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Sox33OSU
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Yeah, giving up that many yards to Akron was bad - but we stopped them from scoring and that's the important part. I think that was more an anomaly than anything else. Our defense basically shut down UConn. While not impressive alone, it proves that what Akron did was abnormal. Unlike the offense which proved that there were some serious issues. Gardner has the physical abilities to be great (like we was against ND) but his mental abilities need some work. Once he throws that first INT, it's downhill. That can be worked on, how quickly it can be fixed is another issue.
I don't think we have a top 10 defense, and it's very young, but I certainly think we have a decent one; especially when Jake Ryan comes back.
I'd say their delay of game penalty is what stopped them. Otherwise, that last pass they had would've been crossing the goal line instead of the 5 yard line. If allowing 21 points to UConn is "shutting them down", then I guess Maryland and especially Towson shut them down, as well...