After a little reflection. That was our worse defensive game in a decade.

[Palatine]

I think the Middle Tennessee game in 2002 0r 03 was worse. The three play TD drive at the end of the first half atrocious. Both the DL and DBs were completely outclassed. The LBs were only slightly better.

Here's the thing. I don't get it. This is a decent defense. Yes, we have had pass rush problems all years. But they had guys running free in the secondary with no one on them. The QB had six seconds to pass on some plays. Besides the soft play, we were confused all day.

And all anyone talks about is the offense.

 

[UConn07]

I think the Middle Tennessee game in 2002 0r 03 was worse. The three play TD drive at the end of the first half atrocious. Both the DL and DBs were completely outclassed. The LBs were only slightly better.

Here's the thing. I don't get it. This is a decent defense. Yes, we have had pass rush problems all years. But they had guys running free in the secondary with no one on them. The QB had six seconds to pass on some plays. Besides the soft play, we were confused all day.

And all anyone talks about is the offense.

I believe the game in Morgantown with a chance to win the conference takes the cake.

 

[freescooter]

This reminded me of the Navy game in 2006. I thought by half time the defense had basically packed its bags and headed for the airport. It was painfully clear that the offense was not going to produce anything. Also similar to last year's Syracuse game. But I agree that it was pretty bad.

 

[Carl Spackler]

I think the Middle Tennessee game in 2002 0r 03 was worse. The three play TD drive at the end of the first half atrocious. Both the DL and DBs were completely outclassed. The LBs were only slightly better.

Here's the thing. I don't get it. This is a decent defense. Yes, we have had pass rush problems all years. But they had guys running free in the secondary with no one on them. The QB had six seconds to pass on some plays. Besides the soft play, we were confused all day.

And all anyone talks about is the offense.

Not me dude. I was livid with the defensive secondary on Saturday, and I wrote it. I also got in trouble last week, when I said the defense wasn't playing well enough to win against USF. I think our linebackers, and DT's actually played a decent game on Saturday, but the DE's and the entire secondary need a giant foot stuck up their azzes.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Navy. Nothing has yet to top the Navy debacle from a defensive standpoint.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Defense got torched on Saturday, because they weren't fundamentally disciplined in their assignments, that's it. Go and watch the replay, watch how many times our safeties and CB's are frozen looking into the backfield for the split second, which is all it takes, to get run by on the big plays, or worse, are attacking the line of scrimmage off the snap and no where to be found when the pass goes over the top. I'm pretty sure that Fogarty, played QB, and was a QB coach before Pasqualoni hired him to be the defensive secondary coach for the first time in his life. I have no idea what the defensive game plan was, but I'm guessing based on what we saw, that they spent the majority of the week - the entire D - prepping to stop Cincy's run game, and the defensive secondary forgot the basic fundamental that they are pass first defenders.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Navy. Nothing has yet to top the Navy debacle from a defensive standpoint.

Absolutely!!!

Worst games defensively from the last decade:

1) Navy 2006
2) WVU 2007
3) tie - Louisville 2006/This past Saturday

 

[John]

Navy. Nothing has yet to top the Navy debacle from a defensive standpoint.

That day was the gold standard of bad UConn big time football up until the home opener this year, at which time it was completely eclipsed.

 

[UConn76]

Navy. Nothing has yet to top the Navy debacle from a defensive standpoint.

2nd that.. You can't plan for an option team unless you play them every year. The 1st play was like a 70 yard touchdown pass and it went downhill from there.