had higher expectations.
Receivers B: (Agree)
Offensive Line D+/C- : I give a (D+) CAG added experienced P5, G6 and Juco players.He This offensive line wasn't that young. They were technically 'middle-aged" in the CFB world. Demontrey Jacobs was a baller. I think the FCS/D2 overachiever route is our best option for getting "hungry" players or "dawgs".
Defense D+/C-: C- The secondary was so bad it dragged the rest of the of the defense down. If we shut down the run, which we did several times, there should be no surprises for the secondary. A matter of fact it's sad that most of the 3rd down conversions were passes. Other teams even passed 3rd downs 5 yards or less. I give the defensive line a B. If Jason Vaughn doesn't get injured we would at least have 3-5 more sacks and 10 more TFLs. He was our fastest DE.
Special Teams B - they made it "do what it do". I am neutral.
Overall B+ for Bulls: I give them a C overall because I actually felt that this team had the "ability" to win 8-10 games, they didn't put together too many complete games.