Defense

LawDawg1

It’s atrocious to watch but gets things done. Very bizarre. Last night was OSU’s lowest output this season. This type of stat has been around all season long and doesn’t match what our eyes see.

haie

We? run the Break But Don't Lose better than anyone.

PostGameOrangeSlices

Bend but refuse to die

dirtysouwfdawg

Bend over but refuse to be penetrated

1to392831weretaken

Penix also only threw for -57 yards. I think the weather was there with a big assist to the D. Can't really compare past offensive output for either team.

That being said, as I watched the second half, it was really frustrating. One team had a lot to play for, the other team had nothing to lose. Washington would go three and out and do the sensible thing and punt. OSU was in four-down territory the whole second half. Defense averaged three decent/good plays to one "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?" tackling abortion the whole time I was watching, and that extra down every set kept the chains moving for OSU.

In other words, Beavis was scoring, but UW was making it hard. On the one hand, forcing OSU to work down the field four plays per 12 yards was burning a scary amount of clock and keeping the ball out of Penix' giant hands (everyone says so). On the other hand, I couldn't help but think, "This is not going to pay off for OSU. Eventually, UW will string four decent defensive plays in a row, and the game will be over."

Which is exactly what happened.

PostGameOrangeSlices

dirtysouwfdawg said:

Bend over but refuse to be penetrated

POTD (yesterday)

FireCohen

This defense has something prior defense did not have. A fucking backbone, they suck but when we need them they somehow pull something out of their ass and deliver. ASU, Utah, OSU. I hate watching them, caz 81% they looks like shit, but that 19% they look fucking out of this world. Michael myers of a defense

whatshouldicareabout

D played well because we finally won the TO margin

We were -1 against Oregon, -3 against ASU, and -2 against Stanford. USC was 0 and Ute was 0 until the final play of the game

Going +2 against OSU was our best all season and a huge reason why we won

ExtraChrisB

whatshouldicareabout said:

D played well because we finally won the TO margin

We were -1 against Oregon, -3 against ASU, and -2 against Stanford. USC was 0 and Ute was 0 until the final play of the game

Going +2 against OSU was our best all season and a huge reason why we won

If we’re + in TOs we become a real motherfucker to deal with