Missed field goal ended up being costly. Interception in the first half that gave SDSU scoring field position ended up being costly. Having an extra point blocked ended up being costly. Time out management ended up being costly. All in all, a good comeback that fell short against a good team, but we could have really been in it.
Rex Connors had himself one heck of a game though.
Hastings ended up playing... okay. His INT hurt a lot and he flat out missed more than a few open receivers but at the end of the day he wasn't our only problem. Our run game got completely shut down which isn't super surprising. SDSU has an elite front 7 and they were ready to stand Gilliam up. Death by 1000 cuts on offense.
Defense played admirably. I don't think you can really ask for a whole lot more from them as a unit.
Our running backs are too good to not gain 3 yards a carry. What accounts for it?
Davis traditionally can’t run the ball against the better teams.
Reminds me of the Biggs era, when he had to bring in another coach to help Plough because the Davis blocking was so geared to moving laterally like for screens and sweeps that they didn’t develop the skills to block vertically. We always look like we’re a scrappy D2 team playing above our weight class.