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

[Surfah]

Just watched the highlights. Best part of the Sampson pick? He immediately laid down. I feel like we've been burned so many times by a guy trying to advance the ball in that situation.

I wish we had another Sampson to take Eason's place.

[Surfah]

Watching the replay on BYUtv, it is nice to hear McCann and Fowler. They offer 10x the insight that Rod Gilmore did.

[CardiacCoug]

Heaps has an arm, but he doesn't have "it".

I think running Kariya straight ahead behind Zed Mendenhall against physically inferior teams is going to work.

6 PM starts on workdays really suck for us SLC folks.

What the hell is Rod Gillmore calling Manumaleuna as I watch this broadcast? He's putting a couple of 't's in his name.

[Coach McGuirk]

I wish we had another Sampson to take Eason's place.

Nothing against that kid, but he is not good.

[CJF]

The sideline out is a nightmare. Heaps has the arm to make the throw and yet he is completely off right now. Fix that and it makes a huge difference in the rest of the passing game. Also, after Apo left the game, BYU WR's struggled to get open and that was with single coverage on the outside. Almost every play, UCF safeties completely ignored the outside receivers. When you can't ever beat single coverage the QB is not going to look good. I'm not excusing the struggles Heaps is having right now, but the receivers outside of Apo aren't helping matters. Maybe it will look different on tv, but that was what I saw from the north end zone.

[old_gregg]

The sideline out is a nightmare. Heaps has the arm to make the throw and yet he is completely off right now. Fix that and it makes a huge difference in the rest of the passing game. Also, after Apo left the game, BYU WR's struggled to get open and that was with single coverage on the outside. Almost every play, UCF safeties completely ignored the outside receivers. When you can't ever beat single coverage the QB is not going to look good. I'm not excusing the struggles Heaps is having right now, but the receivers outside of Apo aren't helping matters. Maybe it will look different on tv, but that was what I saw from the north end zone.

I can deal with heaps not hitting the mid to deep outs; that's a very difficult throw to make. What kill me are the plays like overthrowing an open JJ after not seeing a wide open Hoffman, or not even coming close to hitting receivers in stride. We saw what Hoffman can do with a little space. It would be nice to have the ball in the air as he breaks to take advantage of that.

[DillyBar]

Watching the replay on BYUtv, it is nice to hear McCann and Fowler. They offer 10x the insight that Rod Gilmore did.

I am not a mathematician, but 10 x 0=0

[falafel]

Agreed. It's not going to be on ESPN's Top Ten, but he was running away from everybody and his speed looked legit.

That's funny, I thought he looked slow on that run.

[smokymountainrain]

That's funny, I thought he looked slow on that run.

Maybe I need to watch it again, but I remember him running away from little guys on a team that seemed to have pretty good speed.

[jay santos]

I feel like Heaps was more comfortable in Anae's system.

How are they different. With every week that passes, the offense looks more and more like Anae's. The only difference to start with was that we were under center more, did more play action, and rolled out the QB more. We still had all the same plays, the tendencies just changed. It's trending back the other way. More shotgun/splits on passing downs.

[jay santos]

Maybe I need to watch it again, but I remember him running away from little guys on a team that seemed to have pretty good speed.

Same. I've looked at Hoffman as a typical BYU possession receiver in a black man's body. But he seemed to show some speed on that return.

[OrangeUte]

Coming into this game, ucf had the 3rd rated scoring defense in the nation. While ucf might have fallen to fiu last week, the team byu beat last night was no slouch. Nice win cougs. I'm surprised this thread isn't being more lit up into the wee hours of the morning.

[jay santos]

I liked the 320 lb D line last week against Utah. It was a strategic move specifically to stop a power running team with a struggling QB. And we got out of of it on passing downs. Brilliant.

I HATE the 320 lb D line against a fast team with small O line and an athletic, running QB!! Come on, Bronco.

This D looks pretty awesome with two NT's, Frazier lined up at DE, and Van Noy and Pendleton at OLB's. This D looks pretty slow and meh when it lines up three 300+ DL's, and Frazier and Van Noy at OLB. Even worse when they have Van Noy subbed out and the same combo but Wagner in Van Noy's spot. BLAH. I saw Goat's boy Alani Fua in there. He looks like he can move. He's listed at 6'5 206. I thought Goat thought he was a future RB? 6'5 RB?

[SeattleUte]

Coming into this game, ucf had the 3rd rated scoring defense in the nation. While ucf might have fallen to fiu last week, the team byu beat last night was no slouch. Nice win cougs. I'm surprised this thread isn't being more lit up into the wee hours of the morning.

lol are you guys gong to put up with this condescention? OU is ridiculing you. (His avatar fits his personality.)

[Sizzle]

I liked the 320 lb D line last week against Utah. It was a strategic move specifically to stop a power running team with a struggling QB. And we got out of of it on passing downs. Brilliant.

I HATE the 320 lb D line against a fast team with small O line and an athletic, running QB!! Come on, Bronco.

This D looks pretty awesome with two NT's, Frazier lined up at DE, and Van Noy and Pendleton at OLB's. This D looks pretty slow and meh when it lines up three 300+ DL's, and Frazier and Van Noy at OLB. Even worse when they have Van Noy subbed out and the same combo but Wagner in Van Noy's spot. BLAH. I saw Goat's boy Alani Fua in there. He looks like he can move. He's listed at 6'5 206. I thought Goat thought he was a future RB? 6'5 RB?

Uh, Jay, did you see the size of some of their backs? They may have been fast, but they definitely had a power run feel to it as well. I thought BYU did a fairly decent job of containing their running QB. Yes, he got two TDs, but one came from the one yard line. In total they had 81 yards rushing. I gotta admit, bitching about scheme when you hold a team to 81 rushing yards when they average close to 200 per game? Not really good form.