Defense - Tackles

Budgett 8
Frazier 7
Venable 7
Buchanan 7
White 6

Sacks - 0
TFL = 4


EWU

Sendelbach - 9 solo tackles for EWU
TFL = 6

Everybody thought we'd go Wildcat one time.

I believe Florida has a much older population.

Re offense, we mainly talk about the QB and O line. Are we a little slim at WR?

We lost Lance Babbs II, Kraft and Orlando Ornelas. 2018 we averaged about 30 receptions a game, now about 20 a game.

Harrell (4)
Hutton (3)
Vaughn (2)
CCrawford (2)
Castles (2)
Thorpe (1) = TE = 4 a game
O'Keeffe (1)

UG (3)
LL (1.5)

We've got about 8 young wide receivers not seeing the field much. 6 RFrosh or Frosh. (Does Cloyd really have 2 receptions?)

Harrell 5 gm -> 4
UG 4 -> 3
CC 2 -> 2
Vaughn 1 -> 2

No expert here, but it seems we could use another contributor or two. Thorpe a beast in HS, highly touted, why not have him in the slot or drag him over the middle?

FWIW, OO recently tweeted about Portland State several times.

PJ Media: Despite Mandates Aplenty, California's COVID Rate Now Doubles Florida's

"California is averaging 16 new cases per 100,000 residents the last week compared to just seven in Florida...."

"The Golden State has seen a surge of more than 60% in new cases in the last two weeks, compared to a 20% drop in the Sunshine State. Clearly, their progressive edicts failed to quell recent outbreaks."

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/ari-j-kaufman/2021/11/09/despite-mandates-aplenty-californias-covid-rate-now-doubles-floridas-n1531387?utm_source=JangoMail&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Good+News+Friday+-+Nov+12+(345457616)&utm_content=

You're right. A deceptive year. We've won a number of close games over average teams or below average teams. (Dixie State has played a brutal schedule.) Congrats to Pat McCann.

There was a possible reviewable call in the second half, and it appears EWU ran a quick play, possibly to prevent review. If so, quick thinking on their part.

Statistical comparison of this year's offense - 2021 Regular - vs 2019 (5-7 team).

2021-Reg ::::::::::::::: 2019

PPG 30.90 /// 28.67 (+7.9%)
R/APC 4.5 /// 4.2
R/APG 185.2 /// 123.8 (+50%)

P/YPG 229.3 /// 309 (-26%)
A/YPG 414.5 /// 433 (-4.3%)

(LL a stud.)

We miss Lance Babb, a big time playmaker.

It looks like there's a Farmer's Market today in Davis where Babb will be selling his designs (clothing) ...

https://instagram.com/lancebabbii?utm_medium=copy_link

Is their defense physically that much better?

I posted offensive numbers from the spring season showing a big drop off, especially if we subtract the SLO game. It wasn't well received.

I believe recently when we had success, we used the short and intermediate passing game to open up the run game late in the second half.

Apparently our O line play hurts us more.

What happened to our O Line depth?

Thinking out loud We're not running effectively up the middle, and it looks like we don't have the speed to get outside consistently. So it's misdirection, and TT?

A puzzle. Go back to 3 QBs and ride the hot hand?

Different statistics take tonight.

EWU had 4 effective runners (4 yds per carry, or more), and 5 effective receivers (4 catches or more).

We had 2 runners (one a QB), and 1 WR get over 4 catches (Harrell). And his YAC were highly limited. 25 yards total?

I guess we competed for one quarter, and then were dominated. We had a chance early. Then Barriere, a gifted and intelligent player with a solid line, ate us up.

Will EWU be human next year?

Is EWU defense stout, or our execution / game plan that poor?

Solid logic. Why didn't our S&C add a little meat to HR the past 2 years. 170 is light for a running QB.

Harrell hot on the sidelines.

If Thorpe is our best WR (Marsh, DK), why is he used so sparsely?

We lost several big plays.

Fake punt.
Missed interception.
Blown call?
No ground game - can't sustain drives; and no short-game, West Coast ball control offense.

LL returns helped.

Did we call a poor offensive game plan?

Great pass to the TE, but at some point why not bring in one of the two mobile QBs?

At least 2-3 big plays / TOs.

Time for HR?? He's mobile.

Alternate HR & TT, and HR & TT together.