Bleakness Abounds

DISCLAIMER: I stopped taking notes before halftime. I left the house when it went 26-3. I haven’t watched the rest of the game yet. Not sure I will.

I wasn’t there, but ugly doesn’t begin to describe what I saw on TV.

I don’t think our defense is very good, but I have to cut them some kind of break today due to the hideous performance of the offense today. Tech’s first four drives’ average start was at their 49. Defending a short field repeatedly doesn’t lend itself to victory. Although I will note that on Tech’s first four drives, their opening plays went for 22, 18, 15 and 9 yards. After those 4 drives, we were lucky to be down 9-0.

But wow, was that a woeful offense. With no signs of getting much better soon. Heard an interesting line on ESPN tonite: If you have 3 quarterbacks, you have no quarterbacks. I haven’t watched Clausen’s performance yet, so I’ll reserve judgment. But I saw a lot of similar O-line play to what I saw last year. And this year’s linemen aren’t as good as last year’s, so that doesn’t bode well.

First 5 possessions: two turnovers and three 3-and-outs. At home.

I’m going to stop here before I go start predicting 0-12. But this is bad, my friends. B-A-D. Biggest unoriginal thought-of-the-day: It’s going to be a long season.

Other observations: At least we didn’t lose to a 1-AA team (Thank you, Michigan). Auburn looked bad. Texas got outgained on the ground and in the air but won.

I went to nbc.com to try to find the halftime show but was unsuccessful. I did manage to find their headline for the game, though: Misery of Epic Proportions. I’d say that does a good job of summing things up, eh?

So, um, I guess it’s on to Happy Valley, I suppose…My brother the Penn State grad is licking his chops.

Godfather and other attendees—I’m willing to be talked off the ledge based on your first-hand observations. I’m not holding my breath, though.

The Colonel