Western Oregon

0-5. The record definitely does not reflect the talent that is on the team. The blow outs against some of the teams we have faced do not do justice to those guys on the field. I believe the game plans on the offensive side of the ball have been great, we've just had a lot of things not go our way. It happens though and this is football. You are going to have your highs and your lows but you have got to have the resiliency to over come those hardships and learn to get over it as a staff and team.

Western Oregon on film wasn't anything special. Their defensive end was a preseason all-conference and I believe that he was over hyped. He was ok on the field but nothing impressive. We knew as an offensive line that if we shut him down we were going to force the other guys on defensive to stop us. We did a good job at that and did a really good job at moving the ball early in the game but turnovers killed us on bug drives. Two crucial drives we were driving the ball and turned it over on fumbles, our kryptonite thus far this season.

I felt that we had plenty of chances to over come those turnovers, but when you lose momentum like that and there aren't enough seasoned or experience guys on the team to band together and rally, it's hard.

Our rushing game was held under 100 yards only gaining 37 the whole game. I know that I sound like a broken a record when I say this, but if you have no run it puts the offense and defense in bind. Forcing the offense to throw and allowing the opposing defense to blitz or sit back in zone and only rush three or four. This causes us to go three and out a majority of the time and puts our defense back on the field wearing them down.

The pass game was inconsistent at times and when it started to get going, we would turnover the ball or not make a big play on third down. When the game ended and you watch a team that should not have won the game,win, it makes you sick in the stomach. The final score of the game was 14 to 19, Western Oregon barely squeaking by with a victory. This is going to be another long bus ride back to St. George, and hopefully, we can figure this out.  We have Azusa Pacific next and I know their game plan against isn't going to change.