Takeaways from the game last night

- Mettenberger looked like the real deal. Many other folks who didn't watch the game were asking me "Mett still sucks? 16/32 is bad!" but had to explain how he threw the ball away when there was nothing there (5 times) and had 3 blatant drops (1 for a TD, 2 for very long gains). He did have many passes defended (8 or 9 IIRC looking at stats), but TCU had good coverage all night on our receivers. Mett still fit the ball into space where the receiver could make the play most of the night.

- OL pass blocking was FANTASTIC. TCU had 2 sacks off corner blitzes the RBs need to help out on.

- OL run blocking was a mis-mash of success and total failure. Under center it was a step above miserable. I feel like we had 2 solid runs all night from under center, and they both went for big gains...other than that, I felt like we got -2 to 3 yards every time from under center on a run. From shotgun, with the OL blocking in space, it seemed like a solid gain nearly every single time.

- Defense overall played well. Blue helped spot 7 points for TCU with the 6 yard field, so there was an easy 7 for them. The other 20 points TCU definitely earned except that 1 drive where Ego decided to help them not punt by roughing the QB (led to a TD). The DL I'm not worried about one bit, the secondary played well, mostly tight coverage all night. LBs underperformed but I seriously feel like Welter being on the field didnt help the whole unit all night. He, was, AWFUL. How the coaches could watch the film on this and make him anything above a scout team player the rest of his time here would be beyond me. He is simply not a big school caliber player, at all.

- Blue looks like he's headed down the Knile Davis route. Dominate before knee injury, look tentative and go down on first contact a lot after knee surgery. I'm really worried about him, and Hilliard showed nothing last night to look like he's back to his freshman form. Magee thankfully picked up the slack, and looked like a legitimate RB. I think he's dangerous as an outside runner and a guy with space. Hill cant get back soon enough.

- New FG kicker can make short FGs, wooo, that's good


Overall, I think we might start to see our new offensive identity last night. 3-4 wide, shotgun, slinging it around and giving the RBs space to run in because the OL blocks much better out of shotgun. I think we need to do definitely what we're strongest in, and scrap the whole jumbo set inside the 10 yard line (short of just being like at the 1 or 2 and just pounding it in). Last night's game would have been a blow out had Ego not made a mental mistake, a bad fumble by the RB inside the 10 yard line and finished off just ONE of those 3 FG drives. Watching some other teams, it's hard to say we're any worse than any other SEC team after week 1. We should be in the Top 10 for sure.