SO HOW IS THAT "TIRED" DEFENSE WORKING FOR YOU NOW?

[DallasGreen]

Can that " tired" defense make it one quarter at Iowa? They seem to be checking it in a quarter earlier each game. There tiredness yesterday resulted from arm tackles blown coverage and a loss of mental toughness mixed in with an overall lack of speed.

[Snowy]

Our offense held the ball for a total of 18 minutes, 10 seconds yesterday, so yes, they probably were tired. 

[untbowler]

tired defense working about as well as our inept offense that control the clock less than 1/3 of a game, so if defense is tired then talk to the offense and their bus driver turning the ball over  constantly

Edited September 20, 2015 by untbowler

[greenit]

The defense played a lot of minutes because they could not stop the Rice offense. 

[BillySee58]

The defense played a lot of minutes because they could not stop the Rice offense. 

Yeah, first 8 minutes of the game Rice ate up the clock. Were we tired already? Couldn't get off the field on third downs. We have problems all over the place.

[Rudy]

Maybe the loss of Wintrich hurt more than we thought?

[tmjerm]

Secondary is so incredibly banged up its not a surprise we couldn't get off the field.  We played really soft corners and kept everything in front of us cause we had to...that was a good job by te coaching staff.  We just gave up a lot of 3rd down conversions on plays right at the sticks as a result.