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Week 5: Idaho @ UC Davis

Well some of my observations

Offense:
- Miles played... just okay. It was his first start and against a team that isn't bad by any means. He was sailing some balls which you can't do at this level. They absolutely will get picked. He had 1 and had a couple more that were close.
- My belief in Trent Tompkins was absolutely confirmed. He was the turning factor in this game. The defense became so hyper focused on him it allowed his easy TD pass and then Carson's pass to Castles (which was an astounding catch btw). He is just too good to leave off the field and I wish we would have used him more against Weber.
- Offensive line had it's hands full today with Idaho's front 7.

Defense:
- Bend don't break mentality. They gave up yards, but they came up with critical 4th down stops and turnovers when it mattered most. They had a tough time with the run today. Gave up the long TD on the first drive of the game and Cummings was averaging over 8 per rush.
- Switching to the blitz really seemed to throw Beaudry for a loop in the 2nd half.
- The streak of keeping opponents scoreless in the 4th quarter stays alive.

Special Teams:
- Whelan is a beast as always
- Good bounce back game for Gomez. Hit all of his kicks.
- Blocking kicks is always a good thing and we got 2 of them.

Idaho:
- As a whole, they put out a better product than I was expecting. Beaudry wasn't terrible although I wouldn't say fantastic by any means. They have a stud in that Cummings guy. Runs extremely hard and is tough to bring down.
- Petrino is a moron and I feel bad that Idaho fans have had to deal with this guy for so long. Going for a FG on 4th and short when you're down by 7 and basically out of timeouts... what's your plan there even if you make the kick? Bonehead coaching.