I've been critical of Sawvel on this board numerous times. But what I saw yesterday goes far beyond coaching. Our D line gets no push and they are easily pass blocked. I don't know how you coach around that. Not once the entire game did I see Hughes miss a wide open receiver. Our receivers are covered like a blanket the entire game. The sheep qb had receivers open all over the place. We're lucky he missed several of them. We don't have good enough players to compete.
A friend of mine who is a sheep booster thinks their NIL is about 7 million for football. Is ours anywhere near that? If we aren't prepared or capable of ponying up competitive payouts to players, don't expect coaching miracles.
In fairness to the coaching, I thought the offensive scheme looked pretty good at times. But the O line couldn't protect Hughes for more than about 2 seconds. They couldn't open any holes for Harris. And our receivers don't scare anyone so we can't stretch the field. Listening to Cody Tucker last week and the thought was Wyoming's team speed would be the best it's ever been. I sure didn't see it. We have a very average roster, at best. The sheep had better speed and they punked our O line and D line the entire game.