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BYU football: Cougars working receivers
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To "Go WR's!", how can you assert that "simply" reps and practice will make the WR spot outstanding? Jacobson is the only one that has proven anything at all. Most missionaries take a year to be back to speed. Collie was obviously an exception. I'll take a wait and see approach.
The ONE game, and I do emphasize ONE, the ONE game where we were outmatched by speed was TCU. It's because their defensive front had speed, and the O-line was outmatched by it, NOT because the skill players weren't fast enough. The difference was in the trenches.
Why do you deny that BYU has speed in certain spots, because they do. Collie was anything but slow, and they other receivers are faster.
Speedy receivers are important but precise routes, great hands, and ability are vital. When you are talking 4.4 to 4.6 you're also talking about a 40 yard dash. Few receivers will be running 40 yards before the ball is thrown. What matters is their moves and initial speed off the ball.
Not all great NFL receivers had blazing speed. So much of a great receiver is defined by much more than just running fast. BYU's deficiency is not the receiver speed.
A horrible, zero-win Washington team was faster than byu.
The tallest grass in the NCAA is at LES, they keep it long to equalize the speed of their opponents.
None of them have 4.4 speed.
That said, 4.4 speed is probably the most over-rated stat there is.
Collie was 4.6 but always got open and burned supposedly faster players all the time.
Re: Facts No way is Chambers a step faster than Collie. You could tell the difference just in kickoff returns. Chambers is slow. But he is big and strong and I think he'll be a good receiver.
How do you have the audacity to come on this blog and throw your worthless two cents around, acting like we actually care about your opinion? I don't know who you are, but time for most people is a valuable commodity. Your comment was so insignificantly pointless I felt my time was not only wasted, but applied to a genuinely wasteful deconstructive purpose. I'm sure everyone feels the same way as well.
Think you know about football? You think you know about life? Get out of mom's basement and throw out your old 49ers videos. The 80's are over and believe it or not the world is still spinning. Try dating. Try meeting a woman outside of your trashy E Harmony account. I've never before had the displeasure wasting my time reading your garbage and I hope I never will.
You're the problem with society. You're the problem with the world, the universe, everything. Everything that exists. Past, present, future, every atrocity. It's because of people like you.
YOU MAY HAVE WON THE MWC....BUT HANDS DOWN TCU WAS BETTER THAN YOU WERE LAST YEAR......YOU GOT OUT OF THE RICEBOWL LUCKY LAST YEAR...
YOU DIDN'T BEAT TCU?
TCU BEAT THEMSELVES AND BEAT THE U IN EVERY PHASE OF THE GAME....SPEED, STRENGTH, ATHLETICISM, ALL EXCEPT SCORENBOARD....THAT WIN FOR THE YEWTS WAS LIKE KISSING YOUR YEWTFAN SISTER! BITTER AND UGLY!
I really don't think I need to say anything more. Read your own post and that says it all.
2008 0-13 WASHINGTON (28-27) win contraversial
8-5 ARIZONA (31-21) lost
2007 UCLA (27-17) lost
TULSA (47-55) lost
UCLA (17-16)WIN
2006 ARIZONA (13-16) LOST
BOSTON COLLEGE (23-20) LOST
2005 NOTRE DAME (23-49) LOST
CALIFORNIA (28-35) LOST
08.. MICH. (25-23) WIN
ALAB. (31-17) WIN
07.. OREG. ST. (7-24) LOSS
LOUISVILLE (44-35) WIN
NAVY (35-32) WIN
06.. UCLA (31-10) LOSS
TULSA (25-13) WIN
05.. N.CARO. (17-31) LOSS
GEO.TECH (38-10) WIN
True BYU does not hold a good out of conference road record in the past 3 years. However, from the scores given, you have to admit they were in most of these games. The difference between the winners and losers is not very much in D1 Football. One missed block, a slip on the grass, getting faked out and going the wrong way, throwing a foot too far or not far enough. Such little things separate the wins form losses. Only the Notre Name game was a true trouncing.
Regardless, no matter how good BYU's receivers are or aren't, it won't matter a bit unless a) Hall learns to check off his primary receiver, b) BYU's defense figures out how to stop UNLV and CSU from putting up 40+ points at LES, and c) Anae figures out how to adapt mid-game to what the opposing defense is giving you.
Looks like another mediocre season for bYu.
Oh well, you all can watch the Sugar Bowl reruns of my UTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here lies a ute at LES, RIP 2009.
As for reruns, I'll catch BYU reruns on KBYU.
Flash back he was the on who caught the game winning catch against utah thats right when BYU BEAT UTAH in that amazing game
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