rimrockgriz said:
O.K. I'll make it short and simple...We had NO answer for Bauman
ALL day long. :roll: (#37 was on his back a ton as they ran over the 2 and 4 gap like taking candy from a baby...)
First Half:
1 carry, 75 yards (TD)
1 carry, 2 yards (punt)
1 carry, 1 yard (punt)
1 carry, 0 yards (turnover on downs)
4 carries for 5, 8, 0, 2 yards (TD)
2 carries, 1, 9 (punt)
1 carry, 2 yards (punt)
Halftime - So, at half he had 105 yards in 11 carries...75 coming on one play.
1 carry, 12 yards (TD)
1 carry, 4 yards (FG)
6 carries for 2, 12, 0, 1, 5, 4 yards (FG)
4 carries for 4, 3, 5, 20 yards(TD)
1 carry, 5 (punt)
4 carries for 13, 57, -1, 2 (TD)
1 carry, 0 yards
He ended the game with 253 yards. He got 177 of them on 5 carries.
Was there some sloppy play? Sure. Were there some missed tackles? You betcha. But to say we had "no answer" for him is just not a factual statement. For 24 of his 29 carries we INDEED had an answer for him. Outside of his one long run to open the game, he got just 30 more yards in the first half. It wasn't until our OFFENSE started shitting the bed and going 3-out or turning the ball over that the defense got gassed and he ran over them in the 2nd half. It's not a coincidence that his 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th longest runs from scrimmage were in the 2nd half of the game.
Just look at the TOP on the 2nd half "drives" (and I use that term VERY loosely) and how they ended (and WHERE the ended!) and it's plainly obvious what the issue was.
UM 1st M25 14:49 Kickoff A10 12:21 * FIELD GOAL 6-65 2:28 #
UM 1st A13 10:24 Punt A00 09:49 * TOUCHDOWN 2-13 0:35 #
UM 1st M27 07:08 Punt A00 03:29 * TOUCHDOWN 9-73 3:39
UM 2nd M32 14:51 Downs A00 13:16 * TOUCHDOWN 7-68 1:35 #
UM 2nd M34 09:10 Kickoff A43 06:41 Fumble 7-23 2:29
UM 2nd M13 04:33 Punt M20 03:19 Interception 3-7 1:14
UM 2nd M20 02:04 Punt M41 00:04 Punt 5-21 2:00
UM 3rd M00 15:00 Kickoff M22 14:51 Fumble 2-22 0:09
UM 3rd M25 13:03 Kickoff M24 11:45 Interception 3--1 1:18
UM 3rd M25 10:14 Kickoff M36 08:29 Punt 5-11 1:45
UM 3rd M20 01:44 Kickoff M28 14:50 Punt 5-8 1:54
UM 4th M35 11:54 Kickoff M50 10:25 Interception 5-15 1:29
UM 4th M15 09:33 Punt M20 08:18 Punt 3-5 1:15
UM 4th M25 05:53 Kickoff M44 04:53 Punt 5-19 1:00
UM 4th A43 02:28 Punt A00 01:58 * TOUCHDOWN 2-43 0:30
Just over 9 minutes of possession in a 30 minute half. THAT, my friend, will exhaust ANY defense...oh, and throw in 3 INT's and 2 fumbles lost and you have a fairly predictable result. ANd despite ALL that, we only lost by 10. I, for one, am looking for sweet revenge against Bauman and NAU this year.