For his first real experience, Garbers was pretty solid. Really good arm and pretty good accuracy. He got pounded though. The OL really has to pass protect a million times better than it is doing.
Did anybody ever really believe this Bruins team had a good run defense? Until Utah decided to stay in character, no opposing offense ever saw any reason to do anything but pass the ball against the Bruins.
"Kelly was directly asked how he could continue to justify defensive coordinator Jerry Azzinaro’s role with a unit that has been a sore spot for all of the head coach’s tenure. “I’m just going to talk about tonight,” was Kelly’s response. He said he thought the defense improved last year and played well in some of the games earlier in the season. He again relied on early-season rushing defense stats that are easily dismissed. “Tonight we did not play well in the rush category,” he said."
I bailed at halftime but it sounds like Garbers did really well. Although with this new kid coming in…
For his first real experience, Garbers was pretty solid. Really good arm and pretty good accuracy. He got pounded though. The OL really has to pass protect a million times better than it is doing.
I didn't even bother to watch the game. Probably won't watch another game this season unless it's against $c...
Azzinaro needs to go. It's embarrassing how bad our defense is!!!!
Did anybody ever really believe this Bruins team had a good run defense? Until Utah decided to stay in character, no opposing offense ever saw any reason to do anything but pass the ball against the Bruins.
Good point…
"Kelly was directly asked how he could continue to justify defensive coordinator Jerry Azzinaro’s role with a unit that has been a sore spot for all of the head coach’s tenure. “I’m just going to talk about tonight,” was Kelly’s response. He said he thought the defense improved last year and played well in some of the games earlier in the season. He again relied on early-season rushing defense stats that are easily dismissed. “Tonight we did not play well in the rush category,” he said."
https://lastwordonsports.com/collegefootball/2021/10/31/40533-ucla-is-eliminated-from-the-conference-race/