122

One of the biggest concerns that I see with this team is the number 122, which was the total amount of penalties that UC amassed in the 2007 season. Many of those came from false start penalties that comes with the instillation of Brian Kelly's spread offense. I can understand a lineman not feeling as comfortable with a snap count when the quarterback is lined up in the shotgun.

The concern I have is that mark was the largest number of penalties in the history of the UC program. It was often hidden because one, we had such a prolific offense that could compensate for the mistakes and two, the defense accounted for 42 takeaways. Each of those categories should be down in the upcoming year, which makes me wonder if penalties will play a bigger role in the 2008 campaign.