Week 5: UC Davis @ Montana State Well that's the season folks. I would say extremely low to zero chances of playoffs at this point in time. We didn't get the benefit of the doubt with a high ranking coming into the season and we've struck out against ranked teams leading to 4 losses on the schedule when you throw in Cal. We still have Sac State and Idaho left to play; both are looking tough. So not likely to win out in my opinion.
This was the first game that I was really disappointed in the defense to be honest. Unable to stick with receivers on a largely run first team. Ron Gould levels of befuddlement in preventing Chambers from taking off with the ball. No pressure at all on Chambers in the pass game. All-in-all, not a good performance from them.
All I have to say in terms of the offense is that we are going to be absolutely screwed next season when UG34 is gone. He is the heart and soul of what little functioning offense we have this year. I was slightly up on Hastings after the last couple of weeks as he managed to not turn the ball over at the very least, but when he does start turning the ball over in games, his weaknesses become apparent in that he doesn't have the skill set to truly go out and win these games against highly ranked opponents.
I'm glad Gomez was able to go 3/3 on his field goal attempts this game, but the dude only had 1 touchback on 6 kickoff attempts. Is he being coached to kick short (huge mistake) or does he not have the leg (huge issue)? Either way there is a problem and it's costing us field position, points, and ultimately you could even argue wins as a whole.
I'm with 88, this isn't the Shredville that Hawkins boasted about in his first couple of seasons at the helm. I don't think Plough was a perfect OC, but dang were those fast paced offenses fun to watch. Changes are going to need to happen after this season and I'm not sure that Hawkins is ready to make one of the changes that I see necessary to continue to moving this program forward.
Time to lick the wounds and get ready for NAU in a couple of weeks. Pretty much playing for pride now. GO AGS!