I can see some light criticisms here and there, that’s the nature of fans sometimes.
But overall, nah.
You can say we “choked” the game away, being in such control and losing.
To me, choking involves losing composure and focus, not having mental toughness. This wasn’t choking.
This was some players just failing to make the right play, which happens in a 7-0 game and a 45-41 game on both sides of the ball. The team battled back and I’ll be damned, once again, they didn’t wilt, point fingers, get confused … they just fell a play or two short. And there is another team competing hard, you don’t get all the breaks. The Fresno safety making that saving tackle when it looked like we were going to get in the end zone (Davis). At the time, you figure we are going to punch it in and we are good to go, all the momentum. It was a huge game saving play as it turned out. They made a big play. They stood staunchly on the short yardage too. We can blame play calling … but they still stuffed us.
Where we lost is where Fresno didn’t make plays and we just coughed it up, it was our own doing. But it wasn’t choke.
Do you realize that in the first time in forever, in late November, early December, we are going to be more excited for football than basketball?
I’ve never felt better about the actual direction of UNLV football. This coaching staff is for real and it starts with the man at the top.
