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I didn’t think it would be possible to see a defense worse than the Mussman years but I am clearly being proven wrong. We have no tackling skills whatsoever.

Anyone else long for the day when our defense actually hit someone and tackled rather than danced with the runners shoulderpads???? We would be wonderful bullfighters though - all we need is the red cape to show the “ole” on the way to the end zone. This is downright embarrassing….

Our ball movement is once again at a snails pace and as a result we get poor looks and a poor percentage. We think we have to hold the damn ball for 4 seconds st the top of the key instead of reversing it and making the defense actually shift…. And when we do get an open look, we have to find someone besides Norman occasionally that we can count on dropping an open 3…

When everybody shoots well against you, may be time to look at your defensive pressure…. Usually a very good corollary…

Getting our inside game will certainly help with the 3 ball, given an inside out potential and more defensive focus down low. However, faster ball movement needs to be a focus if you want open looks outside. When each player stops and holds it, it is way too easy for the defense to reset. The ball stopped at the point against northern and never made the weak side swing. Not a recipe for open looks at 3. Fix that and kick outside off penetration and we will get some of those looks. Whether we can bury them is another open question at this point. Hurst may be able to generate some looks driving as she will draw some help side. She will be tough to stop one on one. She is strong, handles the ball well, and creates her own space to finish. Will be interesting to see how she handles more size but she was impressive in her debut…

Hurst is the real deal. Creates space with good ball and body control. Plays bigger than her height. Orth has played well. Just solid offensively and defensively. Kacie just hasn’t been able to finish. 4-17 right now with good looks. Just can’t get them to fall tonight. Gordon looks ok but will have to be our big at 5’11. Height will be a huge problem in conference season. Davis started at point at a listed 5’6 but that is likely a stretch. Quick but defensive liability that everyone just shoots over. Beal shows real bursts of athleticism but needs to learns the college game. Dani her hit 2 of our 3 threes. We are 3-14 from the arc. Mallory needs to seriously increase the passing tempo. Everyone has to stop and hold it for several seconds.

I am at the game. Sueker and Nero look back to full strength. T looked good but against a much smaller defense. Omot is long and has skills but still learning flow and defense. Matthew’s is still really slow. Eagle staff is still learning college defense but his length makes up for a lot. Sees the court and handles the ball well. With more experience he will be hard to keep out of the lineup. Some of the other freshman are athletic but need to figure out a team game both on offense and defense.

Can our corners try new shoes. They have spent half of their time on the turf losing footing. Granted it is usually when they are already behind the play to begin with.

3rd and 12 and we don’t think it is a good idea to cover the wide open receiver in the end zone. Really???

These officials are very poor. Two game changer bad calls on the phantom pi with an uncatchable ball on CJ that set up a td. Then a blatant non throw fumble read as an incomplete pass. Big misses that change points on the board.

Surprise surprise. They have recognized that 3/4 of our secondary doesn’t play coverage and is a 50/50 shot to tackle after being drug for 8 yards. We will see a steady dose of passing from here on out. Need offense to score. Not a lot of confidence in stopping a passing game…

Tommy with a pump fake and look downfield to Bo. Worked to perfection….

Truthfully we got manhandled by their d line in the second half which made our offense ineffective. Defense went back to what we have done all year. Poor secondary coverage and tackling. They have a very good team and we can’t miss multiple tackles each play and stay with them. Looked good for a while but our d is just not elite level this year. Too vulnerable in the secondary…

D played very well the first half. Not surprised sdsu took to torturing our secondary to start the second half. Need to pressure the qb or it will be a long half…

Not getting any love from the stripes on spots. 2 out of the last 3 have been short from my vantage which is pretty much straight on…

Remember that jump on the screen, run it again with a pump fake and take it downfield for 6…..

Unless we shore up the secondary, there is no way we get to 6 wins. Offensive coordinators have to be salivating watching film on us.

Play calling was suspect when we were down at the goal line and forgot we have Housman, but for the most part, we got manhandled at the line of scrimmage. Tommy did a lot today given the pressure he was under on almost every play. Nothing would matter unless we could force at least one punt the entire game - which we haven’t done.

Our secondary may be the worst group I have seen in Sioux football ever - and that includes the defense of the Mussman years…. There literally isn’t anyone close to receivers, in the middle, in the flats, they can’t tackle if a running back gets through the first two layers, and they do nothing to contain the outside run. It’ just a sieve if we don’t stop it up front.

Halelujah. A holding penalty on NAU….

Not getting any breaks from the stripes homers today. Every big 3rd down failure for them results in a penalty and any big play for us results in a penalty. Get Tommy rolling out - has been open every time.

The earlier post about the secondary being “scary bad”?? It’s scary bad. We don’t press up and still get beat deep with nobody near the receiver. Siegel’s runback was brilliant, but that is about the only good thing we can say about this secondary….

And lightning finally struck. Good play. Good pass.

Would lightning strike the field if we threw a pass beyond the line of scrimmage other than in a scramble situation???

Tommy has done a great job in the possession passing game. When it needs to go more than 5 yards forward, not his forte….