Well, that about wraps it up. Our defense has a lot of problems and the things people were saying before the season have finally showed up -- it's hard to replace so many NFL-talent guys on defense and not feel the effects. You can see it on our linebackers, and actually it reminds me a lot of USC's 2005 defense, which was not only injury-riddled but very young. I hope that this group has the kind of growth that Maualuga, Cushing, etc. did and we see them become dominant in the coming years.
The offense has really come together. Barkley is playing great football and is progressing at an extremely fast rate. Considering their production in this game, and considering that all-star TE McCoy is out, Havili is out, Stafon Johnson is out, and so on -- I'm not worried about the offense. Things are looking up there.
That will wrap it up for me in this thread tonight though. Hope you guys enjoy your vicarious victory.