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BYU football: Hall shows no effects of first-game bell-ringer

first off, j sorenson is a beast and will play a crucial role in byu's success this season! i re-watched the game as well and i am more optimistic than i was at the game...we have talent and stopping our offense will make D cord go insane all year long! our D is yet to be determined but come saturday we will def have a good evaluation of that.

Stack the line with 8-9 defenders and don't let them run the ball. Force them to throw the pass. On offense, it goes without saying, we have to hold on to the ball. Throw to the backs coming out of the backfield into the flats. Washington's game plan will be to try to run the ball first with their talented QB carrying the ball often.

All of a sudden, the game with UCLA is a little more relevant now that they've beaten the Vols. The difference-maker there was definitely Norm Chow. Let's hope the Cougs can get their running game going in the next week or two.

9 games in one day? Does he fast forward in between plays? Does he pause to hit the fridge and the head in between downs like normal people?

After watching the game again and reading this article, I'm a little afraid for our team when they play a real team. It might end up being lucky for us that all of our non-conference games are against really weak PAC-10 teams. Hopefully their pass rush is also the weakest in the PAC-10.
How can the O-line let their QB get hit like that? Grab a jersey and take a penalty, but Hall and Harvey are our whole team, you can't let them get hurt.

He has a film staff that breaks down the plays to just the actual plays and none of the huddling and to and tv commercials and all that garbage. If you actually break down real time football it is about 30-45 mins of film time... a lot faster than most people ever expect

How can you call UCLA a weak team? Perhaps you missed the awesome game last night when they beat 18th ranked Tennessee.

If that had been Johnson, he'd be out for several weeks.

Scale back from "a little afraid" to "seriously interested," my friend. Notice how we have (arguably) our best defensive lineman in the same position to make blind-side crushes?

So consider that all game long, he gave up only one of those. I know, I know, just one can be and was crucial, and in hindsight, tackling his man would have been a brilliant idea, but that is the nature of hind-sight.

Don't let the Utes (note please that no disparaging mis-spelling of their names is necesary - the last two years speak for themselves) chirp about how inferior our opponent was. What they proved on Saturday was that they could do the same thing this year that a decent Div II (FCS, whatever) did last year, and what we DIDN'T let a good Div II team do this year.

Note that suddenly UCLA is a much bigger opponent than was Michigan. Washington is still a darned if you do, darned if you don't game, but I think the Utes should be more afraid. UCLA will probably leap frog them into the polls, and by week 3, our big game will be bigger than theirs.

The Tennessee team that took the field last night was the 2nd worst Tennessee team I've seen in 15 years of living in SEC country.

UCLA beating Tennessee last night was akin to Utah beating Michigan.

UCLA may be good but Tennessee is OVER-rATED. the SEC is overrated. the BigEAsy is muchly overrated. Fresno State smacked Rutgers, the perennial powerhouse like Louisville and Connecticut. The ACEasy is also muchly overrated. Duke is a powerhouse football team to reckon with. Again and again we need a playoff system to keep everyone in check and on the same playing field. most teams outside the BSC don't even get a fair shake. the BSC is inside the players' heads from day one with the subtle brainwashing of "you are no good" because "you don't play in our league". it's a sad state of affairs in college football at div 1 level. i am waiting for the right players' families to sue the NCAA for discrimination based on their child not getting to play for the national championship ALL four years b/c they go to a better school in the WAC, MWC, MAC, Conference USA, sunbelt, etc conferences...it only takes one crafty lawyer and a partial judge or two.

I find it interesting that after the very first game of the season, everyone is worried about BYU, they made their mistakes, and still won by a fairly large amount. This was the first game of the season, there are going to be mistakes made, and in my opinion im glad they made those mistakes "AND STILL WON". Gives them something else in practice to work on, only making them better. I wont be concerned until i see them turning the ball over against Washington,like they did against NUI, which i doubt they will. "GO BYU!". Win Washington!.

Oops, Forgive me, i meant NIU :-)

Forgive you again, you meant UNI.

Hall should use that hot air balloon helmet again this year.

UCLA beat an SEC team. Looks like the middle of the pac 10 is actually a good football team.

about BYU beating up some crappy D1AA school or whatever. The truth cougar fans is all summer your trash talk never stopped and now you are gonna eat your words. YOu think just because your some MTn west power that you legit? Please! You have such a weak schedule and you guys cannot own up to it.

UCLA came back and drove the ball in crucial times. I loved it! All the fans next to yus were talking how were gonna kick the crap out of you and you better believe that this team is much different than last years team. U C LLL A UCLA FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!

Funny, I was there as well-at the BYU game. Who are you gonna let loose? The wideouts? Unga/Vakapuna?, or the Tight End like UNI tried to do?
You will have to pick your poison and take your chances, becuase you cannot key on every weapon that BYU has.
And if your QB gets off to the same slow start he did against Tennessee, you will be down a lot more than 14-7 when you start trying to come back.

Talk about wimpy preseason schedules, LSU starts the season with three cream puffs in a row - Appalachian State, Troy, and North Texas. And their 5th opponent, Mississippi State, just lost to a middle of the road WAC "powerhouse" Louisiana Tech.

LSU only leaves the "friendly" confines of Death Valley for ONE of their first five games.

They play EIGHT home games and only 4 road games.

It's nice to have 3 tuneup games to get ready for your first real game of the season.