It was clear early on that Hall was really struggling. Who knows what happened to him tonight. He was more locked onto his first read than I have ever seen him. Of course, as the game progressed he didn't have much time to check down to anyone else given the pressure, but he was bad all night long. He threw behind recievers, forced passes into double coverage with no realistic chance for anything good to happen, and looked completely uninspiring on the field. Unga was getting some good yards early on in the game (3-4 yards on each carry, which is all you need to win), but BYU pretty quickly gave up on the run. Who knows why. The passing game sure wasn't going to win it for BYU tonight. Pitta was almost a non-factor.
On defense, BYU's biggest problem is at the middle linebacker spot. The MLBs don't have the speed they need to cover the middle of the field effectively, so if they drop into coverage, they have a hard time making up any lost ground for a delayed draw or a QB run. That, and the D line didn't get any pressure on TCU all night.
I really thought BYU would switch to a no huddle and snap the ball really quickly. It did wonders for OU and really screwed with TCU's rotations. They never really did it, and when they went with the no huddle, it was still taking 30 seconds to snap the ball. Unreal. On defense, they ran very few stunts.
What a depressing game.
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