Offensive Optimism as Single Season Records Come Into View

Despite offensive woes this year, multiple offensive single-season records are under threat.

Much has been said about Ford and the Freshman TD record and Hodges and the TE record, but with 6 touchdowns each, they are within striking distance of the Single Season TD record, currently shared by Antonio Freeman and Andre Davis with 9.

Michael Brewer sits in 5th place right now with 218 completions, just 16 behind Logan Thomas' 2011 record of 234.

As a team, this year's 225 combined completions are 18 short of the record 243 held by the 2011 and 2013 squads.

Brewer (356) and the team (367) are both 74 attempts short of the individual and team records for passing attempts of 429 (Thomas 2012) and 440 (1972) respectively.

For the optimists out there, Brewer trails Don Strock's 1972 single season yardage record by 1006 yards with a potential 3 games remaining (335.3 ypg) and the team, as a whole, trails 1972's record by 1024 (341.3 ypg).

In any event, these provide more story lines besides the bowl streak and the Decade of Dominance.

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