The University has issued several press releases related to academic progress by the football team over the last two years.
The football team posted the best academic performance for a single semester in school history last spring.
The cumulative grade point average of the team is nearing record levels.
This incoming freshman class had numerous players with Ivy League offers.
By contrast, 3 years ago Tulsa was perilously close to being penalized for lack of academic progress, in part due to academic performance issues under Montgomery.
In two more years, I will be willing to bet the student body at large will be dragging down the academic ranking of the football team. Wilson was a math major at UNC. He gets it.
That said, our DC needs to hit his books. We’ve got freshman out there and guys learning on the job. Playing man/free to go plus one in the box and stop the run ain’t the answer on every play. All that late underneath passing, especially on third and less than 5 is him giving the medium pass to stop the run and the home run.
Wilson ain’t the source of the problem. Total scoring defense and offensive turnovers are the problem. At worst Wilson is to blame for either coaching that or letting it happen.
He’s a good fit when he coaches within himself. Give him a chance. He can win 8 games this year if some players focus, others progress rapidly, and we stop letting defenses scheme us into throwing to Pressley on third down.
