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Need speed.
Gotta have speed.
Woooosh! That's the sound of Oklahoma's players going by BYU's this Fall. On both offense and defense.
Patter.
Pitter patter.
That's the sound BYU's RBs won't be making much as a certain clueless offensive coach succumbs to the airways with an interception prone QB.
Look off.
Need to look off.
Gotta have a QB that knows how to look off defensive players. Doubt that's changed.
I predict BYU will have 4-5 losses this year.
Hope I'm wrong about all that, but this is what happened last year, and most of the offending cast hasn't changed. Still feeling the sour grapes of last year's finish.
Recruiting, on the other hand, bodes well for BYU's future. What SHOULD have been happening years ago is starting to happen now---getting the top LDS athletes to want to come to BYU because it's THEIR school.
firstly there is no need to get excited about recruiting because it is high school talent that is at best projected potential, however it is an indicator. secondly, i doubt you truly are a byu fan or you would realize that byu signed the better of the two safties in the timpview defensive backfield last year when they signed bills. he is as good as badger and is faster.
Im not holding my breath. BYU will be a good team this year. But im not sure if they will be able to take on the likes of Oklahoma, Florida St, TCU and maybe Utah. And lets not over look Air Force this year, who had a building year last year and placed 4th in the MTN. BYU has a very very hard schedual this year.
Well, that and the fact that this is a big game. The tdS can't win the big game. But look out San Diego St.
About DB recruits, as for as the most MOST recent recruits we haven't landed any, at least not "rated" high school DB's. But consider this.
At the Safety spot we've landed some decent players. Shiloah Te'o is good and he could start as soon as 2010. This year we recruited Craig Bills and Jray Galea'i who are both top 25 safties nationally. So we're good at the safety spot for a while. Currently we have Scott Johnson who held is own at corner which is a harder position, and will be starting at safety this year. Andrew Rich was a JC All-American, and Mike Hague back from a mission should move back to safety.
At corner, have you forgotten Lee Aguirre, Brian Logan, and Corby Eason? Those guys will be immediate impact players. There's also freshman Trevor Bateman coming in. On the roster there's already Brandon Bradley, Garrett Nicholson, and Robbie Buckner is back from a mission.
We're better off at DB than you might think.
On the other hand a good pass rush can make an average secondary look good. Yes, we need DB's and we have recruited some recently, but it starts with the front seven, they have to get after the QB. If they can do that it makes the job for the secondary a whole lot easier.
Having a good front seven makes bad DB's look better and vice versa. The real key is to have all 11 defenders look good.
Don't fear it though. Every position has been recruited well. The only thing is we may lack depth in certain areas. We've recruited great LB's and great D-lineman. I hate to say it. . .but the problem with 08, and hopefully not this year but possibly this year, is the existing front seven. Besides Jan Jorgensen, and potentially Jordan Pendleton and Coleby Clawson. . .the front 7 leaves a lot to be desired. Hopefully they'll be much improved this year.
I have BYU OU tickets!
Be original!!!!
If you REALLY believe that's true, you have NO CLUE about BYU football! BYU doesn't treat their players any differently academically than anyone else, except the Service Academies.
BYU allows athletes lower admittance standards if the Coach wants them and doesn't hold them to higher standards then other NCAA schools.
Give it a rest it's getting really old. Be original, Ute fans.
I guess the soft spots of the defense should be around the edges now that Paul Kruger, Sean Smith and Brice McCain are gone.
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