I'm sure that Taysom having a horrible passing game against BSU and not having Jamaal didn't factor into that equation at all either. I'm not claiming Detmer was perfect. (what OC is really?) I am saying that most of our troubles came from being less talented and having less depth than our P5 opponents.
UCLA didn't get steamrolled on D by most teams they played. Colorado only scored 20 pts against them and 7 of those came on a punt return for a td. The only teams that scored much on their defense were teams that could run the ball against them, and we couldn't do that. Their pass defense was very good.