Just got back from El Paso. Sun Bowl was actually pretty cool stadium. Built right into the Mountain. Offered some nice views.
As for the game..
Thought the offense was steady especially the run game. Nearly had two backs go over 100 yards. Thought Maiava handled his first ever start pretty well. Made some big throws to convert on third down. Biggest criticism would be he needs to know when a play is dead. Put the ball in danger twice (one interception) on plays that were dead and he should have either taken sack or thrown it away.
Defense: Said this in another thread and I think it holds true. Schematically the defense is pretty sound. Play calling (and of course individual effort/talent) have lead to some big plays (sacks/TFL/turnovers). These aren't all of Odom's guys. Or guys that fit what he wants to do. Give it another year or two and I really think Rebs could start having defenses that look like SDSU has had in years past. Maybe not quite that dominant but pretty damn good.
Special Teams: No big returns this week but coverage was again sound and they had the blocked punt leading to a score so they once again impacted the game positively.
And yes the kicker made a FG and all his extra points for the communists on here that care about kickers.
Coaching. Thought they game planned well on offensive side of the ball. Leaned on run game early to make things easy on Maiava in his first start. I really like how many different looks we give teams on offense and defense. Defense got after the QB well. I think penalties (especially the false starts need to get cleaned up).
As for the game..
Thought the offense was steady especially the run game. Nearly had two backs go over 100 yards. Thought Maiava handled his first ever start pretty well. Made some big throws to convert on third down. Biggest criticism would be he needs to know when a play is dead. Put the ball in danger twice (one interception) on plays that were dead and he should have either taken sack or thrown it away.
Defense: Said this in another thread and I think it holds true. Schematically the defense is pretty sound. Play calling (and of course individual effort/talent) have lead to some big plays (sacks/TFL/turnovers). These aren't all of Odom's guys. Or guys that fit what he wants to do. Give it another year or two and I really think Rebs could start having defenses that look like SDSU has had in years past. Maybe not quite that dominant but pretty damn good.
Special Teams: No big returns this week but coverage was again sound and they had the blocked punt leading to a score so they once again impacted the game positively.
And yes the kicker made a FG and all his extra points for the communists on here that care about kickers.
Coaching. Thought they game planned well on offensive side of the ball. Leaned on run game early to make things easy on Maiava in his first start. I really like how many different looks we give teams on offense and defense. Defense got after the QB well. I think penalties (especially the false starts need to get cleaned up).