Your right we did run well against Illinois,rutgers, and the other struggling teams of the conference. And there were many when he was here. Our hurry up offense racked up the points and yards and set records.
But what good is that if you don't win titles.
against Michigan state and Wisconsin those final years, games we needed to win to go to a title game we couldn't run the ball.
Against wiskey we ran it 46 times for 118 yards. Whiskey piled on 400, with one guy.
Against MSU only 47 yards on 37 attempts.
When it mattered beck had nothing but a quick 3 and out.
In those games I saw a lack of creativity and imagination. Something I felt you needed to run on those defenses. Instead we were painfully predictable, and shut down because of it.
That's my two cents.