The Schwab wrote:Pretty bold take calling out a guy with 258 career NAIA wins. Giving up 34.5 ppg year one and 46.6 ppg year two in frontier conference games probably had more to do with it than the offense. DSU has had success in the DAC/NorthStar because of their ability to pull guys from eastern MT. Unfortunately for them, the members of the Frontier pull better guys from MT.
Here's how bad offense hurts the defense. Offense runs on first and second down and gets minimal yardage. On 3rd Down and 10, QB takes snap from under center in the I-Formation. (Since that is the only formation he ever used. It could have been 3rd and 20, and he would have had the QB under center with fullback and running back behind him) By the time the QB drops back into the pocket, he gets sacked because they have a problem with pass blocking, meaning 3 and out and a punt. When that happens a lot, the defense gets worn out from being on the field too much, and gives up more points than they would than if they were on the field less. And when the offense scores minimal points, that does not help overall trying to win a game. It was especially a problem in that second year.