Podolak just said it best on the radio

The O-line hasn't been stellar but it's more an issue of CJ not having much pocket awareness and RBs whiffing in pass protect schemes.

That, and play selection hasn't exactly been stellar. Good Lord, that reverse call to Scheel?

One glimmer on the hopeful side was the last 3rd-down conversion by Daniels. If/when we can get back to semi-effective in those situations, we should be okay.
 
I'm having a hard time pinpointing how I feel about this team. People want to blame Kirk or Greg Davis, and I don't know that I buy that. We have a lot of the same pieces back from last year. We SHOULD be better than we look so far.

I don't know how to say it other than, they just don't seem to have the same edge, the attitude they played with last year. It has shown up in pieces the last 2 weeks (2nd quarter against NDSU, 2nd quarter again today and part of the 3rd). It seems odd somehow that in back-to-back weeks we've had long runs/touchdowns called back on iffy penalties and then they looked flat afterwards.

They need a spark, and I'm not sure what's missing.
I agree. They just lack enthusiasm, hard to pinpoint, but just a vibe you get ( or don't get) when watching them play.
 

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