You're right about coming down too hard on the team, but the coaches deserver it. Let's take a look at our marvelous ten wins:
W- Western Kentucky- 49-10
W- Idaho- 38-17
W- Washington- 56-21
W- South Dakota State- 17-3
Many people were waving red flags after this game, but even more(including me) were still drinking the T-magic koolaid.
W- Kansas State- 48-13
L- Texas- 20-13
Excuse after this game is Texas just owns us.
W- #14 Oklahoma State- 51-41
W- #6 Missouri- 31-17
Our only two quality wins this season are Mizzou and OSU.
W(OT)- Iowa State- 31-30
W-Kansas- 20-3
L- #19 Texas A&M- 9-6
W- Colorado- 45-17
L- #9 Oklahoma- 23-20
Judging from those impressive wins, what exactly looks promising next year?
W- Fresno State
W- Washington
W- Wyoming
L- Wisconsin
L- Ohio State
W- Minnesota
L- Michigan State
W- Northwestern
W- Penn State
L- Michigan
L- Iowa
We'll be thrilled for the insight bowl this time next year. This was a cupcake schedule, and if we had an offense we'd be top 5 and in ncg discussions. Unfortunately I think the problems on offense go deeper than Watson.
No go back and count how many of them wins came against opponents with a winning record.