I generally agree with N but this time I have to go with Dustball.  There are some situations where going for 2 in the first half is called for, and this was not one of them.

However, saying that DW did an ok job is insulting to coaches who do ok jobs.  This team was slightly more prepared than most KD's teams normally are, but that still means they were not prepared to face a pretty good BYU squad.  The defense started with a plan of blitzing, throwing different formations and looks out, and always pressuring the BYU QB.  They combined this with strong D line play that shut down the BYU running game for most of the first half.

But then they started to look like a DW defense and they let up, or they got tired (both are reasons to fire a coach, not just pass him up).  They stopped changing looks and let up on Max Hall.  In the first quarter he never had 3 seconds on his feet, in the 4th, he stood in the pocket and made some big throws.  They adjusted and found holes to run through and just enough space to throw in.  Overall, the defense played well, but they still had spurts of brain dead play with no energy, this kills a team.

The offense drove me crazy.  With a new HC, they should have had a new philosophy, stop being predictable.  But the problem was, after 5 minutes, everybody in the stadium knew we were going to run.  This makes the defense's life easier but is not impossible to overcome.  Nebraska used to run every play and score 50 a game against teams like BYU.  WV still runs all the time and racks up points.  If you are going to run every play, you need to do it right, or you end up not having any sustained drives or meaningful touchdowns.

The best way to run every play and score is to be creative, something we get an F in every game.  Change formations, run creative plays, use misdirection, and force every man up to the line of scrimmage.  We did that for a total of 5 minutes last night, half of 2 separate drives that ended in field goals.  After that, we went back to our old offense, run in the same direction, from the same position, out of the same three formations.  Needless to say, our offense sucked.  Our only long drive was the last one of the game where we benefited from defensive mistakes and the knowledge that no first down meant no win.

Walker did not do an ok job.  He stunk.  His defense played with fire but did not adapt to changing offensive tactics.  They also had deer in the headlights moments and gave up big plays.  This entire painful year, nobody has repeatedly sustained drives against our defense, they were too talented and experienced to allow that.  But many teams played like Arizona and had several big plays that resulted in TD's or big yardage gains.

On offense we stunk it up with a complete lack of creativity or understanding of how to sustain a drive.  There was no promise in this offense, at no point did I say that we were stopped but if we continued to play like this we would have more touchdowns.  

This team made me want to throw up last night. Last year I thought that Walker had promise and would have been happy with him replacing KD.  Now that thought sickens me.  Walker is a good defensive coordinator.  His teams play with spirit and his game plans are usually pretty solid.  But the defense does not adapt to changing tactics and gives up big plays because of lack of focus and energy.  Someday he could fix this and become a great defensive coordinator.  Right now, just good.  He has no understanding of offense (but still somehow has more than KD) and it looked like successful drives were flukes rather than designed.

Sorry for this rant, I certainly did not mean to go on for so long.  Going for two would have been a bad idea, saving his timeouts did not turn out to be fatal (not going for a touchdown when he had a timeout left did), but Walker did not do an ok job.  Walker could not beat a team that played very poorly (they played better the first time we played them) and looked out of sync.  

I will say it again, calling Walker's job ok, is insulting to ok coaches.  An ok coach would have won this game by 14.

was never the intention... I think that we are beginning to let our emotions get the better of our logic.  I could care less what the average joe thinks about this site.  I want Morgan Center to pay attention to the words we espouse on here.  When we make statements out of anger that make "football" people cringe, we lose credibility.  When we make demands and try to put pressure on Morgan Center, it is important that we are making valid arguments that play to the point we are trying to make.  Otherwise, they will write us off as irrelevant.  I know there are a few lawyers on here (i eventually hope to join them) and i think that point should be reasonably well received.