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I'd like to see a lot more McMillian next year.

Clearly a disappointing season for the fans, players and coaches. Getting rid of another offensive coordinator and a new offensive system for player in 2024. Not great continuity by the staff. A bigger question is where is the talent going to come from. Besides Justin Marshall, the Transfer Portal as not been successful for UB. A bunch of average players replacing another group of average players. Where are the Anthony Johnston, KJ Osborn, Malcom Koonce, Patterson brothers, Jacob Gall, Mike Novisky, etc. etc. etc. Heck, even Jeff Quinn recruited Tyree Jackson. For being labelled a "Great Recruiter", Lance was far superior of a talent evalurator at this stage then Mo. Grant, Murdoch, Crawford have the "look", but all on defense. The offensive recruiting is a little more difficult to find a "future" All MAC talent.

I think Lance will be the last UB football coach to ever recruit the old fashioned way....getting students athletes in the program and develop them for 3-4 years. Now it's plug and play. I'm sure even LL is having to figure it all out. In addition to recruiting high schools it would be nice to see Mo build up UB as a really attractive place for wayward FBS players to come. The players will use UB to get extensive playing time and film,,, UB uses them to get some wins. There's definitely a path to the NFL through UB, and you have an NFL team in town. Get 'er done Mo.

I did not research the highest UB net ranking was - but here are rankings from Massey Composite for end of year. Final net rank was 18, with many sites in upper teens to upper twenties. However, the 2018-19 UB team is a rare exception for any MAC team, so unfair to compare to that level. A more reasonable measure of the gap is comparison to typical rankings for a top MAC team, 80+/-. Also, the initial net rank is a bit erratic - as I pointed out Princeton was ranked higher than UConn, NIU was top MAC team. The majority of sites have UB in 340 range which seems fair given play so far. There definitely is a ways to go to get back to the top of the MAC, but that was expected in year one. The question remains will the team develop over the course of the year (they have shown some progress from the Hofstra and Iona games) and will they have a solid core that they can add a few good players so that they are close to the top of the MAC next season. A question I pose - at this point, what would you put the odds that Bowling Green will have a better ranking next year than UB? Bowling Green Massey composite is 210 and UB is 346. Would it be nicer to see a few more wins and better play - but in long run - it may not matter.

Cole Snyder offered by Vanderbilt. That's something. Granted they are a bottom dweller, but SEC is SEC.

F) He withdraws from the portal and decides to stay here.