Bubba is a great man, but I think this season represents his ceiling as a head coach. The bigger the game, the worse we play. So many big games and opportunities squandered during his era. The game yesterday was painful to watch and reminded me of so many other big games during this era. If the team responds like they did yesterday during the entire year, we likely have 1-2 wins. There was nothing special about that NDSU team, nor the plays which put the game out of reach, we just weren't ready to play.
The Special teams were bad, can we just kick the ball out of bounds?
The offense was anemic, back to the 4 yard pass on 3rd and 9 and Tommy seemed to be rattled the entire game. Without the short throw Belquist turned into 63 yards, we averaged about 5 yards per pass attempt and that doesn't include the sacks and scrambles.
The defense was as bad as it has been all year. Couldn't stop the run at all and made Miller look like he is Lamar Jackson.