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BYU football: Discontent swirling around Washington's Willingham

I'm excited to see the game will be broadcast on FSN, and not the Mountain! Or do they use the pathetic Mountain Network crew to broadcast on FSN? If so, FSN will be embarrassed to have such an amaturish broadcast on their airwaves! Run away FSN, unless you can use your own talent!

#1 priority is to stop Locker - dude's a stud...but he can't throw an accurate ball on a consistent basis. Possible solution is that Locker may not always line up at QB. There's some talk in the NW about putting in the 2nd stringer Fouch at QB and letting Locker run wild. That could get scary...but does Ty have the guts?

Great news for coach Willingham and Cougar Fans everywhere!

Coach, Your program is about to get a big shot in the arm in the form of a huge win over the 15th ranked team in the nation. Don't put that for 'For Sale' sign up just yet.

Coach Ty, this is your lucky day. You see, any other ranked team would pound your pathetic Huskys, but not this ranked team. This ranked team does not win non-conference road games, period. They never have, never will and there is nothing you, I or anyone else can do about it.

Cougar Fans, don't despair... take advantage. Borrow a large sum of money and put it on the Huskys. Then get caught up on your over-due mortgage payments with the proceeds. You, like coach Willingham, will get to stay in your houses a little longer.

Looking forward to seeing the game in person on Saturday. I hope the Cougars come ready to play. Though the UW is young, as a whole they present more speed than BYU. Can BYU run the ball? Can BYU throw the ball effectively? Can our defense not get beat on big plays? If so BYU will be 2-0 and be headed back to Provo with momentum against UCLA.

Lets Go Cougars!

Here's my prediction: not even going to be close. BYU by lots.

Washington is going to get trounced by BYU.

Willingham will lose his job.

UW fans are irate and feel they have given him more than enough time to field a competitive team.

Jake Locker is a great runner but not a great QB. Washington is a one man team and will be beaten by a better BYU team come Saturday. 35-17 BYU

Cougar Hunter...you are up in the night..as usual. Go back to your yewt blogs and see if you can find anything positive to talk about. Cougars will win this going away and Willingham will be that much closer to being jobless.

I see no problem with this game, I think BYU will finaly get that road monkey off their back, I hope for their sake and the MWC sake that it takes place. However, I think BYU needs to take care of business early so they can focus on a UCLA team and a disgruntled Norm Chow

Turnovers in the Apple State will be the key to the game.

+3 for BYU, lock
+2 for BYU, near lock
-1 to +1, BYU has a VERY GOOD chance of winning
-2 for BYU, scary, probable loss
-3 for BYU, the Quest is over, move to goal #2, winning another MWC championship, a bowl win and a final Top 25 ranking

Locker can't match BYU's offense score for score. BYU doesn't need to shutdown Locker, they just need to slow him down. Bend but don't break. Washington's defense isn't good enough to shut down BYU's offense.

It could be a wild, high-scoring game, but as long as BYU protects the ball, BYU will chalk up a much need OOC road victory.

BYU rolls! UW is awful. Keep talking about what a great athlete your QB is, he cant throw at all. Why do you think there is a RB? All I can say is that he shouldn't be playing QB. He is so one dimensional that it is easy to stop him. Lets hope UCLA is a test because UW won't be. Cougs 38-3.

Don't ever corner a wild animal!

The Huskies have been backed into a corner by the string of losses under Coach W. Coaches and players feel the heat from the press and the fans. (One high profile Husky alumnus has even offered to set-up a $100,000 scholarship at the UW Law School if UW fires Willingham.)

So, the Huskies are going to EXTREMELY motivated to make a statement and try and save Coach W's job. In their minds a win against 15th ranked BYU will be just the ticket to (temporarily) take the heat off of their coaches. That's HUGE motivation!

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS GAME FOR BYU!!! The players need to be mentally prepared to face this highly motivated Husky team, if they want to come away with a win. The Cougars will have to:

1. Execute, execute, execute;
2. Play error-free football;
3. Have a 150 yard rushing attack;
4. Play smash-mouth defense to stifle UW offense;
5. Not look past UW, to the UCLA game.

Accomplish these things, and the Cougars will come away with a very satisfying win in a difficult venue.

THIS BYU TEAM HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IT!!!

11-26 record = Huskies have been cornered for awhile. Nothing's changed, they're still cornered. There were calls for Willingham's job in the past but nothing came of it. Patience will wear thin very soon in Seattle and he'll be out. BYU will be very ready for this game and will not have a letdown. They'll capitalize on the good from last week's game and will not allow silly mistakes to plague them. This year is the BYU of old, a strong starting team. The UCLA game will be dealt with next week, the Cougars know to not overlook a game. That's had disastrous results in the past, but then this is not a team from the past.

Hey, does anyone know if this game is on the Dish Network? The Dish has FSN Rocky Mountain, FSN West, etc. Is that the same as plain old FSN?
Thanks.

Cougar Hunter, you sre living in a dream world. Crawl back in your hole until Novemeber.

Some really good comments, ignoring the cougar hunter guy. Reminds me of that Elmer Fudd guy going to look for rabbits.

UW has raw talent and their coach has a long string of not being able to develop that talent into a winning team. Same results as at Notre Dame.

I completely agree that Washington is going to be up for this game. New year, first home game and they likely believe in the basic PAC-10 superiority over the rest of the universe. They likely look at BYU and their #15 rank is a cherry pick win so their confidence and expectation are going to be high.

Washington is still very undisciplined. Their defensive front-four is their strength, and after that the rest of their defense refused to play assignments against Oregon. BYU will score on this defense.

The question is our defenses ability to stop Locker. If we keep him in the pocket we win. He holds the ball too long. If he gets out of the pocket it could be like that Paul guy from Tulsa last year, but Washington isn't as high scoring.

Great game but more disciplined team wins. Should be BYU.

Go cougars!

Why are so many people so worried about UW? I understand they are hungry for a win, but so are the cougs...they want to get the "unable to win a non-conference road game" monkey off their backs! They want to improve from past years and start off better than 1-2, they want to make it to a BCS game. BYU has a lot to play for also! Bottom line, this game will come down to talent and experience which in both areas, BYU definitely has the advantage. UW has one player that is a threat (even though last week he was not a threat at all gaining only 57 on 16 carries). BYU have several players that are threats and will be hard to stop. UW may be hungry, but that does necessarily mean they will player better...it could be a detriment to the way they play.

What will be interesting is to see how the Reynolds brothers handle this game.

If I were the defensive coordinator I would come after them, hard. I would blitz slightly more on the left side know that Hall has a history of getting wacked, and that BYU is still weak on the left tackle spot, now being manned by a red-shirt Freshman.

In blitzing a lot you are challenging the center, who calls out blocking assignments, and BYU has a new center.

I would go after them both and make BYU's O-line prove they can handle it. An aggressive pressure/blitz defense would be a real test.

I hope the Reynolds brothers are up to it.

UW will be an easy W, look how they were dismantled by Oregon. Cougars will bring on the slaughter-after this game the road just gets easier, GO COUGARS!

Washington is terrible. BYU will win going away. I can't conceive of them losing, but if they should it would be one of the biggest disappointments for the team and it's fans since Bronco took over the reins. Washington is so bad on both sides of the ball that even San Diego State could beat them.
Hey,Billy Red you need to get Direct tv which has a low priced sports package that includes the MTN.,CBS college sports and all the FOX sports channels. Get rid of DISH now.