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Everyone remembers the Utes killing Alabama in the Sugar Bowl last year. What people dont remember is that earlier in the season, the Utes barely squeaked by a less than impressive New Mexico team. My point is, why does every game PG plays have to be 100-0 for you PG haters? In my book, PG has just earned a win on the road vs a top 25 opponent and a REGION oponent at that. Give Credit where credit is due. 5-0 and rolling
Last week PG beat an undefeated West Jordan. Last night WJ lost to Riverton, a team that has lost to both AF and LP. WJ is not a quality win.
PG barely beat an average Timpview team that lost big to Alta and doesn't have a quality win this year.
PG might win the region (highly unlikely). It is just as possible that they end up 2nd, 3rd or 4th in the region. No way they will ever beat Bingham
5 and 0 big deal. Win a state championship then talk. Until then ......
go ahead, keep hating, keep running your mouths, keep making excuses, keep talking about how good you are, keep saying coulda woulda shoulda, and pg will keep winning!
How does PG think they can even compete with Bingham and their 1 5A state title? Guess who else has 1 5A state title? Orem! You are in good company Bingham.
LOL
But you're right, it is all about winning. So keep on running your mouths PG as long as you haven't proven anything. It will all be answered by the end of the year, on the field and not in your minds.
Would you want to score 45 points and lose?
Or score 14 points and win?
Keep padding your stats, running up the score, and losing.
PG will keep winning. Convincing or ugly, close or a blowout, ranked or not, PG will keep winning!
Would I go to Stanford. Absolutely, but that doesn't make me the greatest QB in Utah history. And, it doesn't make Lloyd a bad quarterback. I never said that. But the greatest. He isn't even the best this year.
You put the target on their back. You set the expectation. You created the hype. Every week you do all the talking. You created the hate.
You have a good team, just not as good as you think
You can't compare week to week without taking injuries into account.
Give credit where credit is due
Everyone on here is so negatice. How about you look at the positive things like
PG won
The defense held AF to 7 points (same AF team that hung 42 on jordan)
Dallas rushed for 100 yards and 2 TD's
We will all find out if PG can run the table soon enough. But for now, i will definately take a 5-0 pg team that is still working on getting better.
PG doesnt have to beat teams 100-0 every week.
5-0. Stings doesnt it
I have been following this situation since the beginning of the year. It seems every week the negativism usually involves PG. It started with PG vs Timpview. Then it was PG vs Alta. Then PG upset that Bingham is rated #1.
I am not from any of those schools. I am no expert. I am a huge high school football fan and I watch a lot of different teams. I read a lot of comments from a lot of games. This year each week it seems that PG is involved in a lot of these squabbles.
this team is legit no matter what you say.
and those calling out Lloyd must be nuts, he is crazy good!
NONE. Pleasant Grove is fighting through injuries and will only get stronger. So hate all you want, bottom line is PG will be state champions when all is said and done.
Offense: C, AF had more yards. Lloyd ran the ball well but do you want your QB to be the leading rusher? It hurt not having Owens and Tanoai in, where was Harris and Sampson?
Offensive line: C-, problems picking up the blitz and sustaining blocks. Seemed to get better after halftime. It looks like the coaches are still shuffling players around, they had a better lineup the last 2-3 games in my opinion.
Defense: B-, its hard to argue with only having 47 points scored on you all season. The secondary coverage is suspect, AF dropped quite a few open passes.
Defensive line: C-, Kruger is the standout here, QB's spend their night running from him. Where are the rest of you? No penetration.
Special teams: C, Kick and punt return are good but kick off and punt need to learn to break down and tackle, stop the over pursuit.
Coaches: B, some creative calls (ie. fake punt) are refreshing, also the delay of game penalties were under control.
You guys need to stop w/ the hype machine.
Good luck, maybe you do win it this year, but there are some good teams out there. Someone said they would have won 63-0 if healthy. Bingham lost maybe the 2nd best RB in the state and a starting DB before the season. They had a starting LB, center, 300 lb tackle out v. AF. The LB and Tackle have not played since TX. Injuries happen. You still have tough games v Alta, LP, Jordan and Brighton. Take care of them and get healthy before you start running it about Bingham, who WILL be healthy after a weak region. They do have a shot to beat PG although PG fans think it is a foregone conculsion. Bingham fans have dealt with deep runs into the playoffs for the last 5 years, so they know anything can happen. This year is no different. Anything can happen.
1st and foremost, the parents fans and community think we have a talented team this year and are behind the PG kids.
2nd, we also know that region 4 is very strong and are taking it one game at a time, not overlooking anyone.
3rd, we know that a lot of teams we have and will face, including AF, LP, TV, Alta, Bingham, Brighton and others I may have forgotten are talented, and we have to be on our game to win.
4th, we want to, hope to, and plan on beating everyone we play, just like every other team and their fans do.
...........BUT...........
Please understand that all the trash talk and bragging that is posted all over the place is coming from an unknown source. It is not how the players, coaches, parents, and I hope the general fans feel.
We are excited about our season and hope to bring you our best game, and we hope to get yours as well.
Best of luck to all the teams!
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