This is the fun part of coaching. I hate the games where nobody's excited and you're supposed to win. Those things are a coach's nightmare. These weeks are the most fun parts of coaching. If you look at the game last year, I think it points out dramatically how important special teams are.
Special teams are very important in getting off to a good start.
When you get behind, they are just an explosive football team. Defensively, I think you go back and look at every thing you did and analyze it. We did a poor job of tackling and part of that is their scheme being spread out over the field which makes you not quite as effective a tackler. We had plays to make and in some cases we just didn't make the plays. They had the hot hand early.