2011 BYU Football Thread

[Coach McGuirk]

That's good news. Recently married? Did he bring his juco girlfriend up, or did he just "acclimate" to the BYU culture in record time?

He was the best cover corner I saw today. Knows how to hand fight, hold just enough and even though he gets bested, he was always right there with the receiver.

[BemidjiCoug]

He was the best cover corner I saw today. Knows how to hand fight, hold just enough and even though he gets bested, he was always right there with the receiver.

Its odd that we lost both CB's, but I feel much better about our CB situation than our situation with Safeties. I feel like other people are feeling this way too.

[TheAzzuri]

Whatever happened to Fua?

[MarkGrace]

Whatever happened to Fua?

He's around, but appears to be missing practices here and there for school stuff.

[MarkGrace]

Listening to Bronco and it sounds like Holt is definitely the guy at TE. Also seemed to take a small shot at the other TEs while talking about Holt.

[MarkGrace]

Just heard the Bronco part talking about Ziggy. Made the two-deep comment and says he's "getting better everyday" and for a kid who's only played football one year he's been "very impressed."

[The_Tick]

I love the expectations running rampant on here. KVN and JP are both going to get 20+ sacks this year! Ziggy is going to have 4+ sack games!

Do you know how many times a BYU player has had a 4+ sack game? 4.

6 Shay Muirbrook vs. Kansas St. (1997 Cotton Bowl)
4 Jason Buck vs. Oregon State 1986
4 Kyle Whittingham vs. San Diego St. 1981
4 Setema Gali vs. New Mexico 1999

Do you know how many BYU players have had 20 sacks... in their careers? 8. 17 is the most sacks any BYU player has ever had in a season... and we're going to have two guys eclipse that this year?

I know most of this isn't from you... but man, put your statistical expectations back in check.

Not to get you to calm down or anything...but he did say "combine for 20" sacks.

While I agree it is far fetched...

[Sizzle]

Not to get you to calm down or anything...but he did say "combine for 20" sacks.

While I agree it is far fetched...

He did, and I acknowledged it.

[The_Tick]

He did, and I acknowledged it.

I only ready to page 48. Didn't actually turn the page to 49 before I responded.

[falafel]

Matt Reynolds named pre-season all american by ESPN.

http://espn.go.com/ncf/feature/video/_/page/preseasonallamerica/2011-all-american-team

Matt Reynolds turned down an opportunity to enter the NFL draft after his junior season to return to BYU, and now he enters the season as one of the best tackles in the nation. At 6-foot-6 and 305 pounds, Reynolds holds down the all-important left side of the line, protecting quarterback Jake Heaps. He has started every game of his career and gave up just one sack all last season. Reynolds made the Outland and Lombardi Award watch lists and could end up being a first-round NFL pick.

[MarkGrace]

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Hague gives some pretty good interviews. Question: didn't he commit here because we told him we'd give him a shot at RB? In this interview he said he signed as a safety and was then moved to RB. Wish we would have left him as a safety all along.

[falafel]

Hague gives some pretty good interviews. Question: didn't he commit here because we told him we'd give him a shot at RB? In this interview he said he signed as a safety and was then moved to RB. Wish we would have left him as a safety all along.

He was recruited as a safety, but he doesn't say who's idea it was to switch to RB. Regardless, I wish he would never have switched.

Also, loved #82 in the background pulling his shorts up to show off his compression shorts. Thanks, buddy.

Also, also, interviewer taking a page out of blondie's book and stealing a gratuitous touch at the end.

[DapperDan]

The "right now" qualifier could mean that he drops back down after Frazier returns. I'm just happy to see Ziggy's non-pass rushing performance improving enough that Bronco would say that.

Or maybe not.

It was good to see Jameson Frazier see his first live action of camp; he ran w/ the second string WLB, while Ziggy Ansah ran with 2s at SLB. http://twitter.com/#!/gregwrubell/st...77406307139587

[BemidjiCoug]

I've been thinking about this a lot. I really don't mind being "that guy" you know the one who makes outrageous predictions out of the love of his team.

Ziggy is my new favorite player for BYU. He will by the end of his career have a 5 sack game. And people all over the country will be singing "teach me how to Ziggy".

Its just to perfect not to happen.

[SoCalCoug]

Ziggy's measurables are off the chart. If he's actually learned how to play football, he's a beast. He's bigger, stronger, and I'm pretty sure faster than the superfreak, Kyle Van Noy.

I think he's the next Christian Okoye. African track athlete who learns football in college and makes it in the NFL.