The defense is playing better this year. They are responsible for two of our wins (WKU and USA) and gave us a chance to be 4-1. Higgins and the O had to try to out-score everybody we played. Look at Texas Tech and WKU last year. This year's offense couldn't exchange TD for TD and keep us in those games.
Like I said, there are reasons, but fact is we haven't seen an anemic offense like this since 2013.