Negative in the turnover margin again. We are quite poor at getting takeaways. I guess it is pretty difficult to cause fumbles when you can’t even tackle. DBs too far off receivers to get INTs. Very little pressure on the opposing QB rushing three all the time. This defense plain sucks. We cannot beat a team with a pulse with Craponi.
I would add that we aren’t running the ball enough. And tempo for the sake of tempo has also become our enemy. We rarely have positive plays when we rush up and snap it.
At least I won’t have to hear about playoffs and rankings anymore.
Not saying the defense is great by any means but we held them to 5 straight 3-and-outs from the end of the 2nd to end of the 3rd quarters. The problem is we came out of that run with 3 total points of our own. The 2 minute touchdown drives are fun but when we're not explosive on offense, we don't get a whole lot on that side of the ball either. I think we had one drive with 48 yards and no points. Everything else with no points was around 10 yards or less.
It wouldn't hurt to run some clock a bit so the defense can rest. This is the same issue we often had with Littrell's teams.
I'm sorry that your frellings were hurt. North Texas went on the road and challenged a team that is bigger, faster, stronger, more experienced, has much larger budget, and has significantly more fan support; basically every advantage. We lost due to a tying 12 yard touchdown toss that fell incomplete as time expired.
The Mean Green almost knocked off Memphis tonight. I am never pleased with a loss, but tonight was an excellent effort by our team and our coaching staff. Honestly, they represented our university well and I am proud of them.
Memphis fans create cohesion by wearing Blue to support their teams. Other colors may be more trendy but Memphis fans do what is necessary to support their school.
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