quite literally dropped the ball yesterday. The loss is first and foremost, on them.

However, I think where a lot of people are frustrated is our defense's inability to bail our offense out of a bad game. We needed the defense to make some big plays yesterday. We needed sacks and turnovers and that didn't happen. To be a great team, we need a defense that can step up and win the game. We don't have that and we generally haven't had that under Tuiaki. We're frustrated because this has been clear to us for a few years now, yet there hasn't been a change. If we want to be a great team in the Big 12 rather than a good team, we need a better defense.