Was that a worst case scenario for our QB situation?

[smokymountainrain]

Yes, you do tend to simplify your play calling when the last drive of the first half and the first drive of the second both end in INTs.

Did I say I had a problem with the play calling? Pretty sure I didn't.

[smokymountainrain]

Out of curiosity, which games this year does BYU win with Nelson that they don't win with Heaps?

SJSU and Utah st to begin with.

[Sizzle]

Did I say I had a problem with the play calling? Pretty sure I didn't.

No, that is not what I was inferring. My point is that the change in play calling had more to do with performance than it did with situation, IMO.

[Sizzle]

SJSU and Utah st to begin with.

We don't lose to SJSU if I played QB last night. Heaps may have been bad this year, but he's not worse than me.

[Viking]

I'm on the Riley bandwagon, but honestly I think we still score 29 points (or more) with Jake at QB in this game.

I'm not entirely sure.

I was thinking about that as I watched the replay...I bet Heaps could have put up 12-14 pts in the 1st half but SJSU did a good job of halftime adj and Doman is still not sure how to adjust so I think it could have been a very close game.

This of course assumes the Jake Heaps that is 111th in the country or whatever he is right now. It's hard to win any game with a QB who is not ready for primetime.

[smokymountainrain]

No, that is not what I was inferring. My point is that the change in play calling had more to do with performance than it did with situation, IMO.

I think it was some of both. With the picks and the big lead, I think Byu coaches saw it as a no brainer to go conservative. Without the lead I think they let Nelson do some things.

[Hsaru]

SJSU and Utah st to begin with.

SJSU we could win with running the ball literally ever play, you are being ridiculous thinking Heaps couldn't beat SJSU.

[smokymountainrain]

We don't lose to SJSU if I played QB last night. Heaps may have been bad this year, but he's not worse than me.

Well, we know they lose to usu with heaps, and Nelson won even spotting them 13 points. That can't be argued because it happened. Outside of that, everything is speculation. You make that comment about Sjsu, but if you look at the results of some of the games, i'd say SJSU is on par with usu.

[Moliere]

Which concerns me with Riley. It took a half for SJSU to adjust. They won the second half.

We wnent pretty conservative in the second half with a lot of runs off guard and off tackle. It seemed Doman wanted to limit further mistakes (stupid throws) and just get a win. The stupid throws can be fixed and will be with more experience and playing time. Riley hadn't played a full game for pretty much over 3 or 4 years so he's bound to make some mistakes.

I for one prefer Riley. His running threat makes the LBs respect him, which seems to open up the middle and thus the TEs. He well moves comfortably in the pocket, buys time by scrambling, and his throws were usually on the money.

[Hsaru]

Well, we know they lose to usu with heaps and Nelson won even spotting them 13 points. That can't be argued because it happened. Outside of that everything is speculation. You make that comment about Sjsu, but if you look at the results of some of the games, i'd say SJSU is on par with usu.

SJSU's front 7 is not even in the same zip code as USU's, no way in hell do we roll up 8 yard carries every first down against USU just pounding the ball. And we will see how SJSU matches up against USU when they play this year, I am predicting a 20+ pt win for USU because of their offense. SJSU will score against USU though prob 20+ pts.

[smokymountainrain]

you are being ridiculous thinking Heaps couldn't beat SJSU.

A shocking opinion coming from you.

[Viking]

SJSU we could win with running the ball literally ever play, you are being ridiculous thinking Heaps couldn't beat SJSU.

Not with Heaps. You're making silly arguments. Scoreboard. Specifically, 54-10. Then down by 13 to USU.

I'm sure he's a fine kid with a lot of skill but he's two years away from being ready.

[Hsaru]

I think it was some of both. With the picks and the big lead, I think Byu coaches saw it as a no brainer to go conservative. Without the lead I think they let Nelson do some things.

So in another post you say we can't deal with hypotheticals, but we KNOW that there is no way BYU overcomes a 1 touchdown deficit when Heaps went out even though they had 13 pts in the first half.

[Shaka]

I said last night at the game that we were seeing an SJSU team that spent the week prepping for 2 QBs. Oregon State is going to spend the week prepping for one.

Good luck diving headfirst every 6 or 7 snaps.

Our gameplan changed in the second half. A lot less passing and not nearly as many Riley rushes. Doman started going to the backs and it was working ok. This was brought up in the post-game interviews. With that said I really didn't enjoy that 3rd quarter.

[Hsaru]

Not with Heaps. You're making silly arguments. Scoreboard. Specifically, 54-10. Then down by 13 to USU.

I'm sure he's a fine kid with a lot of skill but he's two years away from being ready.

You do realize we were down by 1 td when Heaps went out, it was 21-13... We likely don't win, but it is far from a certainty.