Comments about ‘BYU football: Veteran Wyoming sporswriter amazed’

Senior leaders need to step up for every game, Max Hall especially. His inconsistency in the face of pressure hurts the team.

and Wyoming had a decent defense- where was that execution against TCU and FSU? Why was BYU not prepared for those 2 games?

Another thing- it seemed to me that by taking the ball first, marching down the field and scoring deflated the Cowboys a bit early on. Why then have we insisted almost all year to defer when we've won the toss (including against TCU and FSU), give them the ball first, get behind first, and put more pressure on Hall. He's an outstanding QB when relaxed, but struggles mightily when playiong catchup. It seems to me that by putting our offense on the field first and scoring first might have kept some of the pressure off of Hall and helped with some confidence in those games (especially when prior to Saturday's game we had never scored on an opening 3rd quarter possession- what does that say about our half-time adjustments vs. the opposing teams' adjustments?).

Just some thoughts- GO COUGARS! (and TCU!)

Pulling their key players was the right thing to do. Cougar fans don't hate the Cowboys. But, you forgot to mention that BYU didn't attempt an on-side kick.

It is unfortunate that BYU didn't face Utah last week. It would have been fun to see them kick butt like that against the Utes. Let's hope they can maintain that level of play for 3 more games.

If only the Cougars could do this every game. Or more especially, in big games.

By deferring, your team gets the ball to start the 2nd half which can be a key strategy after revising or tweaking your game plan during half time.

Also, BYU stopped TCU 3-and-out on their first possesion.

BYU looked exceptional against Wyoming. I think the players were motivated after the TCU shellacking and so Wyoming never had a chance. It would be nice if BYU played with that kind of chip on their shoulder every game. The emotion on defense was palatable and the offense was as crisp as they've been all year. Hopefully this is a trend for the last three weeks of the season.

its easier to play like this when there is nothing on the line and as Max Hall put it "just playing for the fun of it" now that BCS and MWC hopes are gone.

BYU and Hall tend to get to tight in big, big games.

BYU beats up on teams with losing records, but when they go up against a team with a winning record they choke! This has been Bronco's legacy since taking over the head coach job. He has yet to figure out how to win big games. And don't bring up Oklahoma! That win has lost a lot of its luster. And dont flame me for being a Ute fan. I have been a die-hard Cougar fan since Mcmahon!

I think the key strategy to this game was Mendenhall not announcing who the starting QB was going to be before the game. This forced Wyoming to spend all week preparing for both Max Hall and Riley Nelson -- two quarterbacks with vastly different skill sets.

Oh ... wait ... Mendenhall is a Div. I coach who doesn't need to rely on high school-type gimmicks. My bad. That was another in-state coach who needed an edge over one of the worst teams in the NCAA.

You may want to take a line from Mendenhall and have more class, oh but he said something about you earlier in the year and your critics

I vote the location of the BYU/Utah game be changed to RES. BYU seems to be a better road team.

Must be too much pressure from BYU fans.

Go Cougars.

If BYU played like this when it mattered, They could actually be ranked 3 or 4 right now. I just don't understand why BYU can not play well when it matters. (big football games and NCAA basketball tournament)

Hopefully BYU isn't reading any of these headlines because they start to think that they are all that and a bag of chips.

Where are all the yoot trolls? No snotty comments today? Too bad Bronco didn't call for an on-side kick when up by many, many points. Oh yeah, that was k-k-k-k-kyle, wasn't it............

To Bad Timing:

"If BYU played like this when it mattered, They could actually be ranked 3 or 4 right now. I just don't understand why BYU can not play well when it matters"

Yeah, BYU football players and coaches purposely try to lose the games that matter. They only want to win the ones that don't.

They disobeyed this important rule however, when they beat OU just for the fun of it. "Cause, the initial plan was to play to lose.

BYU played well, BECAUSE WYOMING IS NOT TCU.

Re: True to Form. Cougar fan you are not. The Oklahoma game was a great game in BYU history in in Cowboy Stadium. It was awesome. Sadly Oklahoma lost thier will to win like PITT did in 1984. Also Sadly, BYU played terrible against FSU, who played way beyond themselves and are also not that good of a team. TCU owned BYU in that game.

Celbrate this Wyoming thrashing for what it is. Now, go beat UNM.

Right on!.....Plus does anyone even remember that our bye week was right before the Wyo contest(no contest at all). So BYU was rested and had another work-out or two to prepare for the Cowboys. I'd bet Bronco also used the bye week to prepare for AFA and UofU.