1. Everything that happened tonight followed the script. We as fans hope that each game will be different, and that maybe we will make sort of giant leap forward, but we still can't block a D-Line with a pulse, and we still get torched by good QBs. Three years running now and no end in sight to this trend.
2. The strangest thing about this team to me is that there is absolutely no synergy between the units. The defense could cause a momentum changing turnover, and the offense will come out completely flat and uninspired on the ensuing drive. The offense could hit a home-run play, and the defense allows a length-of-field drive in five plays and two minutes the next series. I don't get it.
3. As long as we don't do the small things well, we aren't going to beat the teams above us in talent. My favorite part of the the triple option is when you see the blocks set off like a series of dominoes, and you can see the TD when the ball is hanging in mid-air off the pitch. It's a rare treat when it happens now.
4. Seeing Vad go down on that 3rd and 10 with 2 minutes left in the 1st half was depressing. He runs like a beaten dog now, when last year against USC in the Sun Bowl, he split two defenders in no space in a similar play to get the first down. He's getting gun shy, and for those of you say simply put JT in, I'm honest to God worried he'll get broken in half by some future NFL defensive player. I think he can handle the normal option rigor, but he's not built to take some of the ridiculous hits our O Line and A backs allow. No QB is, for that matter.
5. The defense was horrible after the first few series, but you wonder how things would have played out with some support from the offense at the outset. The D definitely stood on their heads on the second drive of the game. Refer to point #2. Overall, Roof has done as much as could be asked for so far, with what he was given. I'm not thrilled, but I'm satisfied with where he's taking us so far.
6. I wish we could have the badass, ballsy coach we had the first two years. I miss that guy.
2. The strangest thing about this team to me is that there is absolutely no synergy between the units. The defense could cause a momentum changing turnover, and the offense will come out completely flat and uninspired on the ensuing drive. The offense could hit a home-run play, and the defense allows a length-of-field drive in five plays and two minutes the next series. I don't get it.
3. As long as we don't do the small things well, we aren't going to beat the teams above us in talent. My favorite part of the the triple option is when you see the blocks set off like a series of dominoes, and you can see the TD when the ball is hanging in mid-air off the pitch. It's a rare treat when it happens now.
4. Seeing Vad go down on that 3rd and 10 with 2 minutes left in the 1st half was depressing. He runs like a beaten dog now, when last year against USC in the Sun Bowl, he split two defenders in no space in a similar play to get the first down. He's getting gun shy, and for those of you say simply put JT in, I'm honest to God worried he'll get broken in half by some future NFL defensive player. I think he can handle the normal option rigor, but he's not built to take some of the ridiculous hits our O Line and A backs allow. No QB is, for that matter.
5. The defense was horrible after the first few series, but you wonder how things would have played out with some support from the offense at the outset. The D definitely stood on their heads on the second drive of the game. Refer to point #2. Overall, Roof has done as much as could be asked for so far, with what he was given. I'm not thrilled, but I'm satisfied with where he's taking us so far.
6. I wish we could have the badass, ballsy coach we had the first two years. I miss that guy.
