So at the end of the regular season these are where NDSU sits in FCS national ranks in the major offensive stat categories:
Points per game: 35.3 (13th)
Yards per game: 431.9 (20th)
Yards per play: 7.14 (3rd)
Rush yards per game: 271.8 (3rd)
Yards per carry: 6.35 (1st)
Pass yards per game: 160.1 (108th)
Yards per pass attempt: 9.08 (4th)
Team passing efficiency: 161.35 (5th)
3rd down conversion %: 45.7% (9th)
Redzone score %: 80.4% (60th)
Redzone TD %: 65.2% (39th)
Average time of possession: 31:19 (31st)
Some things like redzone efficiency could use some improvement but in general the offense really came around by the end of the year and looking at their entire body of work this was a surprisingly good season. Comparing them to past Bison teams going back to 2011 those yards per carry and rush yards per game numbers are better than any regular season other than 2019. The yards per play number and yards per pass attempt numbers are better than any regular season other than 2018 and 2019. Still some work to do to keep pace with those teams but I'll gladly take a few bites of crow and tip my hat to the offensive coaches and players for drowning out the outside noise and just executing at a high level especially towards the latter part of the year.