Thoughts from the win last night:
- It’s nice to take care of business early, put it out of reach, and keep it there. I can think of too many times over the last couple years where we should have won or at least been competitive, and we come and lay an egg. Offense set the tone early.
- It wasn’t pretty, but give the defense credit for pitching a shutout in the second half and giving up only 13 points. You know the last time we gave up 13 or fewer points to an FBS school? 9/25/10 vs. New Mexico. Sure, there we’re some strange plays that let that happen, but hats off to the D for doing it. I think about that fumble in the end zone late in the game. Yes, that’s a weird play, but how many times in the past have you thought “well, the other team got inside the 10... might as well chalk up a TD...” Credit the defense for digging in and making a play.
- Really proud of how we ended the game. To take the ball from our 1 yard line down to their 1 yard line was pretty cool. Take a knee, no need to run it up, and call it a night.
- Man, we got a good one in Armani. He can throw the ball. He seems to make good decisions. He knows when to tuck it and run. I just wish he would slide a couple more times a game. He took some hits tonight. Which leads me to...
- I really don’t like that ARod played all game. Put KP/Stanton in. Please. Win is in the bag. Why risk it? I understand the UCLA/TexasAM argument...sort of... Here’s the thing tho: if you’re gonna try and run the ball 9/10 times, why not run it with KP? As good as Rogers is, I’ll take KP running zone read all day to run the clock. Kid is lightning in a bottle. Sit Rogers down to end that game.
- It was really cool to see Stanton get that blocked punt. What a play. Totally sold out for it too. Great to see a guy like that find ways to contribute even though he’s not playing the position he’d like. Not gonna lie, with his body, I think the D could find ways to use him.
- Lexington is fun to watch. He’s always been fast, but he’s added to his game. He had some really patient runs tonight where he found small holes. He finishes runs really well. And XCampbell and Owens look like they are ready to back him up and share the load. Owens is a different cat. Runs tall, but I liked what I saw.
On to SDSU
- This game is not unwinnable. Their defense is good, but I don’t think they are as good as they’ve been.
- Key to the game, IMO, is third down defense. We forced tons of 3rd and 6, 7, 8, and 10+ only to give up big plays and extend SJSU drives. We’ve done a good job forcing turnovers recently... but the defense needs to think of every 3rd down as a “big play”. Gotta get off the field.
Here’s to hoping!
- It’s nice to take care of business early, put it out of reach, and keep it there. I can think of too many times over the last couple years where we should have won or at least been competitive, and we come and lay an egg. Offense set the tone early.
- It wasn’t pretty, but give the defense credit for pitching a shutout in the second half and giving up only 13 points. You know the last time we gave up 13 or fewer points to an FBS school? 9/25/10 vs. New Mexico. Sure, there we’re some strange plays that let that happen, but hats off to the D for doing it. I think about that fumble in the end zone late in the game. Yes, that’s a weird play, but how many times in the past have you thought “well, the other team got inside the 10... might as well chalk up a TD...” Credit the defense for digging in and making a play.
- Really proud of how we ended the game. To take the ball from our 1 yard line down to their 1 yard line was pretty cool. Take a knee, no need to run it up, and call it a night.
- Man, we got a good one in Armani. He can throw the ball. He seems to make good decisions. He knows when to tuck it and run. I just wish he would slide a couple more times a game. He took some hits tonight. Which leads me to...
- I really don’t like that ARod played all game. Put KP/Stanton in. Please. Win is in the bag. Why risk it? I understand the UCLA/TexasAM argument...sort of... Here’s the thing tho: if you’re gonna try and run the ball 9/10 times, why not run it with KP? As good as Rogers is, I’ll take KP running zone read all day to run the clock. Kid is lightning in a bottle. Sit Rogers down to end that game.
- It was really cool to see Stanton get that blocked punt. What a play. Totally sold out for it too. Great to see a guy like that find ways to contribute even though he’s not playing the position he’d like. Not gonna lie, with his body, I think the D could find ways to use him.
- Lexington is fun to watch. He’s always been fast, but he’s added to his game. He had some really patient runs tonight where he found small holes. He finishes runs really well. And XCampbell and Owens look like they are ready to back him up and share the load. Owens is a different cat. Runs tall, but I liked what I saw.
On to SDSU
- This game is not unwinnable. Their defense is good, but I don’t think they are as good as they’ve been.
- Key to the game, IMO, is third down defense. We forced tons of 3rd and 6, 7, 8, and 10+ only to give up big plays and extend SJSU drives. We’ve done a good job forcing turnovers recently... but the defense needs to think of every 3rd down as a “big play”. Gotta get off the field.
Here’s to hoping!
