[stupac2]

While I thought the defense had some troubling plays, its overall performance wasn't too bad, I thought. Oregon State only had 4.1 yards per play; oddsmakers apparently expected the Beavers to score 17.5 points, so 14 points allowed is slight overperformance. So while there's certainly room for criticism of the defense, I'd say it did its job last night. Focusing on the offense is entirely appropriate.

I mean, sure, but the only reason ORST scored at all was a bunch of dumb penalties on our defenders. We missed a slew of tackles. The defense performed better than the offense, but it wasn't good. If you're going to assign blame after a game like that, the offense deserves the majority, but they don't deserve it all.

[stupac2]

While I thought the defense had some troubling plays, its overall performance wasn't too bad, I thought. Oregon State only had 4.1 yards per play; oddsmakers apparently expected the Beavers to score 17.5 points, so 14 points allowed is slight overperformance. So while there's certainly room for criticism of the defense, I'd say it did its job last night. Focusing on the offense is entirely appropriate.

I mean, sure, but the only reason ORST scored at all was a bunch of dumb penalties on our defenders. We missed a slew of tackles. The defense performed better than the offense, but it wasn't good. If you're going to assign blame after a game like that, the offense deserves the majority, but they don't deserve it all.