Fantastic win! Fresno is a very good football team with a very good coach. Our coaches put together a great game plan on both sides of the ball. Fresno made some adjustments on the defensive side of the ball in the second half, and we struggled to adapt. I think Hoyland hits that FG without any interruption in play. Obviously, Waylee was legitimately injured, but I think those extra minutes standing around waiting to kick had an effect.
I thought the refs actually did a good job with calls/penalties on the field. The catch in the corner of the end zone was correctly called out of bounds - he was still juggling the ball when his foot was down and only gained possession before coming down with the other foot out of bounds. Offsides on the punt was close, but in the replay, it looked like his foot was actually still behind the line of scrimmage even after he stepped forward. His upper body may have been over the line by a little bit, but I’m OK with them letting that go. Lots of hands to the face and defensive holding calls went our way - many times those flags don’t get thrown. That being said, the clock management by the refs was really bad. We should have had at least two delay of game penalties - on one of them, the play clock was at 0 for a good 2-3 seconds and they still let the play go on.
Onto Air Force, which will be a tougher task yet on the road with them coming off a bye. I’m also doubtful we will have Waylee.
