Not there was any doubt but Kenyon Barner is scary good with the ball in his hands. Imagine James and Barner operating out of the same backfield. The offense will uphold the tradition of pace and productivity, no doubt. With these kind of multiple weapons, you can’t stop them all. Maehl had a good day on the outside as well, 5 catches for 94 yards, including one play where he shielded the defender and went up for the ball on a post pattern for 39 yards.
Barner had as big an opening day as I can ever remember seeing. 5 touchdowns, 207 yards from scrimmage.
The defense got their shutout, allowed just 105 yards and forced five turnovers. In addition to the five TOs they forced New Mexico to turn the ball over on downs four times.
Circumstances prevented it, but it would have been nice to get Thomas more live snaps in the game. He showed some good signs but was uneven. I don’t think the light has come on for him yet. He showed good patience on a couple of throws, the screen to Barner, the TD to Paulsen, but he missed high on several others. He had a good day but more will be demanded of him later, and he has to be ready.
72-0. Now they have to remember they travel to Tennessee next week, and the score will start at 0-0.
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