I think it's fair to assume that Rhoads is asking Herman some questions. The offense has some personnel issues, but there is enough talent to be better than we are.
That being said, in no way is it time to give up on Herman. He is learning along with everyone else.
We definitely have enough talent on offense to be successful moving the football with one major issue. QB. In Herman's offensive system and pretty much any other variation of the spread offense it is all about QB play. If we had OU's players at RB and WR would this offense be putting up better numbers? I honestly don't think that it would be. QB play makes the offense go. Without it a spread offense is pretty much worthless. Right now defenses do not fear the ISU passing game at all. Thus the whole aspect of spreading the field to open up holes in the defense becomes pointless. You can pretty much sum up ISU's offensive struggles like this....
You can have a Ferrari with a ton of horsepower under the hood but if you have a bad spark plug that won't fire all of the time that engine is going to misfire. That engine just isn't going to run right until you insert a new spark plug that fires on a consistent basis. The QB position is the bad spark plug and until it gets replaced with a higher quality spark plug we can expect more of the same sluggish performance.
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