1. Offense: It was a workman's effort from the offense Friday night, jumping to a quick 21-0 and then essentially sitting on the ball for three quarters. The offensive performance was very similar to UCLA and Michigan State in a lot of ways, once again choosing to play vanilla offense for large portions of the move and take the W. More on the whole “style points” arguments later. Gabriel was his usual self, completing over 80% of his passes and giving Stewart, Tez and Sadiq opportunities with the ball all game. His Interception was both a bad read and bad throw, where he missed a wide open Justius Lowe behind the defense. The other negative play I logged was the first-half completion in the red zone to Jordan James, which resulted in the ball at the 1. Although it was probably a TD, and we eventually scored, he was way late on the throw which could have cost us. It was good to see us convert TDs in the red zone, but we have to continue to improve our passing attack in tight spaces as the field shrinks.

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Overall, it was great to see Jordan James only have 10 carries and rest the entire 2nd half. I like what I saw from Jay Harris, and I thought Jayden Limar looked faster than I remember. The continued development of the RB2 position will be one to watch as the season progresses. Justius Lowe had another really positive game, and his progress as a 4th WR option is another big bright spot. Kenyon Sadiq only had two catches but you can see the type of athleticism he brings to the position, and even when Ferguson returns, I think he’s a priority target each game. While Ferguson has been an inconsistent block throughout his time, I love how willing Sadiq and true freshmen Roger Saleapaga are to stick their nose in and block. Both are going to be really versatile, good players for us next year.