I'm one of those people who isn't terribly worried. One of my main reasons is our defense. Every FREAKS about our "pathetic" defense.... I'm sorry, but am I the only one who noticed that our three All-Americans haven't even been on the field at the same time yet this season?! The secondary was much improved last night with Dennard. Sure, we gave up some big plays, but as we've said before, the kids are young. It's bound to happen some time, and I'd rather it be versus Wyoming and Fresno State than in conference play.
Big plays in the secondary come from no pressure up front or with a poor secondary. We've seen both of those situations thus far. Early in the year, we managed to get pressure on the QB with our line, but with a bunch of freshman and sophomores running around behind them, it clearly didn't work. Last night, with Dennard back, we were able to shut down many of the options down field, but with our line not getting pressure, the QB was bound to find something with the amount of time he repeatedly had. With Crick, David, and Dennard all out there next week, I just don't see this "the sky is falling" attitude a lot of us seem to be finding?