2nd half defense last two games

[Gismo]

So two weeks in a row the defense hangs it up in the second half. 

 

Well, to be fair they stopped Houston a few times in the second half but also allowed 28 points, compared to allowing zero in the first half.

 

opponent scoring by half:

opponent - 1st - 2nd

Tulane - 7 - 21

Houston - 0 - 28

 

Now the defense was awesome against Temple and Cincy. And seemed to have a better second half than first in some of our earlier games. 

 

This loss was a game where both the offense and defense struggled, especially the offense, with the 30 points per game streak being busted.

 

 

 

[Bull94]

defensive coaches are conservative. they want to rely on their defense to make a stop to win the game. eventually that will cost you

[NewEnglandBull]

Many on this board are giving the D a pass because of the first half. WRONG! They **** the bed. Last three drives they were one play from going off the field and sucked. 

[El_Toro_86]

And I believe we won the TOP battle so they couldn't have been that tired.

[Bulls Are We]

2 hours ago, El_Toro_86 said:

And I believe we won the TOP battle so they couldn't have been that tired.

Shows you how meaningless stats are

Team Statistics

Game Stats	HOU	USF
Total Yards	397	462
Pass Yards	142	325
Rushing Yards	255	137
Penalty Yards	5-45	5-35
1st Downs	16	21
3rd Downs	4-15	7-23
4th Downs	1-3	3-5
TOP	26:32	33:28

 

 

[Roaming Bull]

Not scoring doesn’t energize the defense. 3 & outs don’t energize the defense. Boring ass runs up the middle don’t energize anyone. Offense sparks defense; defense inspires offense. And coaching sets the tone for both sides of the ball. This is downward spiral is on the coaching. Curtailing our offense puts a lot of pressure on the defense week in and week out.

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

Just now, Roaming Bull said:

Not scoring doesn’t energize the defense. 3 & outs don’t energize the defense. Boring ass runs up the middle don’t energize anyone. Offense sparks defense; defense inspires offense. And coaching sets the tone for both sides of the ball. This is downward spiral is on the coaching. Curtailing our offense puts a lot of pressure on the defense week in and week out.

When the D did play well tonight the O did not reward them.

[bullsfan27]

Both sides of the ball sucked tonight. When the defense made stops the offense just went 3 and out and put them right back on the field. Special teams gave up the kickoff that gave them the ball at midfield with around 1:45 which the defense responded pretty well until the 4th down play. Charlie should have called a timeout as soon as Houston lined up. 

Im wondering if Charlie lost faith in the fg unit and didn’t use them until he had to. The red zone offensive playcalling has been bad all year and finally got us tonight. Our best bet is uf Grabs Charlie and we go get an upcoming offensive coordinator and let him bring in an offense that isn’t power run happy

[Flowers4Heisman]

Their QB made the difference. We always have problems with some QB torching our D.

[Rex Havoc]

53 minutes ago, Roaming Bull said:

Not scoring doesn’t energize the defense. 3 & outs don’t energize the defense. Boring ass runs up the middle don’t energize anyone. Offense sparks defense; defense inspires offense. And coaching sets the tone for both sides of the ball. This is downward spiral is on the coaching. Curtailing our offense puts a lot of pressure on the defense week in and week out.

The team lacks swagger and the sidelines look like a funeral. All of this comes from our boring coach and playcalling.