Rise Up: BYU vs UCF.....knight game

[LA Ute]

Congrats, Cougs. Nice win. You'll all sleep well tonight.

[Moliere]

Any update on Apo? We really need him back.

[BemidjiCoug]

What's this about Heaps never throwing a TD pass to a tight end? Is that true? He's not looking at the middle of the field.

Hes to busy looking in the stands or on sidelines, at least that's where most of his throws are ending up.

[Surfah]

There were more drops, but there was a lot of talk in the first half of last year about how poor his accuracy was as well. It was the most disappointing aspect of his performance through the first half.

Heaps just needs to settle down and play catch. He gets happy feet sometimes and he wings it instead of stepping into his throw and just placing the ball. Also, he and his receivers need work. Guys are still lining up wrong. On that last 3rd down pass, Falslev lined up wrong and Heaps had to move him to the other side. Even on Jeaps INT, while a bad throw, we have two WRs practically holding hands 20 yards down field. Doman needs to iron these things out. And Cahoon needs to make sure these guys understand the plays and make the right reads.

[Surfah]

What's this about Heaps never throwing a TD pass to a tight end? Is that true? He's not looking at the middle of the field.

The ball is getting spread around to everyone but the TEs. I don't know what is going on there. But I think for the most part that we have neutralized our own TEs.

[Omaha 680]

Look I'm totally drunk offy ass and this males no sense to me

Dear Cecil,

You better accept the B12 offer because we fucking suck.

Love

V

Cecil Samuelson sell seashells by the seashore and must be an idiot to not take an offer given how bad this team is.

Game MVPs = Riley Stephenson and Kyle Van Noy

Game Thread MVP = Viking

[pellegrino]

So I started watching with about 8 minutes left and all I have to say is that KVN is a stud and Heaps is a dud.

[Jacob]

Take the turnovers out of the stats and they dominated us

OTOH, one of their 2 TDs was off of an INT and very short field. they didn't do much.

[Omaha 680]

The ball is getting spread around to everyone but the TEs. I don't know what is going on there. But I think for the most part that we have neutralized our own TEs.

TEs had like 5 catches in the first half. But nothing big because Heaps always airmails it when they are open down the seam.

[Surfah]

OTOH, one of their 2 TDs was off of an INT and very short field. they didn't do much.

Right. But they moved the ball pretty well on us. Their total yards killed us. They had a couple big plays. Our longest was the Foote run I think. They also beat us up in TOP despite all the running we did in the second half.

[woot]

I think the WRs have looked better this year, even though they're clearly not great.

Heaps is obviously struggling, but I'll insist that Doman needs to bear a lot of that burden. He's not calling any screens, the RBs are barely involved in the passing game, and the quick throws that are probably supposed to serve to get Heaps into a rhythm are those short outs to the WRs that travel 30+ yards in the air.

If you watch the QBs with 65+% completion rates, you'll notice that none of them are throwing downfield every time. Heaps' accuracy is way off, no denying it, but Doman needs to throw him a bone.

[BemidjiCoug]

Heaps just needs to settle down and play catch. He gets happy feet sometimes and he wings it instead of stepping into his throw and just placing the ball. Also, he and his receivers need work. Guys are still lining up wrong. On that last 3rd down pass, Falslev lined up wrong and Heaps had to move him to the other side. Even on Jeaps INT, while a bad throw, we have two WRs practically holding hands 20 yards down field. Doman needs to iron these things out. And Cahoon needs to make sure these guys understand the plays and make the right reads.

I agree with most of what you are saying. I think the biggest problems are timing and precision. Another issue that I see is that we are throwing an out way to much. The BYU teams of the 80's and 90's were precise and had great timing. Watch the BYU vs. Penn State Holiday Bowl they hit the curl like 40 times in that game. Also, Heaps looked like he wanted to throw up or cry most of the game which usually doesn't result in a great game.

[MarkGrace]

"BYU nearly blew that one, but a nice win over UCF. Good win for the Big 12 over a solid Big East team."

From ESPN's B12 beat writer. ha.

[Surfah]

TEs had like 5 catches in the first half. But nothing big because Heaps always airmails it when they are open down the seam.

I guess Matthews is a "TE".

[Jacob]

I think the WRs have looked better this year, even though they're clearly not great.

Heaps is obviously struggling, but I'll insist that Doman needs to bear a lot of that burden. He's not calling any screens, the RBs are barely involved in the passing game, and the quick throws that are probably supposed to serve to get Heaps into a rhythm are those short outs to the WRs that travel 30+ yards in the air.

If you watch the QBs with 65+% completion rates, you'll notice that none of them are throwing downfield every time. Heaps' accuracy is way off, no denying it, but Doman needs to throw him a bone.

I'm not smart enough to know. But this sounds right to me.