If Ludwig had nothing to work with it’s his fault. He recruits the offense. He recruits the QB’s. He develops the QB’s. He gave practice reps to Rising all season that should have been given to younger players. If the younger players aren’t ready to go he’s either recruiting the wrong players or his offense needs to be simpler. We’ll have the same problem next year because Ludwig is all in on Rising and he probably won’t make it through the season healthy yet again.
Barnes definitely crapped the bed Saturday and I feel bad. I was hoping for a cinderella ending that would help him get a good landing spot somewhere. Now I’m not sure anyone will want him. The game was very winnable had he made the reads correctly.
I’m usually pretty optimistic about the team but I can certainly see problems next year. The Big XXII isn’t going to be the cakewalk that too many fans think it will.