First-year defensive coordinator Tom Allen had a very candid response Thursday to senior Jamie Byrd's observation that the Bulls came out "a little lackadaiscal" at last week's game at Maryland.
He agrees.
"Lack of energy," Allen said when asked to identify his unit's biggest problem in that 35-17 loss. "I just felt like we were just, blah, and that's hard to explain. It's almost hard to stomach, too."
Allen said he was concerned about such a letdown upon trotting into a half-filled Byrd Stadium (announced attendance was only 36,827) at high noon, only seven days after the Bulls had played before an audience twice as large (72,811) at FSU.