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Throughout the 1st half I thought the ghost of Jerry Petitbone had taken over the comms between OC and the QB. My thought was that we could get away with one dimensionality against ISU but not better teams, and if our only departure from the run was the occasional short route, the better teams would just stuff the box on us and shut down any short passes as well. I was glad to see us take some vertical shots downfield to loosen things up. Gunderson did a nice job of rope a doping ISU into dropping their guard on the play action bomb to Wells.

The O-line looked solid on day one and the RB's 1 though 4 were talented and tough. Freshman Salahadin might end up being a special talent.

Other than the messed up punt that made this game closer than it would have been, special teams were solid.

Notable that there were very few penalties, especially the absence of false starts.

Both our QB's that played looked like vets and generally played smart football within the system. Nice to see the dual threat at that position for a change.

We soundly beat the opponent that was in front of us in the 1st outing with a new coaching staff and a horde of new players. Mission accomplished. Well done.

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