2011 BYU Football Thread

[GrizzledVeteran]

I think the one guy who hasn't been mentioned yet who looked impressive in limited action, was Fua. He's rail thin, but he was disruptive from the outside on nearly every snap he was in - I might dare say he was unblockable. My brother said they are worried about his size (too thin), I don't know how true that is, but regardless, he looks like a playmaker and should be out there for significant minutes. I believe he even got a blown whistle sack on perhaps his first play in the game. If he didn't get credit for a sack, he probably should have.

Also, I don't think anybody has mentioned Van Noy making Matt Reynolds look silly on one particular pass play as he blew by him and would have crushed Heaps if it were a real game.

Fua is Poly; he can't stay thin forever.

[oxcoug]

Seeing the way he's built, I thought about a switch to WR as well - he didn't even look like a football player - let alone a OLB or DE - to me because he was so thin, especially in the legs, IMO. Just looked like tall skinny kid who thought it would be fun to put on a uniform and hang out with the team. But then when you focus on him from the snap, you quickly see that same kid you saw on youtube who couldn't be blocked in HS. He's a gamer and a playmaker who gets it in terms of playing defensive football. Again, I'm basing my comments on just a handful of plays, so take all this with a grain of salt, but I think if you put him at WR, he would make plays there as well - it looks to be the way he's wired.

Honestly when I think about it - he's been in the program now for well over a year and has apparently been unable to add ANY weight - if that doesn't change then playing around 200 pounds at his height basically means that he can't be an every down player as an OLB. A 6'5 200 dude would get obliterated in run defense every single time. He's still just a freshman and granted were pretty stacked at WR... but it just seems like a better place for him.

But who knows, maybe there's some magic pill that can help him put on the 30 pounds he has to find.

[cougjunkie]

Honestly when I think about it - he's been in the program now for well over a year and has apparently been unable to add ANY weight - if that doesn't change then playing around 200 pounds at his height basically means that he can't be an every down player as an OLB. A 6'5 200 dude would get obliterated in run defense every single time. He's still just a freshman and granted were pretty stacked at WR... but it just seems like a better place for him.

But who knows, maybe there's some magic pill that can help him put on the 30 pounds he has to find.

I think he will be fine. When I watched Oaks Christian play against Heaps Skyline high team 2 years ago, Fua was by far the best player on the field. He is a disruptive force and I think he will be fine if he plays at 205 or 210.

[Sizzle]

This is a good thing. I'm getting really excited for football season now.

Let me clarify that the talent level at DB is IMO significantly lower than it is at linebacker. Just that the rotation in who plays will be similar.

I wasn't as impressed with the DBs as Cam or Junkie were, though admittedly my focus was more on the offense and less on the defense. In other words, secondary is still a concern for me. I was also a little underwhelmed by the D-Line, though I believe most of that is a product of how efficient our offensive line actually is.

[Hsaru]

Alani was 191 pounds when he came in to fall camp 2010, so he's put on atleast 9 pounds. He needs 15-20 more, his body has to mature at some point.

[MarkGrace]

Will ask Bronco in a minute, but James Lark may have overtaken Riley Nelson as No. 2 QB on #BYU depth chart. Lark with twos today.

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[MarkGrace]

In five series at #BYU camp, offense did not pick up a single first down against the defense.

Well then...

[MarkGrace]

#BYU Sorensen and Hague get most work all day with first defense safties.

Hopefully this is a sign Hague is going to take the spot.

[Surfah]

Wrubell just tweeted that Malosi Te'o has left the team and is headed to Hawaii. :igiveup:

Good riddance.

[falafel]

Hopefully this is a sign Hague is going to take the spot.

I think if he doesn't have it by the first game, he will be starting by at least the 4th game.

[TripletDaddy]

Wrubell just tweeted that Malosi Te'o has left the team and is headed to Hawaii. :igiveup:

Good riddance.

what the heck is going on with that kid?

[Coach McGuirk]

I think if he doesn't have it by the first game, he will be starting by at least the 4th game.

Why?

[Surfah]

what the heck is going on with that kid?

Now they're saying personal reasons so I don't want to go too hard on him, but this has to be it.

[falafel]

Why?

Because it sounds like (to me) he's making too many plays there. Just my prediction. I haven't seen anyone live, obviously.

[MarkGrace]

Malosi's wife stayed in hawai'I when he came up to provo. At first I thought it was weird, but my thought right now is maybe she was pregnant and stayed there to have the baby or something.