As our record turns to 1-6

Why do I cover this team? I must have a sickness or a disease. Again I am a Cubs fan...

• Crowd was 23K. So that means its a plus 4,000 to 5,000 fans if we actually have a good football team.

• #33 Patrick George is a monster on special teams coverage. 2 huge tackles.

• #15 QB Ryan Morris has no arm. He's a poor man's Phil Horvath. Not even that. I still heard "Nicholson Sucks" chants in the crowd when he wasn't even playing lol. There were men open that he couldn't even get the ball. Embarrassing.

There were some really interesting plays called in this game. Let's go over some of those.

• Justin Anderson would line up at QB and Ryan Morris would line up at wideout. Very strange.

• Pitch to Marcus Perez for a deep ball pass to a wide open Matt Simon for a TD!

• Statue of liberty play for a bland 8 yd gain. It's sad we have to resort to these plays as normal plays in our offense and still lose games.

Joe talks about why the trick plays were put in:

“We felt we had to generate some offense without Nicholson and our two receivers,” Novak said. “When you are struggling to move the ball and score points, you have to figure a way to get it done.”

A look of frustration on RB Justin Anderson

Something's really wrong with our O-Line/Playcalling. We never seem to open enough holes for the running backs to run through. Again, I'm very surprised that Joe Novak seems to keep Justin Anderson in there for every play. He just doesn't have that breakaway speed or any other attributes that make him special like a Wolfe or a Turner. I would like to see the other speed backs get a look. Outside runs with Justin Anderson just aren't going to work because his speed isn't good enough.

It was so weird because the offense would open up with a bunch of passes, and then collapse in to 3 runs and a 4th down. I just cannot understand it.

• Stat of the day that we were 1 for 13 on 3rd downs. Obviously that isn't going to win you a game.

• Justin Anderson fumbled again (Garrett Wolfe never did this) and there were some killer holding calls on offense.

• Nendick got ICED at the end of the first half by WMU calling a timeout and missed a FG. WTF.

Our defense is phenomenal. Our offense was god-awful in the 2nd half and they stood their ground being out there for the majority of the time.

• I am SO proud of players like DT DJ Pirkle and DE Larry English playing their hearts out on defense. If only the offense could show up.

• Melvin Rice didn't start @ CB for some reason. Weird. Word is he is suspended 3 games. For what?

• C Eddie Adamski hurt his shoulder. No word on how long he is out.

• The "Blackout" worked pretty well. My idiot friends actually heard about it and that is the litmus test for anything advertised.

The issues now are not about hard work or having character. The team has that desire to win so bad. It is about plain execution and X's and O's (on offense). Why we can't seem to overcome this downfall is beyond me.