I would say that our defense is good enough that it won't lose games for us.

Sep 11, 2018
3:31:10pm

dilbert All-American

But it is not good enough that it can win games for us.

With a functioning offense, this defense is good enough. With the offense we saw last Saturday, it is not good enough.

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Breakdown (with pics) of a couple of really head-scratching plays by the defense vs. Cal.

Unibro All-American

9/11/18 2:51pm

People think our d is good. They will get exploited as the season progresses

idacoug

9/11/18 2:56pm

I think our D is better than last year, at least the small sample size so far,

cougaman

9/11/18 2:57pm

In terms of getting stops on 3rd down and pressuring the QB, it's hard to say

dilbert

9/11/18 3:34pm

We have played two bad offenses in AZ and Cal. It will get worse

Coogar2

9/11/18 5:33pm

our defense is good enough. it is not a bronco defense, because few are.

molodyets

9/11/18 3:18pm

I would say that our defense is good enough that it won't lose games for us.

dilbert

9/11/18 3:31pm

I have repeatedly said on here that we didn't fire enough coaches last year.

bald man

9/12/18 5:39am

I remember that first play. I don't notice much pre snap, but even I saw

jrob30

9/11/18 2:57pm

My husband was yelling the exact same thing on that first play. Crazy!

cougar_chick1

9/11/18 2:59pm

the other issue on the 3rd and 3 is that Cal has loaded their right side

smokymountainrain

9/11/18 3:02pm

I have been against railing against the d and Tuiaki but someone deserves

rcbyufan

9/11/18 3:06pm

Tuiaki’s D can’t get off the field. We don’t have the horses to play vanilla.

Run-DMT

9/11/18 3:35pm

The Anwser is NO!!

See It

9/11/18 4:23pm

If your prediction comes true that game will be first time in Kalani’s tenure

itsuptoyou

9/11/18 8:59pm

They gave up 21 points, they got off the field plenty. Problem Saturday was the

palangi

9/12/18 12:36pm

I was going bezerk on the last play of the game! Get up to the line!

doups3

9/11/18 4:49pm

I dislike calling out individual players but Warner should have known better

rcbyufan

9/11/18 5:06pm

I also think Pau'u tried to be the hero, rather than trying to string out the QB

cougaman

9/11/18 5:51pm

And by doing so, all he did is get in Takitaki’s way

LifelongAP

9/12/18 12:07am

If only you had time to do this for every play. Awesome work.

Mrs Featerbottom

9/11/18 4:53pm

Good points

ALC

9/11/18 5:25pm

Cal defense scheme v byu defense scheme 75% game outcome

youngbuck

9/11/18 6:42pm

For sure and it is becaue they had a lot more confidence in their secondary

ALC

9/11/18 10:58pm

Bingo! I figured safety misplayed it. No way a paid college coordinator calls

youngbuck

9/11/18 6:29pm

I thought the same. So frustrating. Tuiaki didn't cover #9 all night. Crazy

Coug Dude

9/11/18 6:30pm

On that 3rd & 3, am I crazy or does Cal only have 10 players? We show 11 in the

timpjynx

9/11/18 7:48pm

Ya, you crazy. They have 11. One more in the middle that's tough to see

GigantorCat

9/11/18 8:20pm

I remember that first one you mention and wondering why in the world no one was

BluebloodOR

9/11/18 8:26pm

Say what you want, but we didn't lose b/c of the D.

GOR

9/11/18 10:10pm

Just analyzing a couple blown plays. Never said the L was all on the D.

Unibro

9/11/18 10:22pm

Sorry mostly in response to the OP responses. Good breakdown for sure.

GOR

9/11/18 11:26pm

Well, we sure didn't win because of the D. They needed to get stops

bald man

9/12/18 5:49am

Defense gets beat on alignment a lot.

GeraldGarner

9/12/18 6:41am

Nice break down.

ChiCityCoug

9/12/18 7:05am

You think the D is the problem? Great breakdown, but the O is awful too.

UNHuskerCoug

9/12/18 8:35am

RE: You think the D is the problem? Great breakdown, but the O is awful too.

Unibro

9/12/18 8:40am

The O is more sickening to me.

UNHuskerCoug

9/12/18 9:07am

I wish we had more posts like this... keep 'em coming!

Hill4Heisman

9/12/18 12:09pm

This is why many of us think the D is far worse than some like to say

jcase16byu

9/12/18 12:09pm

I worry we will see just how bad the D is in 2 of the next 3 games, and they

cougaman

9/12/18 12:39pm

I worry we will truly show how bad the D is against the team after those

jcase16byu

9/12/18 1:14pm

It's a good breakdown but I don't have the same problems with it as you

palangi

9/12/18 1:02pm

Sometimes you have to gamble to get off the field. I don't think we should always be defaulting back to just preventing

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