The offensive problems don't absolve the defense from criticism. The offense had

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Jun 22, 2022
6:54:31pm

cougaman All-American

problems those games, but that doesn't mean the defense is free from the criticism they deserve from those games.

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Funny, it was the opposite for me. They played ball control offense, and kept

cougaman

6/22/22 5:59pm

The exact same thing pretty much happened with BSU last year.

panacablue

6/22/22 6:23pm

My breaking point was the USF game where EVERYONE watching knew the USF QB

ManicBlue

6/22/22 6:49pm

The offensive problems don't absolve the defense from criticism. The offense had

cougaman

6/22/22 6:54pm

Agreed. Just appeasing the 'what about the offense' guys here.

ManicBlue

6/22/22 6:55pm

I know. I just can't buy the argument "the offense was worse, so let's ignore

cougaman

6/22/22 7:06pm

Offense has almost never been worse except under Detmer.

ManicBlue

6/22/22 7:08pm

And then there are the "defense was injured, we cant compete with good teams

panacablue

6/22/22 7:11pm

A good chunk of the Tuiaki angst is due to that game.

JuicyJam

6/22/22 6:59pm

Toledo and USF had 2 of the worst QBs I've seen play CFB. I hope that Tuiaki has

cougaman

6/22/22 7:05pm

Why couldn’t one of the best offenses in the nation score more while keeping the

Abe Froman

6/22/22 7:52pm

Because they say in the sideline way too long...

cougaman

6/22/22 8:18pm

Because they couldn’t stay on the field. They had as many opportunities as the

Abe Froman

6/22/22 8:55pm

So did the defense... that's the entire point. You ignore the defense poor

cougaman

6/22/22 9:33pm

BOTH did. THAT’S the entire point. Blaming only the D for that loss is dumb.

Abe Froman

6/22/22 9:53pm

So saying the D was bad is blaming the D? I blame the D for their

cougaman

6/22/22 10:16pm

Read your OP again:

Abe Froman

6/23/22 6:27am

I didn't say that's why the offense failed there. I said it's the wrong strategy

cougaman

6/23/22 8:43am

We should have run the ball more in that game for sure.

ManicBlue

6/22/22 8:29pm

Whether you want to defend Tuiaki and his D or not, the fact that Coastal game planned around our explosive O and

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