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Frustrating loss.  1. Our O-line can’t protect Costello for long.  Every pass seemed rushed.  Contrast that with WSU O-line protection for Minshew.  2. Their receivers seemed to be open on almost every play.  Frequently there was no defender within 5 years.  3.  Too many missed tackles.  Frequently it was the 2nd or 3rd contact that brought the runner down.  Stanford will probably fall out of the rankings, again, in the next poll.

That’s an odd complaint.  Costello was sacked once (unfortunately resulting in a strip sack) and rushed a few times, but I thought the offensive line had its best game so far this year.  Costello was 34/43, which is an almost 80% completion rate.  Hard to do that if you are not being well protected.

Pressuring Minshew is tough to do.  The guy has a quick release and their short passes mean you don’t have long to get to the QB.  The trouble, as you noted, is that we didn’t cover their receivers well, and when we did, we missed tackling them, turning short gains or losses into first down yardage.

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Frustrating loss.  1. Our O-line can’t protect Costello for long.  Every pass seemed rushed.  Contrast that with WSU O-line protection for Minshew.  2. Their receivers seemed to be open on almost every play.  Frequently there was no defender within 5 years.  3.  Too many missed tackles.  Frequently it was the 2nd or 3rd contact that brought the runner down.  Stanford will probably fall out of the rankings, again, in the next poll.

That’s an odd complaint.  Costello was sacked once (unfortunately resulting in a strip sack) and rushed a few times, but I thought the offensive line had its best game so far this year.  Costello was 34/43, which is an almost 80% completion rate.  Hard to do that if you are not being well protected.

Pressuring Minshew is tough to do.  The guy has a quick release and their short passes mean you don’t have long to get to the QB.  The trouble, as you noted, is that we didn’t cover their receivers well, and when we did, we missed tackling them, turning short gains or losses into first down yardage.

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