[BostonCard]

On a day when the offense was pretty putrid, the defense came up really big against a team that had been steamrolling opponents.

Some key stats:

We held them to 442 yards and 28 points, after they gained 631 yards and 45 points against Arizona last week, 520 yards and 52 points the week before against OSU, and 641 yards and 45 points the week before that against Oregon.

Falk was 35/63 for 354 yards on 5.9 yards per pass and two critical interceptions.

WSU made it to our red zone 6 times if my math is correct, and four times we held them to a field goal.

We sacked Falk three times, which was more than against any opponent.

Twice Meeks intercepted a ball in WSU territory; we scored 10 points off those turnovers, and needed every one of them to win the game.

It wasn't great defense, but if you had told me ahead of time that we would do that against WSU, I'd have predicted a blow-out.

BC

[BostonCard]

On a day when the offense was pretty putrid, the defense came up really big against a team that had been steamrolling opponents.

Some key stats:

We held them to 442 yards and 28 points, after they gained 631 yards and 45 points against Arizona last week, 520 yards and 52 points the week before against OSU, and 641 yards and 45 points the week before that against Oregon.

Falk was 35/63 for 354 yards on 5.9 yards per pass and two critical interceptions.

WSU made it to our red zone 6 times if my math is correct, and four times we held them to a field goal.

We sacked Falk three times, which was more than against any opponent.

Twice Meeks intercepted a ball in WSU territory; we scored 10 points off those turnovers, and needed every one of them to win the game.

It wasn't great defense, but if you had told me ahead of time that we would do that against WSU, I'd have predicted a blow-out.

BC

[fullmetal]

I'm not keen on us rushing three and dropping everyone else back...but we didn't lose.  I liked the pressure we were getting on Falk in the 2H, just wish that we'd been doing that all game.  The roughing-the-passer call was marginal at best--did anyone else think that the rusher had already launched by the time Falk threw the ball?

[fullmetal]

I'm not keen on us rushing three and dropping everyone else back...but we didn't lose.  I liked the pressure we were getting on Falk in the 2H, just wish that we'd been doing that all game.  The roughing-the-passer call was marginal at best--did anyone else think that the rusher had already launched by the time Falk threw the ball?

[BostonCard]

I'm not keen on us rushing three and dropping everyone else back...but we didn't lose.  I liked the pressure we were getting on Falk in the 2H, just wish that we'd been doing that all game.  The roughing-the-passer call was marginal at best--did anyone else think that the rusher had already launched by the time Falk threw the ball?

Our three sacks were all in the first half, I think.  One of the sacks was rushing three, but mostly we rushed four.  We blitzed on one of the last plays of the game and forced an incompletion.  I agree that there wasn't much Anderson could have done to hold up, but the benefit of the doubt is going to go to the QB.

BC

[BostonCard]

I'm not keen on us rushing three and dropping everyone else back...but we didn't lose.  I liked the pressure we were getting on Falk in the 2H, just wish that we'd been doing that all game.  The roughing-the-passer call was marginal at best--did anyone else think that the rusher had already launched by the time Falk threw the ball?

Our three sacks were all in the first half, I think.  One of the sacks was rushing three, but mostly we rushed four.  We blitzed on one of the last plays of the game and forced an incompletion.  I agree that there wasn't much Anderson could have done to hold up, but the benefit of the doubt is going to go to the QB.

BC