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Halftime Adjustments and Slow Offensive Starts
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UW Scoring by Q in 2015 after removing Sacramento State
1Q: -2
UW 10
Opp 12
2Q: -23
UW 17
Opp 40
3Q: +38
UW 45
Opp 7
4Q: -3
UW 13
Opp 16
The only quarter where we've outscored our collective opponents is the 3Q, a quarter we've won every game and pulled us back into every game. Down 16-0 against Boise, we closed it to 16-10. We lead USU 17-10 at the break and expanded it to 31-10. Cal had a 27-7 lead in 3Q, but we closed it to 27-21. And against USC, we turned our 6-3 deficit into a 10-6 lead. The team makes outstanding halftime adjustments, particularly the defense which has held four of our five opponents scoreless and created decisive turnovers that put us in a position to win.
However, it's also pretty damning evidence that the offense is always underprepared and underwhelming in these games, scoring 0, 7, and 3 in the first halves of BSU, Cal and USC. Hell, go back to the Cactus Bowl and we were shutout at the half, 24-0. It's been a familiar pattern with Petersen here, these slow starts and second half comebacks, and it's puzzling that the team can adjust so well but be completely unprepared in the first half. I mean, the coaches obviously change their gameplans and find passes that work for Browning and give the ball to Gaskin more, so why is it such an issue in the first half of every game? Something will need to change in the way this team prepare or how Smith envisions his first dozen or so playcalls.
TL;DR version: we (yes, "we") make good halftime adjustments but that's partially due to how bad we play in the first half. Smith sucks and the offense is not prepared in any of our games.
1Q: -2
UW 10
Opp 12
2Q: -23
UW 17
Opp 40
3Q: +38
UW 45
Opp 7
4Q: -3
UW 13
Opp 16
The only quarter where we've outscored our collective opponents is the 3Q, a quarter we've won every game and pulled us back into every game. Down 16-0 against Boise, we closed it to 16-10. We lead USU 17-10 at the break and expanded it to 31-10. Cal had a 27-7 lead in 3Q, but we closed it to 27-21. And against USC, we turned our 6-3 deficit into a 10-6 lead. The team makes outstanding halftime adjustments, particularly the defense which has held four of our five opponents scoreless and created decisive turnovers that put us in a position to win.
However, it's also pretty damning evidence that the offense is always underprepared and underwhelming in these games, scoring 0, 7, and 3 in the first halves of BSU, Cal and USC. Hell, go back to the Cactus Bowl and we were shutout at the half, 24-0. It's been a familiar pattern with Petersen here, these slow starts and second half comebacks, and it's puzzling that the team can adjust so well but be completely unprepared in the first half. I mean, the coaches obviously change their gameplans and find passes that work for Browning and give the ball to Gaskin more, so why is it such an issue in the first half of every game? Something will need to change in the way this team prepare or how Smith envisions his first dozen or so playcalls.
TL;DR version: we (yes, "we") make good halftime adjustments but that's partially due to how bad we play in the first half. Smith sucks and the offense is not prepared in any of our games.
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