09-03-2017, 12:58 AM
My impressions from The Coliseum:
It was fricking hot: Felt like I had just played four quarters after walking out of the Coliseum, so can't imagine how the players felt. The heat affected both teams in the fourth, especially on defense, but USC just had that extra edge to pull it out.
We're good: heard nothing but compliments and the utmost respect from USC fans I sat around and encountered after the game. It wasn't the usual P5 "Oh, we played horrible" response. Everyone was truly impressed with how we matched up against them and they felt fortunate to have had just a little more gas than us at the end to finish us off. Totally caught me off guard, really. A couple Trojans mentioned that they thought that might be our lone loss this season and will be rooting for us, and I hope they are right. USC fans=super classy.
Bronco nation represented: great turnout by WMU fans - I'd say around 5,000 in attendance. Was a great opportunity for us west coast Broncos and of course we were into it. I don't know if the "Let's go Broncos" chants in the second half could be heard on the telecast but they echoed through the stadium and were loud. Hope we can schedule some more west teams in the future (San Diego St?).
Coaching staff was excellent: I thought this coaching staff was good and had a chance to be better than the last, and so far I still believe that. Totally out coached USC. Getting the guys re-energized and ready for MSU after this brutal game will tell a lot. But today, they were prepared with a great game plan and ready to play.
Passing game improvement: Expect it to improve week to week from here on out. If it's clicking next Saturday and we are recovered from USC and ready to play, we will beat MSU. Comfortably, in my opinion.
Defense: Awesome, as expected. Only going to get better from here on out. Don't blame them at all for just getting too gassed at the end, because they played their fricking hearts out and, for a good chunk of that game, dominated.
OL and RBs: Maybe the best we've ever had here. Dominant. Nothing earns you respect faster than lining up and just pounding it down the field. And we did that all day long.
Now time for one more bottle of water and then pass out. Proud to be a Bronco.
It was fricking hot: Felt like I had just played four quarters after walking out of the Coliseum, so can't imagine how the players felt. The heat affected both teams in the fourth, especially on defense, but USC just had that extra edge to pull it out.
We're good: heard nothing but compliments and the utmost respect from USC fans I sat around and encountered after the game. It wasn't the usual P5 "Oh, we played horrible" response. Everyone was truly impressed with how we matched up against them and they felt fortunate to have had just a little more gas than us at the end to finish us off. Totally caught me off guard, really. A couple Trojans mentioned that they thought that might be our lone loss this season and will be rooting for us, and I hope they are right. USC fans=super classy.
Bronco nation represented: great turnout by WMU fans - I'd say around 5,000 in attendance. Was a great opportunity for us west coast Broncos and of course we were into it. I don't know if the "Let's go Broncos" chants in the second half could be heard on the telecast but they echoed through the stadium and were loud. Hope we can schedule some more west teams in the future (San Diego St?).
Coaching staff was excellent: I thought this coaching staff was good and had a chance to be better than the last, and so far I still believe that. Totally out coached USC. Getting the guys re-energized and ready for MSU after this brutal game will tell a lot. But today, they were prepared with a great game plan and ready to play.
Passing game improvement: Expect it to improve week to week from here on out. If it's clicking next Saturday and we are recovered from USC and ready to play, we will beat MSU. Comfortably, in my opinion.
Defense: Awesome, as expected. Only going to get better from here on out. Don't blame them at all for just getting too gassed at the end, because they played their fricking hearts out and, for a good chunk of that game, dominated.
OL and RBs: Maybe the best we've ever had here. Dominant. Nothing earns you respect faster than lining up and just pounding it down the field. And we did that all day long.
Now time for one more bottle of water and then pass out. Proud to be a Bronco.