I’d say Bohl would be rolling over in his grave watching Svoboda in shotgun for short yardage situations…but Bohl is still alive.
We average about 1.5 yards a carry against SJSU. No way would a Bohl/Polasek/Vigen offense be that terrible in the run game. With the turnover gifts - We beat SJSU with just a less than average run game but we were awful.
38 rushes for 56 yards…never under Bohl
Point taken but I have to point out how easy it is to forget. The last start under Bohl this bad was in 2018 with an equally poor QB which had 3 consecutive games with rushing in the 80’s including that monster bad ass team named Wofford in Laramie. The 2018 team was 2-6 before changing the QB. The upcoming game in Laramie has a good chance to be the 2nd win to go 2-6. But, unlike 2018, the easier games will have been played and the better teams are on the road likely eliminating any chance to finish on a 5-0 win streak to reach 6-6.
Bohl RECRUITED Svoboda as his first QB signing after his infamous national QB search. Bohl was bound and determined that Svoboda was the next great diamond find and all that has happened is his protege implemented the plan.
Bohl had recruited no QB going into the December 2023 early signing and only after Deyon Batiste decommitted from Iowa State did Sawville offer. If Bohl had stayed, the question would be would he have recruited another QB and actively sought out a transfer starting quality QB or would he have stayed with svoboda, Anderson and Clemons? I would lean towards Bohl staying with those 3.
In 2018 Bohl was trying to figure out who might be his next RB - Bigelow, Valladay or Evans. He was ultimately hampered by Van Der Waal because defenses loaded the box as they didn’t have to take the pass game seriously. I can’t say the 2024 RB situation is any worse or any better.
Bohl set the course for this QB situation and Sawville went along with it. I guess if 80 some yards 3 consecutive games is significantly better than 56, I acquiesce and acknowledge Bohl to be superior. To me it’s the QB play that sets the tone and over the past several years there has been a helluva lot more marginal QB play than outstanding and way too many games with total offense under 300 yards.
The offense at Wyoming has competed nationally in or near the bottom 10% of total offense since 2016. The number of potentially winnable games list is staggering and explains why the program has not competed for a conference title despite all the postseason “Bohl” games.
