Chambers Done?

[SteelBlue]

Wrubell just tweeted that Chambers will not participate with the team for the rest of the season.

[LiveCoug]

http://www.byucougars.com/Filing.jsp?ID=14529

[smokymountainrain]

He'll get about as many passes thrown his way off the team as he did when he was on the team.

[oxcoug]

While it's a disappointment, it isn't like he has provided much if true. You never like seeing kids leave (especially AA at the Y) but O'Neill has been a bit of a disappointment in my eyes on the field.

I like OC and have normally stood up for him. I think the expectations for his performance were largely artificial (though he did help create them).

That said - the fact about OC is that he was never fast and does little to address BYU's core problem at WR of having guys who simply don't get open enough. No DB he ever faced had any difficulty covering him.

His football virtue was that he is fearless, bigger for a WR and is able to make tough plays in traffic and hang on to the ball (usually) even when he's getting pummeled. He's also effective at shaking and fighting his way to an extra 3-4 yards after contact.

The thing that really sucks now is that Apo isn't free to step into the rotation at this point.

[Indy Coug]

He put the "ME" back into tEaM.

[WashingtonCoug]

I doubt it ever will. I think the atmosphere is the biggest reason BYU continues to lose the Michael Lloyds and the Oneil Chambers. Here is hoping that Jordan Johnson and Cody Hoffman can make it! Mike Reed did, but I also think the suckitude can lead to that atmosphere being even more untolerable.

Mike Reed hated BYU and Bronco by the time he left. I think over time he'll look back on his time at BYU with fondness, but when he left he didn't have good things to say.

[YOhio]

This Chambers' saga seems so strange to me. I haven't heard anything about him skipping practice or violating the HC. It's just that he's a jerk. It takes a unique kind of self-destructive streak to risk an entire college career just so he can mouth off.

[pellegrino]

Margin Hooks made it all four years and it took him about a month after his last game to start trashing on Provo and the suffocating culture.

Margin was a funny guy, I was sad to hear him talk trash about Provo. Provo treated him well.

[WashingtonCoug]

I wonder if it has anything to do with his facebook post?

[byu71]

This Chambers' saga seems so strange to me. I haven't heard anything about him skipping practice or violating the HC. It's just that he's a jerk. It takes a unique kind of self-destructive streak to risk an entire college career just so he can mouth off.

I am pretty sure there will be countless inuendo's about his personal life and it not being in compliance with BYU standards. Especially if he mouths off negatively about BYU.

I am assuming he deserved to get booted. I do think Bronco is not a vindictive person. He probably gave him every chance in the environment that is BYU.

[YOhio]

Margin was a funny guy, I was sad to hear him talk trash about Provo. Provo treated him well.

What did Hooks say about Provo? I don't remember hearing about it.

[Green Monstah]

this sucks for all involved. the h.s. coach who recommended OC to BYU; OC; OC's family; the BYU football team and the fans.

Best of luck O'Neill. I always rooted for you.

[YOhio]

this sucks for all involved. the h.s. coach who recommended OC to BYU; OC; OC's family; the BYU football team and the fans.

Best of luck O'Neill. I always rooted for you.

Well put.

[TripletDaddy]

I wonder if chambers had secret financial troubles that were affecting his focus while returning kickoffs. Someone should do a search of public filings to verify.

[Hot Lunch]

This is a year to forget for BYU football. The bus is sitting on blocks on the side of the road at this point.