i thought the defense slowed them down a bit after that first quick TD drive. seems like we adapted a bit, blitzed more, and got pressure on the two QB's. they had 200 yards or so at the half, after 75 in the 1st 3 minutes. Martinez was going to be a load, but the injury was on a sack. it felt like when we shut things down on offense, that kind of seeped over the defense. plus, we were in the prevent mode, so giving up a 97 yard drive over 7 minutes seemed like a good tradeoff.

offense pretty played with a swagger for 3 quarters. Hastings looked confident. the running game wasn't its normal self, especially against a defense that hasn't been great, but was picking up steam in the 3rd Quarter. i know we played the precentages that the backup QB wouldn't come back from 3 scores...BUT....getting THAT conservative with clock and play calling really takes the energy from the team.

I think we had 485 yards in first 3 quarters; 15 in the fourth. Seems like we lose our edge when we slow it down that much that early.

I imagine we might run the ball a lot in the fourth quarter.

And we pass on first diwn

That doesn’t look good. Another lineman

If anyone knows how to turn off closed captions on ESPN+ on fire stick, let me know. Seems a holdover from watching BritBox

If I’m a coach and I’ve lost two QBs, I would NOT have the third guy run. And yet….


Offense seems to have found their swagger. Need TDS in the red zone. Love to see a TD drive to open half and put pressure on the new (newest?) guy

If they are down to their third QB, I don’t see them keeping up with us. Offense is playing with a lot of confidence

We really need a clean game from the offense. Eliminate the bad penalties, no drops, no negative plays. Those have been the things that keeps the offense from getting on a roll. Poly was frustrating that way. Looked like we’re ready to put things away, then it’s 2 and 20, and we stall

those were both big opportunities. First would have got us on the board or up 10-0 (can’t recall); last would have sealed the deal.

I think 2 v Poly. One early in first half, one later in the game on their trick play. First one especially so.

Long Beach has really taken a drop in conference. I wonder if Monson will survive another lower half of the conference?

the Flex was designed by Tom Landry as a run stopping defense. Supposed to be a way to combat counters and the old ‘run to daylight’ Packers’ sweeps.

I think he’s also up for reckless driving for the 156 mph. Hard to imagine him getting no time.

how bizarre. They played Stefan F Austin among others. Took a 92-0 beating vs C Washington last weekend

I think 7-4 is very unlikely; we’d be, at best, 5th in the league with 4-4.

I think Cal would beat Tulsa easily. A not so good PAC12 team should beat a not so good AAC team with suspensions

most interesting part I heard (only heard the opening) is no practice today due to NCAA restrictions on election days. How long does it take to cast a ballot? Fortunately with the bye we went hard on Sunday so on track for normal practice routine.

it seems like they are holding that UNI loss over their heads, even though they really didn’t penalize cuz for losing to a one-win team. They played a PAC12 team tough, we beat not so good AAC team. They beat Montana, we beat Weber. Seemed like similar bodies of work

how do they move up? Still surprised Sac is a low as they are in some polls

thanks for the correction. For some reason, I was thinking the expansion to 24 was in 2019. Maybe they were talking about a change and that got stuck in my brain.