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Their job is to score points, not limit possessions. News Flash: Army has long drives against EVERYBODY; so if your strategy is to play keep away from a team that is the absolute best at keep away, you are plain dumb. The offense put up three, that’s 1…2…3 points. It is absolute lunacy to say an offense that failed to put up points on THREE separate trips inside the 15 yard line was hamstrung by a defense that surrendered a total of 14.

Army is an incredibly classy program and playing them and having them in the conference is a powerful boost to the credibility of OUR program. I’ve been to 99% of the games at DATCU and that is the best that stadium has ever looked. It is also impressive how, after the game, Army comes to our side and stands at attention for the playing of our school song. That type of respect for others is missing in our society now. I wanted Army to lose against us, but I will be rooting for them the rest of the season.

Guy dropped passes and ran bad routes also. When they caught the ball they were thinking too much instead of going north and south. Not to mention Army got pressure with 3 man fronts. Collectively the offense chocked. Army didn't respect our offense and they were going to force us to score before going deeper into their offensive playbook taking risk. They were willing to give us death by a thousand cuts. EVERYTIME you get Army Offense 10 yards off schedule your defense should be able to force a FG attempt, Punt, or a 4th 6 yards plus they FAIL to convert.

That and the defense caused 2 turnovers against a team that doesn’t turn the ball over. Our vaunted Top 5 offense scored 3 fn points! 3 red zone trips - turnover on downs with 1st and goal 6 inches from the goal line and two interceptions. An unimaginable disaster. Then factor in receivers dropping sure fire first downs, a beyond pedestrian run game we’re forcing with a 4th or 5th string running back and so on…the offense was a complete failure. In no reality is this specific game on the defense. Sorry.

Ok, but why? Football teams have understood the simplest way to move one yard for over a hundred years now…and Morris got to see Army do it over and over yesterday…you get under center and run straight forward. Hell, it is now 100% legal to have another player push you forward for that one yard.