Positives:
Individual players do seem to be getting better. Tyler McC, TEs, Most of the secondary. I feel like I'm seeing improvement.
Because the individuals are getting better, I feel the team is also getting better. These two are things I like about the coaching staff. It's nice to watch a team improve as the season goes on, and I think we did this both last year and this year.
Our defense, although bad, isn't atrocious?
DL. We rarely bring more than 3-4, but our pressure is ok.
I was happy we weren't returning kickoffs out of the end zone nearly as much this game. Maybe we're learning.
Negatives:
-Webb just doesn't have it. He's inconsistent but can hit slants, hooks, pretty deep in routes, and finds the stationary TE in the middle of the field in a zone. But he needs more than just consistency. Cannot throw the ball down field with any accuracy. Misses seam routes or go routes by over 10 yards. Cannot throw short with any velocity, or accuracy. Takes so long for him to get the ball over to our WRs/TEs on those "quick" screens.
-Maybe related, but wow do we suck at screens. That was our bread and butter play last year with pretty good success, and we couldn't be worse at it now. We've tried middle screens, TB flowing out screens, misdirection screens...Nothing works. They look sooooo bad, either getting blown up, can't get the ball to the back, the receiver is surrounded by players, Webb's throwing it from about 45 yards behind the line of scrimmage...Wow is it ugly.
-I can't stand 2 man rush defense, and I feel like CU is the only team ever that runs it. Fortunate for us, it's moderately successful...sometimes.
-We seemed noticeably slower than UCLA. Even against our strength (defense) they could get the edges with ease.
-Although it's nice seeing our team get "stronger" as the season goes on, why do we suck so bad in the beginning of the year? Not happy about this developing trend.
-As much as I like tipping our play with our RT (Dannewitz for pass, Nembot for run), maybe we should ease off that strategy. Granted, Nembot looks less than good in pass pro, but we very often leave him 1-1 with the DE. Give the guy a chip every now and then!