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(11-21-2020 10:38 PM)doss2 Wrote:  

(11-21-2020 09:47 PM)RuckleSt Wrote:  Postgame takeaways:

The Good
-Cole Smith got the job done
-Ridder was able to overcome the early jitters and take over
-Defense is still stout without Ponder
-Finally using our talented Tight Ends
-Doaks was running like he wanted to hurt people (I know he gets a lot of flak for going down easier than Warren, but "The Truck" was special when it comes to running after contact)
-Punting - I missed this at first because Smith is so good all the time that I've become spoiled with my expectations. (I think he will be playing on Sundays)

The Bad
-The Refs - (The AAC has to do something about how poor they are in basketball and football)
-Punt Returns - Montgomery has been pretty solid this year, but he was shaky today
-Over Analyzing stuff - When you can go up 2 scores, take it.

Overall

Great win, I think UCF is a really good football team, but we were obviously the more talented squad. I think we would have beat them by 3 scores at home.

To the BAD add chasing 2 in first half.
False starts.

I thought about adding that, but from an analytics perspective it makes sense to always go for two. It doesn't really make sense with how we play though, so a fair argument. Defensive false starts are just what happens when you have a defense that plays as aggressive as ours. I don't like them, but I can live with them if our defense plays like ours does.