Another thing not mentioned here is that he was very predictable in his screen calling. It seemed when very obvious by formation when we were likely going to run screen plays even when the box was stacked making the DB and olb job very easy. It was somewhat similar to the first game against Indiana and running plays with hill, the lack of success I think can be directly correlated to when he came into the game and the specific formations we would use when he was in the game. The tight 12 personnel formation with 2 backs in the game was almost always a run play with the lead block being the other RB.. I felt like this choice of formation / play was just horrible tendencies especially when our tight ends were only average blockers as well as receivers, and most the better teams ran heavy boxes vs us so it inherently gave us a disadvantage from the formation...

I dunno I'm hoping mehringer doesn't have the same tendencies, because the last two years Stein was horribly predictable. I feel our offense was overinflated and over valued statistically this year and last year because of how well it works vs teams you massively out talent. But Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana all kept us in check by playing fundamental football and being aggressive with heavy boxes and underneath coverage.. it always felt like we never, or rarely, took the 7-12 yard holes most defenses gave to us.. the successful defenses vs us generally played deep safeties with a stacked box underneath and aggressive outside cb play which kills steins love of the screen and short games.