Our defense played better yesterday....but we still gave up 35 points to a team that isn't exactly explosive and despite the way we played in the 2nd half; when the game was on the line tied 28-28....Tulane's last drive was pretty easy. We left the middle of the field wide open that entire drive....and Tulane took advantage of it and just took the ball down and scored the go ahead TD. Pretty easy drive there.
I'm not poopooing the performance...it was better but have to keep in mind that's a pretty low bar to improve on. I loved the heart the kids showed in the 2nd half. But overall, our defense is still bad and the DC is responsible.
Maybe we can take the positive momentum (which I would say we DO have) and see what happens next week. At the very least, I would say Morris may have started turning a corner in the 2nd half regarding buy in. In my mind, that onside kick was a message to his team, "we're not here for moral victories, we're here to win games." Huge message there. Tulane is probably the best team left on our schedule, so at the very least, hopefully the team sees they can compete with the rest of the schedule.