Hogs couldn't score and turned it back to the Irish at the 15. Irish drive the field for another TD. 49-13 Irish. Late 3rd.
That's a wrap. 56-13 defense shuts them out in the 2nd half. Nations total offense leader was shutdown. CJ Carr > Arch Manning!!!
Now I know how the Euro fans have been feeling this week. Our line play was much improved on both sides. D backs did a nice job. Carr looks really goo. We finally have a corps of good receivers.
The offense was humming on all cylinders, and the defense showed improvement. We held an excellent QB to well below his average passing yardage, and we sacked him 3 times. The pressure from the front 7 gave our DBs better opportunities in coverage. Most important, we held them to 1 TD and 2 FGs. Overall it was a good showing on both sides of the ball. Hopefully, the defense can continue to improve against Boise State, and the offense, directed by a potentially great QB, can continue to play with the high level of confidence we've seen heretofore.
What did you think about that fake punt? One Arkansas fan commented...really up 18 and you run a fake punt on us...that's not cool. Personally I'm not sure when you should run a fake punt. Even up 18 points I kept waiting for the Ark offense to get on a roll and our pass defense regress. I'll second Sid's feelings, it's a good start to have such a big win, no matter who the opponent is at this point. We certainly need to play every game like it's an elimination game.
Re: the fake punt. At the time I didn’t think anything except that it was a well designed play. Upon reflection, I‘m still ok with it, primarily because of the strategy: Future opponents scouting the game tapes will have to be prepared for it.