In fairness, I did not see the game ( out of town), but all I read about was the TOās and especially Tuneās interceptions.
Looking at the stats,I am more concerned about the defense giving up 450 yards rushing for Navy and 8 rushing TDs. Seems to me that the defense should have been better prepared !!
Weāve got a long way to go just to get to the level of weāre OK. The ājust OKā that is in the Tv ads. Cougars will never accept that. We will always aspire for excellence. If anyone can get us there it is CDH but right now it seems there are too many pieces missing from the puzzle to get it in shape within a year. Just hope I live long enough to see it
EE, Tune had an up and down night. Whe it was obvious we were getting desparate, he started forcing some things; he will learn from this. But our D was parting like the Red Sea and giving up big chunks.
Next year we will have a full defense with more maturity as well as an OL. I am really excited about our future.
Thats on Tune. When he was supposed to give the D a rest he would get picked and then the defense was on the field again at a field disadvantage. This game is on him.
Tune had 8 guys up his ### all night. That and the fact that every time he took the field he was following a Navy score. Mariota would have thrown in the towel in the 3rd quarter under those conditions.
Agree with Red. On the FB, he literally ran the same play EVERY time. A cut up the middle and he literally scored a TD on about 50% of his runs. He either got stopped or huge run for a TD.
What bothers me is we passed the eye test vs many of the teams in our division. We were physically larger than Navy across the board. Yet, for some reason, we canāt compete to win.
So before we all panic, I also got caught up in the Dana hype before the season began and expected āgreatness.ā What we found out was what a complete āpoopā show the predecessors left behind. With that, lets see what Matt Rhule did at Baylor under the same conditions. Year 1 was 1-11. Year 2 was 7-6. Year 3 means at least 50% of the players were recruited by Rhule. With a new culture and his players in place, Baylor goes 11-1 and is playing for a league championship. Now the Year 3 schedule wasnāt challenging but the team did deliver.
The point is Iām willing to give CDH the time necessary to make us competitive again. A Year 1 4-8 record with a difficult schedule is miles ahead of where Baylor started. So if the Coogs can win 6-7 games in Year 2, that would indicate a step in the right direction to building a consistent winning team. Iām looking forward to the recruits we garner, Spring football practice, and the 2020 football season. Go Coogs!