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BYU football: Sooners, Seminoles headline '09 non-conference schedule
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Congrats to Utah...now kindly step aside.
First you're whining that Cougar fans aren't supporting Utah in the BCS bowl game...now you want to bash on the Cougars for helping bring more national attention to the MWC? What's it gonna be, Ute fans?!
I agree that BYU's schedule looks intimidating and they probably won't win every game, but why can't you guys practice what you preach and support OUR team playing Oklahoma just like we supported YOUR team playing Alabama?
I'm all for smack-talk when we play each other, but until then, give some support!
WE still know the kids on the hill are still the little brothers.. the schedule says so.
Truth you are a dreamer. Now to be totally serious. Utah IS King of the Mountain West Conference until rightfuly displaced by another team. We'll see if that happens next year. Until then show some respect for Utah. It has been rightfully earned.
Way yoo proofread.
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Were you around the past two years?
Will you be around to preach next year to your fellow Utes?
All anyone can say is who get's the National Recognition? Which program is known for the fluke win and which has National Prestige.
Good luck to you next year.
The Offense will have to break in a new line but the skill players are 3 year starters, so the offense will still be I would say about the same as this year, which isn't too bad. I don't see it improving, but I don't see it losing steam. The Defense can only improve. It's not often 1 side of the ball looses 8 starters! This time it only looses 3 and we also bring in a couple new good JC recruits. The cougs can be way good next year!
The last thing I want to do is read an article about utah football, let alone make stupid comments about it, like those that have made-up insulting slogans for next years' BYU t-shirt.
I guess even when they win the Sugar Bowl they know they are the second best school in the state.
Oh, and by the way, the "priority list" is a joke!!! Bronco needs to get rid of that and the stupid Haka. I don't know of very many Coaches who try and fire up the other team before the opening kickoff! Why?
With McKay Jacobson and Austin Collie, you couldn't ask for a better receiving corps. Throw in Dennis Pitta and Harvey Unga (yes, he's actually a decent mid-field receiver) and the Cougars look pretty good. If we can get Manase Tonga back, we should actually have a pretty awesome offense (that guy is a fireball). After Chambers and Kariya mature a bit in the off-season, we're looking at a pretty stacked offense, one that could give Oklahoma a run for its money.
Defense
Yes, it was a tough season from TCU on out, but our guys did pitch back to back shutouts. I think our boys will be a lot better next year after having played together for a season. I'm betting our offense is going to be more dominant, but our defense should be decent.
Will we finish 13-0? Maybe. It's very likely that the Cougars will lose a game or two, but you never know. Look at Utah; they didn't dominate every game, but they pulled out the "W" every time, and that's what counts. C'mon ESPN naysayers, start tootin' your horns and trash-talkin' the MWC!!!
Actually this is really what BYU needs to do if they want to be serious contenders on the national scene. Cleaning up on North Central Iowa Community College doesn't impress people as much as rolling a big name team like ... oh let's just pick a name out of the air ... the Alabama Crimson Tide. :-)
I think the primary problems are in coaching and recruiting. The prevent defense is useless against a spread offense. The BYU offense is way too predictable and that is not Hall's fault. The offensive play calling lacks adaptation to the weaknesses of other teams.
BYUs record will improve when they recruit some defensive speed and do a much better job of adjusting during games.
If anyone had said at the beg of Utah's season that they would have gone undefeated and clobbered Alabama I woulda thought they were crazy. So, until BYU PLAYS these teams, maybe let's just say, "good scheduling."
Beating Oklahoma on a neutral field would more than make up for it.
Beating Tulane and FSU? Not so much. That's about like UNLV beating Arizona State and Iowa State this year. Yawn.
Still, when you are 1-20 versus ranked teams over the last umpteen years, you'll take whatever you can get.
Little Brother Syndrome is strong today in Salt Lake with all of the comments from UofU fans. Their pathetic nature is so obvious when their team ends the season undefeated and they continue to read and comment on an article about another team's schedule that has nothing at all to do with their team. Sad really.
"WE still know the kids on the hill are still the little brothers.. the schedule says so."
Truth you are a dreamer. Now to be totally serious. Utah IS King of the Mountain West Conference until rightfuly displaced by another team. We'll see if that happens next year. Until then show some respect for Utah. It has been rightfully earned.
Um...doesn't all utedom think using a phrase like "king of the conference" is arrogant, inappropriate and something to casts stones at?
You are truly silly if you think it is bad when Austin Collie says it but good when you say it.
Tisk Tisk
2. Yes BYU is loaded on offense. BUT it made no difference this season whenever Hall was under serious pressure. And that was with perhaps the most veteran line in history. My biggest concern is what will happen with a brand new line against even BETTER pressure in OU, FSU, TCU and Utah.
3. The defense will inevitably be better. A healthy So'to, increased speed at corner (JC transfer), better athletes at safety (Pendleton), and an offseason of experience will only help. If a miracle drops in our lap (Teo), this d could actually be special not just good.
4. OU loses its all-american QB, TE and several other key players. I actually expect Florida State to field a better overall team. Utah will be very good but not great - too many losses esp at QB. I think TCU will actually be the best team on our schedule.
5. Well, if you are going to make this kind of a schedule I guess the year to do it is when we have almost the entire defense and skill players returning. O-line play is really the key.
This year we will have an all new offensive line. Unless there are big changes that none of us know about, I can see no logical reason to expect a win against OU or FSU.
Will they? Threre is only one way to find out, and that won't happen for at least 9 more months.
Why can they win?
1) The recieving corps. They are one of, and possibly the best sets of recievers in the nation(assuming Austin Collie returns). They return Collie who led all recievers with 1538 yards and had 15 TDs. Pitta had 1083 yards and 6 TDs. George, Pitta's back up also has 6 TDs. Among those competing to replace Reed is McKay Jacobson who had 547 yds as a true freshman and averaged 19.5 yards per catch.
BYU's RB & FB are also recieving threats. Unga had 309 recieving yards in 2008, and 655 in 2007. Tonga had 248 yards in 2007.
2)The O-line will be better than most people think. Of the 4 new starters, 3 of them have been previous starters.
3) Schedule: Of the 4 ranked teams that BYU will be playing, 3 of them will be at home.
Reasons to worry:
1) New O-line. Offencive lines neeed some time to "gel".
2) Which BYU Defence will show up next year?
Now get along little boy and repeat that phrase before your nap and before your bedtime.
Congrats to your Utes on an undefeated season. They should be number 1. Now act like it.
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BYU is coming back with Hall (spare me the interception jokes cus he is gonna eat Utah for lunch next year), Unga, Pitta, Collie, Jacobson all on offense...can you spell L-O-A-D-E-D on offense? The defense was supposed to have a down year this year, and they still managed ten wins and a couple of shutouts. Cougar fans are crossing their fingers they land Manti Te'o and if they do look out. He's a legitimate game breaker. All in all...very optimistic about BYU's chances to recapture the Mountain West title.
If BYU happens to pull off a win against Oklahoma all the better...but even a close loss that early in the season won't sink their BCS chances if they take care of business the rest of the way. Their home schedule for conference games is extremely favorable.
Just my opinion.