[old spanish trail]

As others have pointed out, the 87yd run, while a cool way to open the season, was largely a broken play that broke well for us.  Props to Smith for being resourceful, finding the hole, and turning on the speed, but you have to wonder how much of that was him and how much of that was the Colgate defense.  Would the same thing occur against an FBS P5 level defense?

And ignoring that, 10 for 31yd is sub-mediocre.  That said, it's Shaw, it's not like he's going to show us (or future defenses, especially USC) anything he doesn't have to ahead of time.  Was this game more about busting open the entire playbook, or about getting everyone warmed up before the first game that really matters?

I share your concerns but maybe the silver lining is remembering Bryce Love had a few games like that.  Nada, nada, nada, TD, nada etc

Smith has good speed, Bryce had track speed.

[old spanish trail]

As others have pointed out, the 87yd run, while a cool way to open the season, was largely a broken play that broke well for us.  Props to Smith for being resourceful, finding the hole, and turning on the speed, but you have to wonder how much of that was him and how much of that was the Colgate defense.  Would the same thing occur against an FBS P5 level defense?

And ignoring that, 10 for 31yd is sub-mediocre.  That said, it's Shaw, it's not like he's going to show us (or future defenses, especially USC) anything he doesn't have to ahead of time.  Was this game more about busting open the entire playbook, or about getting everyone warmed up before the first game that really matters?

I share your concerns but maybe the silver lining is remembering Bryce Love had a few games like that.  Nada, nada, nada, TD, nada etc

Smith has good speed, Bryce had track speed.