Would counter that the OL and WRs were doing a much better job for him in East Lansing. Also, he wasn't waiting to get subbed out/in at random times. (That needs to be fixed or stopped. It's dumb.) Finally, Big Ten defense outside of a couple of notable exceptions is nowhere near what he's seeing week in & out now.
Our next five opponents have weaknesses that can be exploited. It is Freeze's job to find ways to win, not find excuses for losing. We saw State this past Saturday against the Hogs and this week Vandy is a 24.5 point underdog in Oxford.
Freeze is supposed to win at least three of the next four games maybe even all four if they can out slug Arkansas in Fayetteville like State did.
That's 7-4 before the Iron Bowl. If we can play Alabama within a touchdown at the half we have a Jeremy Johnson's chance of outscoring them in the third quarter when most of their games are decided.
We don't have Gus because he lost games he was supposed to win.
Why should we give Freeze a pass?
This team should at the very least go 6-6 with a bowl invitation. Less than that is unacceptable.