Run game definitely struggled. Observation from a lowly fan was the center's snaps were not crisp. There was the bad snap that hit the turf that Mestemaker recovered but there were several others that weren't on target that visibly caused timing to be off. Couple that with the DL regularly being in our backfield right after the snap and it's hard to run. I may be mixing games but I think even remember a TX State player practically meeting our RB at a hand-off. Mestemaker pulled it back and got taken down by a few defenders but there was just no room to get things going on the ground.
Untjim: Texas/Oklahoma doesn't produce great linemen anymore so we can't have great defenses.
Me: how does UTSA and Texas State do it?
Rick: defense
Untjim: he doesn't want to hear it
Hear what? Y'all are simultaneously saying the state doesn't produce great linemen which is necessary for a good defense but then say other G5 teams in our same state with our same pool of players are succeeding because of defense.
Again, if they can do it why can't we? What's their excuse?
I asked him that in the press conference. He said their DTs were good and made it tough. Said the probably went away from it too much in the second half.
Personally I thought it was fine. The offense had good ideas. Drew missed some wide open guys early but the O moved the ball welll, and scored. The drive killers were an interception, a missed field pressure (sack/fumble) and that TE coming up an inch short.
Also the OL was patchwork again (they switched centers again) so I understand being hesitant to simply run at them in that scenario.
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