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And Air Force holds the Coogs to 34 fewer points than Stanford did, in a 31-21 victory, capping a pitiful PAC-12 Bowl performance evening.

Unless my math is wrong, 49 - 21 is 28, not 34, not that my bit of pedantry changes the underlying message that we did not have a good defense this year.

BC

Hmm, thought the score was 55-24 from memory, but yes it hardly matters because the point remains the same no matter my misremembered score.

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And Air Force holds the Coogs to 34 fewer points than Stanford did, in a 31-21 victory, capping a pitiful PAC-12 Bowl performance evening.

Unless my math is wrong, 49 - 21 is 28, not 34, not that my bit of pedantry changes the underlying message that we did not have a good defense this year.

BC

The sobering stat in the Wazzu-Air Force game is that Air Force amassed 371 rushing yards vs. the Cougars and had a TOP of over 43 minutes, which means Leach's offense only saw the field for a bit over 16 minutes.  We barely even tried to run against the Cougars and rushed for a total of 6 yards on 10 carries.  We also lost the TOP battle 34 to 26.  Davis Mills' school record 504 passing yards only netted 22 points.  What does Air Force have that Stanford is missing?  The Falcons did to Wazzu what we once were famed for.

Air Force had a the services of all five OL being experienced Seniors, and from what I could tell, both a faster and a more powerful RB than Stanford had available. It’s also possible Air Force had a better conceived and executed game plan than Stanford had on offense, some of which can be traced to having an experienced OL.

Air Force only really stopped the Coogs on 4th down plays inside the 10, as we know the Air Raid weakness and on the last desperate drive. Otherwise, their defense was the offense that possessed the ball for almost 3/4 of the game.

Good points all the way around (+1).  Just one correction: BYU are the Coogs.  Wazzu are the Cougs.  Subtle distinction, I know.

[Austroturf]

And Air Force holds the Coogs to 34 fewer points than Stanford did, in a 31-21 victory, capping a pitiful PAC-12 Bowl performance evening.

Unless my math is wrong, 49 - 21 is 28, not 34, not that my bit of pedantry changes the underlying message that we did not have a good defense this year.

BC

Hmm, thought the score was 55-24 from memory, but yes it hardly matters because the point remains the same no matter my misremembered score.

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And Air Force holds the Coogs to 34 fewer points than Stanford did, in a 31-21 victory, capping a pitiful PAC-12 Bowl performance evening.

Unless my math is wrong, 49 - 21 is 28, not 34, not that my bit of pedantry changes the underlying message that we did not have a good defense this year.

BC

The sobering stat in the Wazzu-Air Force game is that Air Force amassed 371 rushing yards vs. the Cougars and had a TOP of over 43 minutes, which means Leach's offense only saw the field for a bit over 16 minutes.  We barely even tried to run against the Cougars and rushed for a total of 6 yards on 10 carries.  We also lost the TOP battle 34 to 26.  Davis Mills' school record 504 passing yards only netted 22 points.  What does Air Force have that Stanford is missing?  The Falcons did to Wazzu what we once were famed for.

Air Force had a the services of all five OL being experienced Seniors, and from what I could tell, both a faster and a more powerful RB than Stanford had available. It’s also possible Air Force had a better conceived and executed game plan than Stanford had on offense, some of which can be traced to having an experienced OL.

Air Force only really stopped the Coogs on 4th down plays inside the 10, as we know the Air Raid weakness and on the last desperate drive. Otherwise, their defense was the offense that possessed the ball for almost 3/4 of the game.

Good points all the way around (+1).  Just one correction: BYU are the Coogs.  Wazzu are the Cougs.  Subtle distinction, I know.