We don’t know much about the three people charged with improving an offense that ranked 82nd in the nation last year. Some people remember Lamar Thomas from “The U,” or his brief stint at Louisville. Many discovered that Cincinnati had a Top 10 offense after Eddie Gran and Darin Hinshaw accepted the job. Seeing them on paper makes sense, but you will not understand until you see them coach.
The leader of the offense, Gran’s personality rivals Stoops’ intensity on the field. Communicating the calls from behind the offense, he remained in motion, demanding physicality from his players.