The morning after. I was jacked up last night. Couldn’t get to sleep for a long time. What a frustrating loss. We should have been able to capitalize on all the gifts we were given, opportunities to win the game.
Defense
Our deep cover is not good. Cal exposed that, badly. We need serious work on that. We have a lot of pass happy teams opponents coming up.
How long is Loel out? We are REALLY hurting with him gone. Not getting much rush on the QB, which feeds into our deep cover issues.
Also I think our overall tacking needs improvement. Seems like the first guy is often not bringing down the runner and gaining too many extra yards.
Offense
Losing our starting center REALLY hurt. With a starting center those last couple of goal line attempts might have been different. Also it seems like Asiata was getting blown up last night.
I’m not as unhappy with the RB play as some here. I think we went to the well one too many times in the 4th.
Williams IMO was good enough last night. Not great but good enough. It was his first big time game on the road. SJSU doesn’t count. We were in position to win and that pass in the flat on the 2nd to last play did hit the receiver in the hands, but not great accuracy there. I think he should have ran that one anyway. The corner was open.
I thought our receivers were great, even with our two best guys out. Finally we have some depth there.
Special Teams
One of Whitt’s best areas has been special teams, probably glommed from Urban. This year’s special teams are the worst I’ve seen, possibly EVER. Our kickoffs are short. We kick to olympic sprinters. Coverage is bad.
Field goals are like rolling the dice this year. I think Andy is more hurt that we realize. Had he made that missed field goal, in the 4th we could have kicked a FG to win, rather than needing a TD to win.
Punt returns are awful. Nearly every time there’s a block in the back. I thought Boobie looked good in week #1, but since then he and anyone else who has returned has been below mediocre.
Injuries
Mainly we need to get the injuries under control. We always have them, but it seems a little early this year.
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