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Wag Tag · November 10

Coach was playing like they were going to get 40 on us. It looked like the 4th a goal the back hit the wrong gap outside the tackle and he scores . I also thought every time they went wide there was obvious holding. I was very surprised how well our D line did. Congrats to the D now let’s see this the rest of the year.

NT93 · November 10

Agreed. We were making decisions in the first quarter that shouldn’t be made until late in the 4th quarter (onside kick, not kicking a chip shot field goal, going for it on 4th and 7 on our side of the field). Of course, we make these decisions on a weekly basis, so I shouldn’t be surprised.

GMG_Dallas · November 10

See this is where the problem starts and stops with Eric Morris. He's hyper aggressive from the start and puts the defense in terrible situations from the beginning. Then when the defense allows repeated short TD scoring drives or allows 40+ despite being on the field for 15 possessions, we blame them and wonder why they can't do more. We saw today that they are capable.

We've got to stop saying he does it as an anticipation of bad defense. This really starts and stops with Eric Morris.

DentonLurker · November 10

Yeah right… Our D didn’t cause Morris to throw picks in the red zone or cause us to not be able to punch the ball in from the 1. The offense just didn’t make the plays we are used to them making. The defense had nothing to do with that.

Coach Morris is like Mike Leach was. He’s super aggressive. That’s going to win you some games and lose you some games, particularly when you don’t make plays you’re used to making.

RBP79 · November 10

Looked like NT D played four on the line every play. To bad they didn't start the season like that...

3_n_out · November 10

1 hour ago, Wag Tag said:

Coach was playing like they were going to get 40 on us. It looked like the 4th a goal the back hit the wrong gap outside the tackle and he scores . I also thought every time they went wide there was obvious holding. I was very surprised how well our D line did. Congrats to the D now let’s see this the rest of the year.

There’s always something keeping this team from winning. Hitting the wrong hole, missed tackles, poor execution, poor play selection, ultra aggressiveness. Ultimately, that’s on the HC.