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BYU football: Rested and ready to return to notoriously hostile Laramie
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Little brother....
This just needs to be another good year so that we can decently pave the way for Jake Heaps and Co. to come in and finally be the guys to take us to the BCS. Not necessarily this next year, but in the years to come.
Go Cougars!
Regarding BYU FAN @ 9:46:
First, you're probably just a Ute troll. But, just in case, BYU is not going to play in Vegas again this season. It could happen, sure, but no matter how they finish, the Vegas Bowl has pretty much said they are going with another team, if at all possible. And BYU will welcome it. Both parties are ready for a break after four straight years together.
FYI: Heaps' team lost a couple of games and lost in the first round of the state playoffs, though to an unbeaten squad. And blasphemy though it may be around Provo to say so, Heaps threw four interceptions in nine games. Hey, INTs happen when you're a QB. Detmer threw a few himself.
My point: Anyone expecting The Next Peyton Manning (especially the full-blown pro version) in Cougar Blue will have a good, LONG wait. Heaps is still human--AND he still has to win the nod over Riley Nelson. Don't give him the Heisman quite yet.
I won't complain if Heaps leads the Cougs to the BCS, should that happen. But it'll take more than a star QB to get there. (Consistently tough defense, for one thing?) So I also won't scream for Bronco's head if he decides Nelson's earned the job next year.
Hopefully it's not your typical November Laramie weather on Saturday. That could be worrisome for the Cougs.
If you play TCU AND FSU how much more motivation do you need to be prepared as possible?
Don't speed, you'll get ticketed for 10-15 over unlike the SLC metro area.
Cougars gonna get spurred by the Cowboys.
What in the world is Mr. Mendenhall talking about? What is "it?"
When is the national championship game that BYU is playing?
Is there an airport rally to send the team off?
I agree Wayne, BSU needs to be in the MWC. What is taking Craig Thompson so long?
In other news, good to see BYU back in the top-25 after their first week out in over two years. Hopefully BYU can roll to a 10-2 season and beat up on whoever they get stuck with in the Poinsettia/Vegas bowl (I know thompson said BYU wouldn't go to the Vegas bowl again this year, but when has Thompson ever known what he's talking about?).
WYO would love to run the score up if given the opportunity...and we all know that Hall and co. will give them plenty of opportuities this Sat. Not to mention the plethora of stupid defensive penalties we seem to have in Laramie. Best of luck in Sheepville.
Real football players welcome harsh and hostile conditions.
Not Max.....
Wyoming will be tuff. Air Force will be tuff. Utah? If they can't get up for Utah, what does it matter where they go for a bowl game?
Come On Cougs!
I will pay you money.
Has Bronco named one of his kids "execute" yet? Or still just Razor, Cutter, and Blade?
"Real football players welcome harsh and hostile conditions"
Cut Max Hall, a break he played high school football in Mesa, Arizona where bad weather is 60 degrees and light wind. The weather in Provo is cold enough for him.
I watch a lot of college football and most teams would love to have Max. He may not be Steve Young or Ty Detmer, but he's a very good college quarterback and BYU is lucky to have him!
GO Cougars!!
Line play is where it starts. BYU has been stunningly inept at creating pressure on opposing quarterbacks and reducing throwing time without blitzing and even then it’s sketchy. Blitzing takes defenders away from coverage and if you don’t get to the quarterback, he will eat you alive. TCU and Utah create pressure with the 4-man front while maintaining an effective defensive secondary. Offensively, BYU is at least their equal, but will not attain similar success until the defensive philosophy changes from “Bend, But Don’t Break” to “Disrupt and Shut-Down”. I realize that athletes are necessary, but isn’t that what recruiting is for? Getting guys like Heaps is fine, but defense wins championships!
I agree we could use a better defense. But please explain how scoring only 7 points against TCU isn't also a problem???
Replace the goals of winning the MWC, getting to a BCS bowl, and some day winning another national championship with goals like:
o Play well in almost all MWC games
o Try to beat a big name ranked team once every 10 years
o Try to finish no lower than 3rd in the MWC
o Win 33% of our bowl games
I mean, a big part of fan unhappiness is due to Bronco's lofty goals that have not been achieved and that we don't seem to be any closer to achieving. So go ahead and lower the goals if you're not serious about them.
Good luck Cougars. I'm bettin you beat Wyoming, and New Mexico is a gimmie, but Air Force...well, after regulation they played TCU to a 20-17 loss, and Utah to a 17-17 draw. Nice thing for BYU is that Air Force doesn't really throw, at all. I'd bet money that they try a season high in passes when they play the cougars though. lol.
Then there's always the Utah game. One thing I think we all know: BYU struggles BIG-TIME against quality, fast defenses. And the one thing Utah ALWYAS has...yup. So it's BYU's mediocre offense, against Utah's top notch defense, and my Utes spaztic offense against a less than intimidating BYU defense. Should be interesting.
Heh, and for the record, I'm not a cougar hater, BYU was my favorite team growin up. But grew up and... I'm a true UTE alum baby! GO UTES!
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