With our offense lighting it up though, our defense and special teams units weren't 'holding the rope'. Our first punt of the game was blocked and recovered by McGill for a touchdown, which definitely gave their squad a lift, and put us in the hole. We knew that they had an explosive offense, and the last thing we wanted to do was give them points in any other phase of the game. After McGill scored again on their next possession, the thought of an upset occurring must have run through the heads of players on both benches, and it seemed like our defense played with this mentality throughout most of the game. The only time when we actually resembled our normal defense was when we came out in the 3rd quarter, after we had re-taken the lead, and we were playing with swagger. Our DB's jumped routes and were putting some hits on the McGill receivers. This only lasted for half a quarter though, until McGill's quarterback found an open receiver down-field, and suddenly our defense were 'on our heels' again.
After relinquishing the lead again, our offense got the ball back deep in our own end with only about a minute and a half to go. They executed perfectly, and Devon Mitchell Jr. capped the drive with his second touchdown of the game to put us ahead for good.
Thanks offense, we owe you big!
