The great, the good, and the just so-so.
I. Defense
- The punting was better the first two games where we averaged about 45 a punt (on the non blocked ones). This unit still terrifies me gong into conference play.
- The kicker Gilbert is perfect on the year. But good grief get the punt unit under control. After a few games this should not be so shaky.
I. Defense
- Their best total game I thought. B/C SEMO is more limited and Iowa on offense is just plain pathetic. We made a good offense look poor today.
- Orien Vance's best game this year: 1 sack, a qb hurry, and a tackle for loss. Great to also see Will McDonald get a sack.
- Young pups: #6 Myles Mendezoon is going to be a good one. Had the great sack forced fumble play. He is also an absolute terror ons special teams and has 3+ tackles I can think of on the coverage units. Mendezoon I cannot wait to see next year more. Joey Peterson #52 had a sack. It was also great to see #23 Will McLaughlin get tackle for loss (he has serious talent), and Jayden Gray freshman DE get a tackle for loss. We have a bunch of dudes in the two deep who would be starters at other schools folks. We've done a great job replenishing talent at LB and the D Line I feel.
- Speaking of young pups. #95 Dominique Orange could be the best noseguard we have recruited since Atyba Rubin. He is playing well as an 18 year old on the d line, amazing.
- Anthony Johnson solidifying his spot as a NFL draft pick with a total beauty of an interception
- Myles Purchase to me is Brian Peavy. He is not flashy. He does not get beat. And some games they are just going to avoid his side. He's been a dawg so far.
- Malik Verdon was solid I was very worries about his neck/concussion but he returned later in the game, which is positive. We would also benefit from Beau Freyler being back next week.
- Is this the best defense under Campbell? It is early but it's easily the best D we have seen in the non conference in his tenure
- Hunter continues to impress me. The bad snap I thought was a rocket by Downing so don't put that all on him. He throws in such tight windows. The one to Shaw for a TD, the one to Deshawn Hanika for a TD, just beautiful throws. He's a top tier Big 12 QB already.
- WR: Hutchinson makes corners defend the whole field laterally, we really really really need an extra guy to be a deep threat.
- Noel had some nice catches. Still waiting for a big breakout game. He's averaging about 29 yards a game so far.
- TEs: Tyler Moore had a beautiful catch in mop up duty. Deshawn Hanika I did not know was this quality, he now has two td's on the season and appears to be a quality receiving TE for us. someone absolutely lit up Easton Dean on a cheap shot and I hated to see that.
- RB: Jirehl Brock is just consistent and steady, love his game. I think Deon Silas is really starting to take over the #2 RB spot. He makes more miss than Sanders and shockingly has the ability to move a pile with his stout frame. If it's in the red zone and Brock is out, I just trust Silas more than Sanders to get 3-5 yards.
- OL: I think they had an off game. Penalties, missed blocks in certain parts of pass protection. Campbell seemed very pissed with them all game. But hey, we had 160 yards rushing and won by 33 pts.
- Manning - I know this is not a loved take on this board, but his offense at the moment is balanced, unpredictable, and plays to our strengths. He is leveraging Hunter's arm to open up the run game, that needs to be our go to all season long.
- The punting was better the first two games where we averaged about 45 a punt (on the non blocked ones). This unit still terrifies me gong into conference play.
- The kicker Gilbert is perfect on the year. But good grief get the punt unit under control. After a few games this should not be so shaky.
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