Comments about ‘BYU football: Cougars' D-line is suffering setbacks’

Come on Afutiti, there are thousands who would give up anything to be in your shoes. Stand up and be accountable!

Ute Bob/Crimson Club. Funny stuff from a state school that would take a doormat if it could pay tuition. Try getting into BYU - good luck.

to get his grades up and come back next year!
Give it your all, Afutiti! You can do it!

Why does everyone relish in cutting low others?

I did not know this was a "kewger site". We read the news but I didn't realize you "owned" this site.

Let's continue to blow scholarships on guys with sketchy chances of ever being eligible.

Aren't D-LINEMAN are a dime a dozen?

Exactly!

That's why schools are willing to take a chance on any "bona-fide" candidate. Here's to hoping someone is out there who might fit in along the D-Line. Offer them a chance to open the season against OKLAHOMA!

Here come the excuses already for your defense!! The sign of a successful defense and a successful program is one that can plug in other players when one goes down for injury or other reasons and another steps up without missing a beat.

WWWWWHHHHYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

We needed him so, so, so, soooooo badly it's not even funny. He was going to be a very solid player this year and might be next year, but it's so incredibly frustrating to see this happen.

Last paragraph: "Afutiti was known for his speed and athleticism."

Gee, thanks for rubbing it in DesNews! BYU needs all the speed and athleticism they can get, particularly on defense, and he was going to be one of, if not THE best pass rushers on the team.

This hurts, no, this flippin' smarts! I don't even know if anyone knows how much this will impact the team, specifically the D-Line, come Fall. Granted the projected starters Jan Jorgensen, Brett Denney, and Rick Wolfley are in place, this hurts the talent we have in the two deep even more. First Matt Ah You, now this. This was the last thing we needed.

The war kitten tradition of having a defense that chokes lives on! Aren't you guys always dogging on Ute education? What hypocrisy! Way to fail again kitties.

Sure, its harder getting into BYU (even for a great athlete?), but I'm pretty sure maintaining a 2.0 GPA or whatever the requirement is, is equally easy (or hard depending on the student) at either school. Quit being such an elitist, thats exactly why many have issues with the attitude comming out of that school.

He could start for the ewes! No need to worry about grades there! But there is another problem, he doesn't have a criminal record!

what a surprise. byu football players who can't get good grades? i thought there was perfection in provo.

Oklahoma will love this.

Last time I checked D-Line need to be 6'4"-6'6" and 280-300 lbs. There really isn't that many people walking around like that. Now rec and Rbs is a different story. Learn the game.

Unbelievable. Unstoppable. The incessant, non-stop bickering between BYU and Utah people is like watching an endless loop of Abbott and Costello doing their "Who's on first, whose on second" routine. Let it ride, folks! Good grief. Do you have to keep displaying your ameoba-like cognitive capacities? Or, is that beyond your comprehension?

While I'm a Utah Fan and could relish in the lack of depth on the D Line, I won't. Rather, I want to give kudos to the two D Linemen for going on missions. Good for them!

Besides that I want the Cougs to be at full strength when the Utes crush them in November.

It'll never end. It's like a disease that'll never be cured.
The sad part is, this is probably 30-40 year old men bickering like this....
You should listen to them during the season. You'd think someone stole their lollipop.

The great thing about BYU athletics is that it is normally just a matter of reloading. I think Kaufusi has already got it done and Fall Ball is still 40 days away.

I also think this was just a story to give the Utes some hope... False that it is.

Anyway. Consider this: If an athlete gives up on his/her studies and can't pull the grades to remain eligible to play, why would you think he/she is going to endure an end of the game push when it is all on the line?

This is reality: If they quit at books, they will quit on the field of play when the game is on the line.

Good luck in your re-committment process, Afutiti. Hope you get the fortitude back to play big time College Football.

Go Cougs

how this kid ever got into BYU in the first place. Why hasn't he been kicked out of school for low academic achievement. They kick out other people. He red shirted for a year and the coaches didn't know he could not make it in the classroom. . He should not be on this team or else get him a full time tutor. I should feel sorry for Mendenhall but he talks out of both sides of mouth so often it is hard to be sympathic.

We should bring some of our secondary up to the d-line. The have the same 40 time as a d-lineman.