-The difference in Mett's pocket presence is night and day. The last play of the half, although a negative play, was really encouraging. The inside was blown up, pressure started coming off the right side and Mett managed to get out of there while keeping his eyes downfield. Last year he was mostly completely lost. Lone sack he took was a pretty badly missed blitz pick up. Not sure who that would have been on, chalk it up to a good call/play by TCU.

-Trai Turner looks years beyond his age. I don't think he's the most physically talented player, but he always seems to be aware of the blocking scheme and is able to slant the tackle whichever way needed to make a positive play. Excels getting to the next level/pulling. In an obvious passing down, if help is available I think it would be advantageous to help his man. Vadal looks to be the better of the two in pass protection. With that being said, encouraged by Vadal's play as well. Vadal could be a high-end draft prospect at guard.

-Hawkins has one heck of a quick get off in his stance. His athleticism was overwhelming to whomever he was blocking. There was a couple of times he didn't finish his blocks and allowed too much separation between him and his man. Only nitpicks, usually still provided plenty of time for Mett to throw. Bright future.

-Not much to say about La'el's play. He was everywhere. I liked how we moved Gordon around. He'll be an asset in the run game going forward.

-The majority of struggles in the run game were just good plays by TCU. They were pretty efficient in their run blitzes. Add that with some tentativeness on Blue's end and the result was some negative plays. Overall, looked like the same Blue from pre-injury. Most extensive time he got against a quality opponent. Should improve going forward.

-Hard to say too much about the defense as ESPN skipped through a lot of our series. Freak handles a double team really well. Ego when double teamed struggled on a couple plays I saw. Obviously when single-manned he dominated his match up. Quentin Thomas created a lot of pressure when in the game. Danielle Hunter too, was in on a number of plays. Two real quality back ups with big-time starter potential.

-The touchdown on their lone drive was bad, bad. The man was obviously in motion and both Welter/Rasco committed to the quarterback. With both free, there's got to be some communication on responsibilities or that happens. Martin took a terrible angle. Add that with missed tackles and bad, bad.

-Barrow was inches away from making big plays. If last year was any indication he'll start making them. They picked on him in coverage some, but I imagine those 5 yard in routes is something we're willing to give up on early downs.

-Micah Eugene had a real good game. Was everywhere, always in right spot. Would have liked to see him rush off the edge some to see if he improved in that regard.

-Loston was a Jekyll and Hyde. As many have mentioned, he doesn't seem to have much awareness for the ball. I don't know what the hell he was doing on Mills pick. #7 was wide open and Loston was in no man's land. Even though he doesn't target the ball as much as others he had some nice breakups by playing through the offender.

Didn't want this to sound overly positive or negative. These were just observations I had regarding the game. Obviously, no one is going to be perfect - just pointing out the few negative plays I noticed to see if there is a trend growing as we go through the season.