Our offense is best described as procrastinating. We wait and wait. Score enough to hang around. Wait some more. You know what is fun? Three downs and a punt. Let’s do that a few times. Wait. Then we finally score enough to win. Rocky’s brain must want to explode. I sometimes wonder if Jeff Horton turns complete beach on Rocky and whispers, “Dude, we’ll get there. I totally promise.”
Down 9 points with ten minutes remaining had me leaning towards the unthinkable loss at Albuquerque. This cannot be. And, thankfully, was not as the Aztec offense tumbled, rolled and generally fell forward for 17 points via Kahale Warring’s 19 yard catch, John Barron’s 32 yard field goal and Juwan Washington’s 50 yard td run. Thank you, one and all.
Speaking of Mr. Washington, welcome back to both he and Christian Chapman. Mr. Washington had a tidy line of 95 yards for 8.6 ypc. Mr. Chapman was 13/19 without an interception. As economical as ever. Though, I’m not complaining.
The Aztec defense was once again superb. Kyahva Tezino had a fantastic night: 12 tackles including 2.5 sacks. The Aztec defense dropped the Lobos quarterback 6 times. They held the Lobos running backs to an average of 2.7 yards per rush, 4.6 yards per completion (now that is impressive) and Lobo offense to only 142 total yards. Tayler Hawkins enjoyed his first start at the Warrior position while Luq Barcoo made his first pick of the year.
Other first time starts belonged to Isiah Macklin and Elijah Kothe at the wide receiver spots. Well done. Tim Wilson had 3 catches for 63 yards leading the way for all Aztec receivers who caught a total of 17 balls for 240 yards. Not bad.
The winner of this week’s who-can-catch-and-advance-a-punt contest was Garrett Binkley. He caught 4 for 54 yards which is lightyears ahead of all other efforts not involving Juwan Washington.
Who was the guy on the LSU campus with the John Barron for Heisman sign? Best moment of the year on ESPN’s national pre-game show.
Three games remain.
7-2/4-1.
Go, Aztecs.
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