Semi-holed

Hey, look over there! Nebraska and Notre Dame getting pummeled! Ha ha ha ha ha. Ooh my sides hurt from laughing. Because it's funny when the dirtbags get rolled, you see. Oh, good times...

What? What's that? The Buffs? Er, well, um... Not good. But, look, when you consider that those FSU guys were sooo much bigger and faster than us, a ten point loss is pretty good. High five! Anyone...

Alright, so here's the deal. We lost by 10 at home against Florida State. And sure, they may not be the 'Noles of old but they are still an awfully talented bunch. But the reality is that the final score does not indicate just how far off we were from beating those guys. FSU took control in the 1st quarter and we were playing catch up the rest of the way and couldn't get there.

A LARGE shout out of respect goes to the Buffs D, though. Those guys did a fantastic job. Consider this. The 'Noles went for only 221 total yards on the night, completed less than 50% of their passes, rushed as a team for less than 100 yards and (most impressively) were 1 for 13 on 3rd down conversions. And all of that while FSU was starting with excellent field position most of the night. That's some incredible defense by Dizon, Hypolite, Wheatley and crew. My heart swells with pride.

Offensively? Heart decidedly not swelling. Sure, they were improved over the ASU effort and that's a relief. However, the O never really got it going. We could not run the ball at all. The passing game showed signs of life at times but we still have this terrible, TERRIBLE tendency to drop balls (I'm looking at you, Patrick Williams, though you're not alone). Possibly an even worse offense is the propensity for poorly snapped balls. Daniel Sanders was wildly chucking that thing backwards at Cody all night. Three or four of those snaps wound up on the rug for big losses and it could have been eight or nine had not Cody done some remarkable fielding of poorly snapped balls. The kid deserves a golden glove or something. For the love of Bill McCartney, shotgun snapping should not be this kind of crapshoot, people!

[deep breath]

Special teams? Somewhere Mason Crosby and Jeremy Bloom weep silently. The field goal kicking and punt returning was, ahem, not superb. Punting was pretty decent though. High five!

So here we sit 1-2. The team is good and exciting and I love them one and all. Yes, even you Patrick Williams, Daniel Sanders and Kevin Eberhart - you knuckleheads. Now take a lap and get your heads back in this thing. There's a lot of football left to be played and we yield to no team, regardless of their obvious superiority!

And Nebraska and Notre Dame got their butts kicked - BIG HIGH FIVE!!!