Benchmarks--Murray State

Here's the scoop on the Murray State game.  As I said yesterday, it was pretty much what you would expect in both columns.  The key thing I would note is that Murray State did run the ball effectively against us, which is a concern, since we are down a couple guys in the front 7.  Now, I wasn't at the game, so it is possible that BG was trying to defend the pass more and gave up some running yards because of it.  Murray had a higher yards per carry than they did against Missouri State which is not something you would have expected.

If BG was focused on shutting down the passing game, it certainly worked.  They had a high completion% but virtually no yardage at all.