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BYU football: Renewed Unga likes hype-free spring drills
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Keep the arrogance a little lower this year. A little less Bocce ball and a little more film should benefit you.
Unga- You just stay healthy and keep doing your thing. Can't wait to see you in action again.
They will not win that game. The trick is make it a respectable enough game so as not to shatter their confidence the way TCU did last year.
I guess you could be right. Oklahoma should be ranked the #1 team in America next fall in my opinion. They return just about their whole offense. Hopefully BYU can hang in there. This game is early in the season, however. Even if the Cougars take a drubbing I think they'll be ok. Avoiding injury will be the key. Key players like Hall, Unga and others will have to stay healthy for the Cougars to be successful. RE: Woody Gaskens to start?? Is he your cousin?
Coach Bronco Mendenhall said that Unga is "probably the most healthy he's been," adding that Unga's play this spring reminds him of the way Unga looked going into his freshman year "when he had what I consider an excellent year. The way he's running and carrying his weight now is more similar to that than it was a year ago."
Unga got fat. He still had plenty of muscle, but he was fat. That was Vakapunas problem, he was fat. Unga could play at the next level if he keeps the fat off.
One problem with Hall is that since he took over we don't throw the flare route with our RB's. With Beck and Brown that was one of our best plays because it got 5 yds per, but also keeps the defense honest. It helps keep the OLB from plugging up zones and throwing lanes.
My other problem with him is that he is in love with his arm. He doesn't go through his reads it is either going to be thrown to first or second option no one else. He needs to learn to check down.
About Doman and his UTAH game(lavell's last),did you forget about the rest of the season, he didn't play that well all season long. I think there are to many on this board today who are still mad that Hall was The UTES MVP last year (did you UTES thank him for that)in that game. Guess what? He is a good QB. He'll be fine!
Next year Munns and Nielson will fight for it.
Still, do give Hall some credit, even if you don't like him. He's done a lot for BYU and he actually has shown that he can't run. His two weaknesses were Beck's stregnths, taking care of the ball and making quick decisions. If Hall can do that he'll be fine, really.
How about you finish school and get a job?
Uh... actually it sounds like YOU must have fogot a few things. Doman was not the starter that year and only played in the last 2 games of the season because our other QB got injured.
"Max is full of arrogance, and he really could use a lesson in humility." - Umm...I think he got plenty of humility in a few games last year. You're mistaking confidence for arrogance.
"Unfortunately his coaches and his teammates let him slide the blame for all of the mistakes he made in the Utah game, that game was lost because of Max's arrogance." - Wrong again Buckwheat. That game was lost because Coach Anae decided to not run the ball, which was working great for us.
"It scares me that Max thinks he can run the ball...past experience tell me that he needs to stay in the pocket. He had way too many fumbles last year." - Oh, brother. Most of his fumbles occured when he stayed IN the pocket too long.
"I still remember LaVell's last football game against Utah. I wish we could get more QB's at BYU to play the way Brandon did on that day!" - Yeah and it sure was a good thing that Pittman ran back to catch Doman's underthrown deep pass to keep that drive alive for one more TD. Do you also remember that little point? Hello? HeeeeellOOOOooooo?
Unga, Congrat. on with your future. Stay healthy.
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More valuable would be managing good defensive coverage and broken plays. Too often last year he threw good passes to good receivers into better coverage. Maybe that speaks to his confidence, but I hope now he is more aware that "not even Max Hall" can make some plays happen.
If he starts to run with the ball he will turn it over or get hurt. His physical frame is not a Vince Young and he holds the ball out for the defender to hit it out of his hands as he did in the Utah and Arizona games.
Stay with passing the ball and let running the ball to the backs.
Because without a "hack chant" he took a group that u AND YOUR buddies ranted on and created a team who accomplished something the Yners will never do.
Your lame retort is truely "representative of the collective".
Hey, the Provo Mall has a kiosk open for selling T-shirts?
Shows up to practice late just in time to miss conditioning
runs half hearted
sulks and blames the line when he fails to explode through the hole
injury prone because he does pay the price in conditioning and preparation...
10 Unga's are not worth one Asiata.....and he is not in the same class as the former best RB in the MWC~
"Tic Toc the game is locked...and nobody else can play".
I don't know about Harvey's work out effort during practice, but I doubt it's as bad as you've suggested. "10 Unga's aren't worth one Asiata." Very objective Realist. The U is lucky Asiata isn't wearing Cougar blue. I doubt you'd have such a high opinion of him if that were the case. Unga was BYU's best back as a freshman and ran for over 1000 yards last year. (even with injuries) Look for opponents to go bouncing off of Harvey's shoulders and legs this year. (final touchdown of the 07 season against the U bring any pleasant memories?) Tate didn't know what hit him.
Also, Asiata tried to get into BYU but wasn't elligible academically. BYU expects a lot from it's players and still overachieves. Academic requirements for Y football are a 3.0 which is the highest in college football. So, think about that one, if you can.
Also to 11:02, it was Robert Johnson that got nailed on the game winning TD in 2007. Nothing against him though personally, he's a great guy, but he got nailed.
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UNDEFEATED is clearly possible.
UNGA will show he is an ALL AMERICAN against OKLAHOMA.
QUEST FOR PERFECTION II!