It was the screen pass on the second to last drive where the left tackle missed the block allowing for a clean shot on Anderson. His head bounced off the ground but they kept him out there. Sawvel discussed it at length in the post game.
I believe this is probably so given the brand new unit and lack of depth at DT. I also believe the offense will move the ball more this year causing the opponent to open it up more on offense.
You need to have good on both sides of the ball. We saw with Christensen that having an explosive offense doesn't mean anything if you can't stop the other team. We saw with Bohl that having a shut down defense doesn't mean anything if you can't score.
Passable - to sub par is fine for D. We SHOULD have won the ‘ship in 2016 with our terrible D and excellent O.
The defense in 2016 may actually have been our most talented ever in term of NFL talent. I believe 9 players on the defensive 2 deep went on to play at least some in the NFL.
I actually believe Bohl proved you can win without scoring.
Should have never hired Stanard and just let Mallory be the DC. Players hated Stanard
Offense sells tickets. There is that...
I hated Stanard as our DC - totally worthless. The New Mexico game in Albuquerque comes to mind...
Well the coaching was horrible
Was that when they beat us with the 5th string, freshman, walk-on quarterback?
No. I believe they played their starting QB. It is the game where New Mexico threw the ball only 5 times all game but ran for an absurd 568 yards with a 12.3 yard per rush average. Tashaun Gipson's little brother was unstoppable. Perhaps the worst defensive effort I've ever witnessed.