Year two of the Maurice Linguist era in Buffalo is upon us. Year one featured a myriad of growing pains as the Bulls moved on from head coach Lance Leipold and several irreplaceable talents such as Jaret Patterson and Malcolm Koonce. After compiling a 24-10 record across the most successful 3-year stretch in program history, Buffalo fell to 4-8 last year and observed the conclusion of its season in November instead of qualifying a bowl game. Linguist and his staff hope the lessons learned in that transition year can be applied to prevent such an occurrence from transpiring again.