UNLV DID NOT run up the score, Odom didn’t have them score this many.
Especially after the half, Most runs were of the vanilla variety. A few RPOs in there, a few QB designed runs. Certainly weren’t trying to run it up, to the converse … ran clock and went bland. It was just a total mismatch. And remember, we utilized players we may need … Hajj, Friel, some runners and receivers, DL line and linebackers dove into the depth chart. These are people we need ready.
And it’s hard to say characteristic or uncharacteristic of the DB’s. They weren’t challenged at all vs Houston. We are ASSUMING them to be pretty good because of previous stops and stats … but we don’t know yet. A bad (or shellshocked) Houston team and a really bad Dixie State team … don’t know yet.
