Having roundly criticized Maxwell Smith for better than a month, I now congratulate him on an unspectacular, yet solid effort against Hawaii. 11/15, 1 touchdown, no interceptions and 184 yards is serviceable. However, my call for change continues.
Donnel Pumphrey was stellar especially playing with the dread high ankle sprain. 3 touchdowns cures a lot of injury. 218 total yards rushing is testament to the offensive line getting a whole lot of push. Congrats to Curtis Anderson, III for leap frogging four teammates to receive playing time and make his first catch of the year.
The Aztec defense was superb. 4 sacks, 2.5 by defensive linemen (Jon Sanchez, Christian Hayward and Noble Hall), was a job well done. Ending the last two Hawaii drives in the fourth quarter with interceptions (Damontae Kazee and J.J. Whitaker) took what little momentum and/or hope retained by Hawaii. The Rainbow Warriors (we can do better in the nickname/mascot category) were held to a total of 53 rushing yards and 251 total offensive yards. Nice job, Aztecs.
2-0 in MWC play. Change nothing. Except the quarterback.
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