[JohnR34231]

[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=17794.msg208655#msg208655 date=1509119376]
[quote author=washingtonismoney link=topic=17794.msg208642#msg208642 date=1509118590]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.
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Going into the game, if someone had said Nall would be held to 84 yards and the OSUquarterback would have a QBR of 44, all of us would have thought we'd win easily. Aside from some mind blowing, brain cramp, penalties, the defense did play well.
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Yep, it is a little hard to believe that a team which had yet to hold an opponent (including Portland State) to under 30 points could hold us to 15 (and for most of the game three field goals).

[JohnR34231]

[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=17794.msg208655#msg208655 date=1509119376]
[quote author=washingtonismoney link=topic=17794.msg208642#msg208642 date=1509118590]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.
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Going into the game, if someone had said Nall would be held to 84 yards and the OSUquarterback would have a QBR of 44, all of us would have thought we'd win easily. Aside from some mind blowing, brain cramp, penalties, the defense did play well.
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Yep, it is a little hard to believe that a team which had yet to hold an opponent (including Portland State) to under 30 points could hold us to 15 (and for most of the game three field goals).