This is Bo's defense, no question. He calls the plays, all you have to do is watch the sideline. Now Pap maybe in charge of substitutions, but most of these happened in garbage time, Illinois rushing the clock. I have always thought Bo needed a competent DC, to take some of the game off his shoulders. New coach, trying to do to much, relying on friends, that were not qualified at the time. But maybe you learn under fire. Bo is a tough guy, hard to work for, hard to play for. But you know what you have with him. Pap maybe gone, who really knows, but if he is, he needs to be replaced by a DC with a pedigree, not a yes man or beginner.
Other than the final few minutes, I felt the team played better in every aspect. Was impressed with Tommy, especially on the reverse the field down to the 8 yard line. Brought back memories of another Tommy. I think we did better than a lot felt we would. Overall I am very happy with the improvement we saw, and the errors that were made are correctable, and it does look like we are working towards it. Tremendous amount of youth out there today, that means we will see improvement and have a good defense for awhile.
We need to worry less about this Pap/Bo thing.