the offense and the defense looked good in the first 1.5 quarters. up 21-0. then it seemed we backed off on defense. alot of 2nd and 3rd stringers in there for some reason. asu scored. then after halftime booty had a couple quick mistakes. tie game. offense was off for a couple more series. then chauncey just ran the ball and the clock down (about 6 or so minutes) for the last score. i was obviously nervous, but even though asu got the ball back i never felt like carpenter was in a good enough groove. for some reason they punted with 1:30 left. it was 4th and 22, but they had to go for that to have any chance. and that was the game.
the obvious problems that i find are not winning the turnover game, 3rd down defense recently, penalties at crucial times, and most importantly no continuity on offense. i'm not quite sure what kiffin is doing with booty's passing plays. what happened to fred davis? surely he could get a few touches. why not throw more at allen bradford after his first catch? why throw to jody adewale, a once 6th string fb, on the final drive, especially when we had been entirely running for awhile? why not throw to travon patterson once or twice, with his speed who knows? i wonder what norm chow would do... and speaking of norm, i heard he is interested in the asu job and i just can't see koetter lasting much longer having never won in the state of california.