Tommy Rees has his best day as a QB, no turnovers, lots of big plays by different offensive players, keep the score low by opponent. Lots of things were positive. Defense gave up a lot of yards, field goal unit was a bust, let an inferior opponent hang around too late into the game. Not perfect but a solid opener to start the season.
Things to like:
Tommy did look good, very poised and patient, made a lot of good reads and spread the ball around nicely. Couple bad throws but overall very nice. We are deep at receiver and running back and I liked the team play on that side of the ball; downfield blocking was solid. TJ Jones shows some potential as a punt returner. Cornerbacks looked good on defense, no big pass plays yielded. Our kickoffs and punts were good.
Need to improve:
I think we decided to play a bend not break defensive scheme and that helped Temple march down the field between the 20s. We will need to step up the pressure against Michigan and I expect we will. I thought our defensive line was solid on the run but not great on the pash rush. A few mistakes in the front seven who clearly can play better. What the heck was with the field goal attempts. Maybe a new snapper? We are going to need field goals against good teams.
Hot one in the stadium but we benefited from cloud cover except on the 3rd quarter. Loud speakeer music was modest and band put on a nice show before being allowed to take off their uniform tops and cool off.
Things should be rockin' next Saturday night in Ann Arbor. We will learn a lot more about this team during that game. So far so good.
Go Irish! Beat Wolverines!
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