Look at the penalties and what they led to….and who the culprits are
First half
1st and 10 Personal Foul - Cici (3&o) - 1st offensive play of the game
1st and 10 Personal Foul - Tony (3&o)
1st and 10 false start - Bell (INT)
4th down delay of game - Tony (bull **** call they took away a big return, FG)
2nd and 5 holding - Daniels (FG)
Second half
Kickoff holding - Chase Smith (3&o)
3rd and 2 false start - Pancake (FG)
3rd and 1 holding - Fletcher (INT)
3rd and 8 false start - Lofton (INT)
summary
9 penalties - 8 on offense, 1 on specials
Procedural: 4
Personal fouls: 2
Holdings: 3
Penalties on OL/TEs: 4
Penalties that ended in TO/Punt: 6
Besides the Mali fair catch BS, all of our penalties were holds or OL procedural penalties. Who is teaching our players how to block? It’s not like we have an entire philosophy based on blocking and physicality. Who is responsible for our players to hold their water procedurally (especially at home!!!)….mystery
This is the big picture stuff to me. Our team is based on rugged OL play and yet our inability to stay still up front or block without getting flagged is killing us every season at some point