The reasons the run game struggled are easy to identify. The offensive line was in a state of flux all season as injuries — such as the senior ender to Sam Johnson — knocked four fifth-year projected starters out of the lineup. Complicating matters was the fact that the run game became predictable when QB Tyler Tettleton was a non-factor in the running game. Tettleton had just 43 rushing attempts on the year, and finished with only net 24 yards.

With no quarterback threat to keep defenses honest, and an offensive line dealing with inexperience, the ground game simply didn’t provide enough pop.

“I don’t think we played up to our capability the whole season,” Solich admitted after the bowl loss. “It was a little disheartening there in the middle of the year.”
 
Lets go Cats 2014.

Patterson, who has the inside track to be the No. 1 RB next spring, said he expects no massive rebuilding project.

“The guys who were playing behind all those guys were really hungry. I feel like we’re ready,” Patterson said. “We’ve been waiting on our chance for a couple years now. Now we’re ready to get out here and make some things happen.”

The wrong attitude would be saying that the reason why much of this stuff going up is because of what we accomplished during the middle of a sub par season, that is affluenza. If Vick, Patterson and others bring their hard hats, I believe we can win the MAC next year.