Blame on Wells or Avery, or other players for that matter, is misplaced After the second turnover, the team just lost composure. The shock of giving up so many points in such a short period of time had the players on their heels. This is something Kleiman has normally coached well, but I don't think I've seen such a tidal wave of change in a game in such a short period of time. The concerns about the O-line, play-calling, and Avery are legit, but not something that can't be resolved. Our Cats need to improve silent snap counts, and other aspects of playing in a loud and hostile environment.
It just totally derailed them. We weren't in total control of the game but it was going very well for us up to when they scored the FG. We looked competent, if not one of the better first half performances we've had to that point. The fumble/return I think scared us, the first INT made us completely incompetent. The INT after half sealed it, as did the punt return.
I think all of that then really played into the oline's issues, which then played into Avery's issues. I think they went from more or less playing to feeling like they had to play, and we're not experienced enough yet to overcome that.
Even as other's mentioned down 17-6 at half, while not great, was by no means insurmountable, especially if we scored a TD out of the half, and I think we almost just "expect" it to happen and when it doesn't it really bothers us. Hopefully all fixable but definitely worth looking at going forward.
I weirdly feel good about the OSU game, I think we're pissed enough and at home to come out and take care of business, but now when we go to Colorado I am going to be worried cause the crowd will be hostile and Deion is going to try and goad us to make mistakes.
