Defense gave up the middle of the field. The most glaring one was the TD to their TE. Sirmon was over the TE but got sucked up by the QBs eyes and Scott was late covering the slant. Had Sirmon fallen back into the middle (likely where he should have been) the middle would have been closed off and no TD.
Defense gave up the middle of the field. The most glaring one was the TD to their TE. Sirmon was over the TE but got sucked up by the QBs eyes and Scott was late covering the slant. Had Sirmon fallen back into the middle (likely where he should have been) the middle would have been closed off and no TD.
Wilcox in his post game presser commented on "a play or two". Ah no, it was way more than a play or two. Cal, in the first quarter, with superior field position did NADA. That is more than a play or 2. While the officiating was egregious and likely cost us the game (multiple times), Cal had ample opportunities to "control" the game and they did not.
Ultimately we lost cuz of our known weakness, the OL. But the OL isn't a weakness it is non-existent here in Wilcox's 6th year. By my eye, of college games I've watched this year, Cal has the worst OL by far.
Despite the OL this game was winnable had we had a better 1st quarter and made ND one dimensional. Very disappointing. I don't see a solution in the near term for the OL.
Defense gave up the middle of the field. The most glaring one was the TD to their TE. Sirmon was over the TE but got sucked up by the QBs eyes and Scott was late covering the slant. Had Sirmon fallen back into the middle (likely where he should have been) the middle would have been closed off and no TD.
Wilcox in his post game presser commented on "a play or two". Ah no, it was way more than a play or two. Cal, in the first quarter, with superior field position did NADA. That is more than a play or 2. While the officiating was egregious and likely cost us the game (multiple times), Cal had ample opportunities to "control" the game and they did not.
Ultimately we lost cuz of our known weakness, the OL. But the OL isn't a weakness it is non-existent here in Wilcox's 6th year. By my eye, of college games I've watched this year, Cal has the worst OL by far.
Despite the OL this game was winnable had we had a better 1st quarter and made ND one dimensional. Very disappointing. I don't see a solution in the near term for the OL.