No excuses for the absence. Wasn’t too busy, too distracted, too anything. After the Boise game, meh took over.
Meh to not scoring touchdowns. Meh to field goals instead of touchdowns. Meh to watching the Broncos run wild in the fourth quarter. The Aztecs should have been north of 40 on the score board, but our inability to find the end zone once inside the twenty was more than obvious. Said shortcoming was painfully obvious. With this loss, bowling looks highly unlikely.
As for Air Force, a little better. Just a little. Two more offensive touchdowns at a minimum. 30 points should have been 44 points. Coulda, shoulda, woulda. I don’t know how Rocky Long and Bob Toledo solve this inability to score six rather than settle for three (or nothing). Bowl eligible, sure. Bowl invite, I do not believe. Even with a lopsided win over San Jose State this Saturday, bowling seems like whistling in the wind or dark or underwater.
The Aztec defense was superb. Holding Air Force to 3.4 yards per rush, 329 yards in total offense, posting zeros three of four quarters and forcing 3 (!) fumbles and 1 interception was incredible and proof of a great team effort. Calvin Munson was having a fantastic game long before the interception returned for a touchdown. A couple of nice moves as well. Perhaps Pump was paying attention. Christian Heyward filled in nicely for Alex Barrett. Between Barrett and Munson, we have the anchors for the 2015 Aztec defense.
One last thought on a bowl game: In a perfect SDSU world the final weekend of MWC play yields a UNLV upset of Nevada (battle for the state of Nevada and all that, plus the Rebels would love to blow up what is left of the Wolfpack’s season), Hawaii stuns Fresno State (Norm Chow is out the door. I’m no fan, but maybe the Hawaii players give him a good-bye gift of a win) and, to make us look as good as possible, Colorado State pounds the Cadets (a final line of 8-4/4-4 for Air Force might make a bowl committee think twice? I’m reaching. I know). First and foremost, we beat the Spartans, hopefully, by an impressive margin, and the rest takes care of itself. Never a dull moment with the Aztecs.
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