You're right, I'll give you Woods and Adams. I won't give you any backups, offensive players, or guys who didn't play the entire season.
None of this changes the fact that they ran for 378 yards. Illinois put 8 or 9 guys in the box and it didn't matter. Northwestern. 4th string QB. Couldn't stop them.
This isn't Calvinball, you don't make the rules. It doesn't matter if a player was lost pre-season, in game one or at Iowa; they're not playing. You're claiming this team will be worse next year (4-8, right), because they played poorly at NW, and you're actively ignoring the fact they were missing over a dozen guys from the healthy two-deep.
Quick question about that 4th string QB, did he play like sh*t? Was he an embarrassment to the QB position? Or did he more or less execute the superior gameplan behind a line that dominated ours?
Also, I'd remind you that our struggles were more on offense, than defense. Had the offense moved the ball, the Defense wouldn't have been on the field for 25 minutes in the first half. Maybe when we get the starting QB, WR1, WR2, WR3 and RB back, our offense will improve?
Breathe into a bag. It'll help you calm down.