PULLMAN — If there were one thing everyone agreed on after Washington State's shocking 65-17 season-opening loss at Oklahoma State was the Cougars' tackling was ... well, let them describe it.
"We were horrible, we were absolutely terrible," said football jersey
coach Paul Wulff.
"It was the worst part of our defense. We pride ourselves on our tackling ability," said senior defensive end Kevin Kooyman, "and we tackled poorly, very poorly."
"We didn't tackle," co-defensive coordinator Chris Ball said.
"Basically, you've got to get in position," said linebacker Myron Beck, a senior who had four tackles Saturday and has 79 in his WSU career. "You've got to run to the near hip and don't break your feet, don't stop, don't round off your angle. Your pursuit angle is like the most important thing."
And if you miss?
"Grab them and hold on," Beck said. "Anyway you can. YIndianapolis Colts jersey
ou've got to grab cloth. Hold on, stay clamped."
Oklahoma State running back Kendall Hunter gashed the Cougars for 257 yards rushing, around 130 of them coming after a missed tackle according to linebackers coach Travis Niekamp. He also scored four times, part of eight OSU offensive plays that ended without a tackle.
"He had great balance," Beck said of Hunter. "We would hit him and just bounce off. Everybody was going for the big hit instead of staying clamped and getting him down.
"It was frustrating because we were there. We turned 2-yard gains into 45-yard gains or 20-yard gains, just by not staying clamped. It was frustrating to see how many yards we could have prevented if we had just gotten him down."
For the game, WSU missed 21 tackles and had a tackling rate of 75 percent. The Cougars' goal in each game is 90 percent.
"We've seen it in film," Beck said. "When we attack the line of Pittsburgh Steelers jersey
scrimmage and we attack the ball carrier, there weren't long runs. Attacking in the line of scrimmage is where it's going to be at."
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