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Dick Harmon: Latest nailbiting win in New Mexico could be good for BYU
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If Utah wins a game they were outplayed in Harmon implies they were lucky and not really that good.
If BYU wins a game they were outplayed in Harmon says.... wait for it.... its positive for the team and good thing.
Did I get that about right?
btw,
during their tenure as BYU and Utah head coaches
Bronco is 5-0 versus New Mexico
Kyle is 3-2 versus New Mexico
This is NOT one of BYU's all-time best teams, record notwithstanding. Not even one of the top 10 teams. Utah got spanked last night, they'll be on an emotional plane I doubt these Cougars can counter - they just don't play inspired... (83 BYU grad btw)
This is why BYU will never win the biggest games consistently.
That being said all teams have a let down or two. Even mighty Florida just beat South Carolina yesterday. These games happen.
I think BYU will handle Air Force just fine, we almost always do well against their wishbone stuff. And then the final game against Utah.
In watching both BYU and Utah get whipped by TCU it is pretty clear that Utah has more heart. BYU took a beating then rolled over. TCU took their foot off the gas. Utah never did roll over. They fought to the end.
While BYU looks better on paper and likely more athletic on average than Utah, Utah has more heart and will very likely win the Holy War in two weeks.
As punishment for having more heart Utah gets stuck in the Vegas Bowl. BYU gets the Po-dunk Bowl in Rapid City, South Dakota against Bo-Diddly State.
Still, they should have a 10-3 season, which is very good.
For everyone else there are degrees of winning.
go cougs! Hey, if they won every game big, it would take some of the suspense and fun out of it. Love those Cougs even when they stink up the place sometimes. such is sports.
Or Utah. Except this morning, it's "A loss is a loss."
Seems like each week we hear that the Cougars are having their best week of practice.
Dick you couldn't possibly be suggesting that Bronco's humble young warriors would become arrogant because of beating the winless Lobos?
Are you?
Utah will give our Cougs a beat down if we play like this in two weeks. I'm tired of the inconsistency and lack of heart from the team. Utah definitely has more heart.
DN in NJ - the haka is not stupid...it's the idiots who don't know how to dance it that makes it look stupid. That's like asking someone like myself who grew up in the islands to dance ballroom and swing...not gonna work!
Go Cougs!
Goes both ways.
Hey Harmon...you forgot to give credit to UNM for missing two field goals and a PAT.
Hugh?
After his experience with TCU, BYU's defense will look like it it's moving at a snail's pace. The freshman in his second start did quite well with TCU's athleticism. How well do you think he will do with BYU's athleticism??
The players paid too much attention to the writers writing about "perfect" game at Wyo, and individual players getting their "swagger" back. Just win Baby, forget all the unimportant garbage. Bronco, RUN RUN RUN, don't choke as you did at the yutz by passing on every play with an average of 7 yards per carry. You should have passed no more than 20 times at ALB, give Tonga the ball, if Unga can't play.
Utah fans are such hypocrits
I'll take the New Mexico, but admit it was an ugly win and that Utah performed BYU vs New Mexico
then again, BYU outperformed Utah vs Utah State, CSU, Wyo, and UNLV and played TCU even
4-1-1 vs Utah's record against 6 common opponents
it'll all be decided November 28th, but until then, advantage BYU:
higher ranking
better record against common opponents
I mean, c'mon, every since the beatdown by FSU Bronco has been talking up practicing better and every week we have been told they Cougars have had the best week of practice in the history of BYU football.
THEN, the home field beatdown by TCU occurred and all we heard was talk about, "well, we need to step it up and practice better and execute better, ad nauseum."
So, we play Wyoming and beat them to a pulp and its all because of our "best week of practice in the history of BYU football" all over again.
This week leading up the the UNM game all we heard was about how the seniors were finally leading the team (where have they been up til now) and about how this past week's practices, again, were "the best week of practice in the history of BYU football."
If they keep having "the best week of practice" I'm not certain I can take it. Please just man up and play smashmouth football
Utah fans are such hypocrits"
For the last YEAR I have been reading comments from BYU fans about how lucky Utah was last year that TCU missed two field goals.
For the last week all I have seen from BYU fans is how poor Utah is because BYU drilled Wyoming and Utah escaped with an ugly win.
Well, right back at you Mr. BYU...your sad team is LUCKY to get out of UNM with a win because UNLV missed two field goals and a PAT. By the way...Utah handled the Lobos with a freshman QB on his first start.
Tell me again who the "hypocrit" is...
BYU outperformed Utah against Utah State? Go check the stats you'll find they are fairly even. I will agree with you on CSU, Wyo, UNLV, and TCU. Though I love that we put up 28 points on TCU at their house.
Could they have played better? Should they have played better? Blah blah blah... All I know is that I had a better time watching the BYU defense holding on for dear life with 2 sacks at the end than I did watching BYU thrash Wyoming last week.
A "near perfect" 300+ yard 2 touchdown game is somehow disappointing?
The kid is the most winning QB in BYU history and some people on here are "disappointed" with him.
GET A GRIP!
Congrats Max. Thanks for some great seasons. Lets win the last three!
1.Coaching. Bronco has said that winning isn't a top priority. I think his exact quote was "winning is #4 on the priority list". Winning should be THE top priority because winning produces so many other good things for the school and for the players. Mediocrity and losing provide nothing. Gary Patterson of TCU has the national championship as the teams #1 priority and it shows.
2. Players. BYU has a decent QB but not on the same level as past great teams. BYU has good running backs but a terrible Offensive line ...probably the worst since Gary Crowtons second year. BYU has sub-par defensive talent. A smallish defensive line and junior college grade defensive backs. Bottom line - BYU needs a major recruitment upgrade if they want to compete with ranked teams.
3. Administration. The BYU administration seems to be dictating the direction of the football program from the sort of players they can recruit to the commitment to winning goals they have.
You want a top 10 program? Things need to change.
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If they delude themselves like the Utes did by saying that a close win over a poor team just shows they know how to win, then they will lose the rest of their games.