The good? A November road win against an above-average Big Ten opponent.
The bad? Plenty.
The bad? Plenty.
- McCord had another subpar outing. I know it's crossed others' minds this season, but this may have been the first game that legitimately had me concerned for the rest of the season and 2024.
- The interception was an inexcusable throw. You've got to see that defender just sitting in the zone.
- I've been okay with a lot of the check-downs to Trey this season, but doing that when Marv is wide open is quite the choice. He missed an open Marv multiple times today.
- I will say he did settle down as the game went on and was better in the second half (though it was mostly all about the running game).
- Can't say much about the o-line after the first watch, but I definitely saw Fryar get beat early on.
- As Bill pointed out via text, Simmons and Jackson did a good job picking up a twist that gave McCord enough time to hit Trey on that big third-down pass.
- They were terrible on third downs for a large portion of the game. They were 0-5 at one point, but I have no idea what the final tally was.
- Trey Henderson is elite when healthy. Best player on the field today. "Destroyer of angles" is an appropriate nickname.
- Genuinely think keeping him healthy for the next month is going to decide the season.
- Up and down game for Gee Scott. Nice job with the TD catch but he also had some drops and missed blocks.
- Ryan Day was out-coached for a lot of this game.
- The Hancock pick six might be the biggest play of the season so far behind only the McCord to Emeka pass in South Bend.
- Josh Proctor made a hell of a play there and somehow avoided the personal foul. Really hope his prognosis is okay.
- Despite the game-changing play, Hancock did have some blunders. He got beaten badly on what should have been a long touchdown. But overall he's been really good this season.
- Had a feeling they'd get burnt on at least one trick play. Schiano loves being weird like that (and it was a good call considering it went for 45 yards).
- The defense wasn't up to snuff today. Kyle Monangai had his best game of the season against a defense that was ranked No. 19 against the rush and No. 4 in total defense.
- Gavin Wimsatt can't really throw the ball so no major takeaways from the pass defense. He did find a bit of a groove there in that final first-half drive.
- The linebacker play is beyond frustrating. Chambers was especially bad today. You can't have two veterans being so inconsistent.
- Defensive line didn't appear to provide a ton of pressure from what I could tell.
- Refs were bad. That call on Tyleik was a joke and they missed a blatant false start on Simmons.
- I don't care if that fake punt was called or not. I'm over Parker Fleming and that's not going to change.
