Took advantage of the 2 tix 2 beers deal and headed up to Folsom last night with the old crew, a couple observations:
Yes, Drake is the mf'n MAN, noticed him and Roper being extremely active on the sidelines. He's a special coaching talent and was a great hire.
I was worried with how the 1st quarter went, as UCLA really controlled the clock and we had a couple 3 n outs that could have completely swung momentum, but everything you need to know is in the final score.
Chev has been impressive so far, but his scheme takes a lot of "setting up" in H1 in order to open up certain plays in H2. One play I noticed in particular that was a guaranteed 10-15 yards is a fake jet sweep to KD to the right side of the field with him releasing about 15 yards down and out, followed by Viska running a crossing/out pattern that was WIDE open.
Defense looked so much better in the second half (goes without saying based on the stats), our line is very well conditioned and it shows. Still nervous about DBs as we get more into conference play, but having LB speedsters like Lewis, Taylor, and Landman help that. I don't think NL looked as stellar as he has been last night, but there was one play where it looked like their RB had room to get to the sideline for a first down – his pursuit then tackle to stop him short of the first down was something special that I haven't seen from a CU LB in a long time.
O-line played a lot better in the second half, but I think that was due to Sherman going in at right (?) tackle. He made some bone headed plays but Tonz looked better after getting f**** pissed at himself for them.
Last note is regarding KD. I don't like how we use him on over the top pass plays, he doesn't seem like that kind of WR. Once Winfree comes back I'm excited to have him on the outside – I believe if he was in KD's spot on one of the defensive offsides downfield shots that Montez took, it would have been a TD.
Man....that was a longer post than I thought, CU football is fun and trustworthy again. Let's fix those damn concessions lines though, holy moly.