Sticker REMOVALS!!! There has to be atleast on sticker removal. That is for Bob Diaco's **** poor defensive scheme against Air Force. They moved the ball pretty much at will on our defense all day long. We gave up the edge non-stop. If it were not for some unusual turnovers by Air Force, this would have become a shoot out. A strip fumble and unbelievable INT by Slaughter stop two drives headed toward the red zone.
If our offense sputters at all against Navy, we are in for a LOOONG day!!!
We were in a Cover 2 all day to take away the big play, which worked, but it also conceded big chunks of yardage on the edges. Diaco's goal was simply to keep AF off the scoreboard, and he succeeded. The score was 49-16 when our 1s and 2s came off the field. Furthermore, as BleedBlueGold pointed out, if not for a couple ST miscues, our starting defense would probably have held AF to 9 points or less.
AF has a good offense and they're difficult to defend (just ask Oklahoma). Diaco did a fine job of stopping AF.
Unlike AF's Jefferson, Navy's QB is a terrible passer. I expect we'll keep a single high safety and load the box, which should allow us to stuff their run game.
Hopefully you'll be happier with that score line.
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