Open question to Corn fans: Is the problem the coaching staff or the talent? Both? The O and D both looked inept (until USC put in the scrubs at 42-10) and this is year 4 of the Callahan experiment.
I thought our offense looked fine. Their defense is awesome, and I think they would have made a lot of teams miserable offensively.
Defensively, I don't think Cosgrove ever was that great of a hire. I've felt that way since he was hired. Like Solich, I just kind of had a blah feeling about him when he got the job. I'll continue to support him through this year, but if we don't make major improvements defensively then he needs to go.
Our biggest problem on defense right now is our lack of a d-line. We lost our entire d-line from last year, we failed to adequately develop talent behind it because our old d-line "coach" was actually just a recruiter, and Joseph Townsend was delayed a semester from coming. Buddy Wyatt, our d-line coach, comes with a good resume recruiting and coaching, so I don't think this is his problem. The problems with our d-line are a parting gift and their cracks were forming before this season.
Anyway, that's my take. We're obviously not an "elite" team, but I don't think we are bad either. I think we will go 9-3 still.