[TheFarm07]

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The D had a great first half, holding Washington to 58 yards and 2 first downs.  Second half was much aloppier with 2 TD drives.  But they did more than enough to win, giving 231 total yards, much of it after the game was safely put away.  I'd have loved a shutout, but it was more than good enough.

Oh, it was certainly more than good enough. And maybe that's all we need this year. But still, qualitatively...an awful lot of missed tackles and blown coverages for my taste. Adjust for UW's QB and this just might be a closer game.

We'll see against Washington State. That might be a shootout for the ages.
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Agreed.  We could easily have kept UW to single digits if there weren't so many missed tackles; we let them gain more yards than they should have.  It didn't matter against UW tonight, but against a better opponent in a closer game...

[TheFarm07]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=13330.msg136874#msg136874 date=1445751556]
The D had a great first half, holding Washington to 58 yards and 2 first downs.  Second half was much aloppier with 2 TD drives.  But they did more than enough to win, giving 231 total yards, much of it after the game was safely put away.  I'd have loved a shutout, but it was more than good enough.

Oh, it was certainly more than good enough. And maybe that's all we need this year. But still, qualitatively...an awful lot of missed tackles and blown coverages for my taste. Adjust for UW's QB and this just might be a closer game.

We'll see against Washington State. That might be a shootout for the ages.
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Agreed.  We could easily have kept UW to single digits if there weren't so many missed tackles; we let them gain more yards than they should have.  It didn't matter against UW tonight, but against a better opponent in a closer game...