Back on track. Mostly. Am I about to complain? Mildly. How and why the Aztec offense did not put the ball in the end zone at least twice more (I’m not greedy) was of concern. I found concerning for the long-term our inability to score only three offensive touchdowns against UNLV. Sure, the Rebels are much improved, but I don’t find their defense to be anything more than average . . . at best. Given the fact we had the ball for 16+ minutes more than the Rebels is another bit of proof we were a no-show in the end zone. We should (a dangerous word) have scored more and often.
Hats off to John Baron. Who follows a 48 yard make with a 50 yard make? John Baron, thank you very much. Nice leg.
The SDSU defense was superb. Consider the following: UNLV finds only 9 first downs (1 of the 9 was due to an Aztec penalty) to couple with 9 total passing yards. I believe one leads to the other. The Rebels ran for 113 yards. And now for the total yardage, 113, add 9 carry the one, 122 yards of total offense. Absolutely dominating.
Donnel Pumphrey and Rashaad Penny were a dynamic one-two punch. 251 yards between two running backs, both 100+ is testament to talent and great blocking from the offensive line and receivers. Christian Chapman bounced back nicely from his less than stellar result against South Alabama. 15/20 with no interceptions and one touchdown is solid play.
How about 33,296 fans in attendance? Not bad. And a decent dose of that number was in the student section. Our home attendance total is in the vicinity of 115,000 after three games. Healthy. Dare we eclipse 35,000 for a MWC game later this year? The heights are dizzying.
4-1/1-0.
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