2012 BYU Football Season

[Jeff Lebowski]

Time for another stop on the Bronco becoming a parody of himself tour:

@RobbieBullough: I asked Coach Mendenhall about firesides. Says its his favorite day of the week. More enjoyable than the games and even church on Sunday.

@RobbieBullough: Fireside attendance isn't mandatory for BYU players, but Mendenhall says its a gauge for him to see how team is doing.

@RobbieBullough: Player attendance at firesides is "Not as strong" this year, but Mendenhall didn't go so far as to correlate it with game performance.

I should be crying but I can't stop laughing. Bronco is such a dork.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I should be crying but I can't stop laughing. Bronco is such a dork.

No kidding. That twitter feed reminds of something one would read on Utefans when that site was funny and cool (pre-Urban).

[The_Douger]

I should be crying but I can't stop laughing. Bronco is such a dork.

I only wish he was just a dork.

It's obvious he cares more about that then the product on the field.

But ya, with Bronco in charge, the jokes write themselves.

[USUC]

I swear Bronco just loves to troll the media, and by extension the fan base. Those tweets are ridiculous. There is no way Bronco believes what he is saying.

[Indy Coug]

I swear Bronco just loves to troll the media, and by extension the fan base. Those tweets are ridiculous. There is no way Bronco believes what he is saying.

I think Bronco would be a great cage fighter, and he'd definitely do groin stuff.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I swear Bronco just loves to troll the media, and by extension the fan base. Those tweets are ridiculous. There is no way Bronco believes what he is saying.

What are you smoking? Those tweets are entirely consistent with how he operates.

[USUC]

What are you smoking? Those tweets are entirely consistent with how he operates.

Maybe, but he constantly says things that ruffle the fan base's feathers. Even the most social inept person wouldn't so consistently say things that get fans worked up.

[Blueintheface]

Dork is a great description. I would also use the word liar.

[The_Douger]

I'm to the point that I just kind of hope he walks away after 2013 and is like "peace out, homies".

[Commando]

Wow.^^ I would miss having a good defense at BYU. And I have a feeling a great deal of weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth would ensue in subsequent shitty years. Does anyone wish Anae was still here? What's that? EVERYONE? K just doing a check there.

[The_Douger]

Wow.^^ I would miss having a good defense at BYU. And I have a feeling a great deal of weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth would ensue in subsequent shitty years. Does anyone wish Anae was still here? What's that? EVERYONE? K just doing a check there.

I don't hate Bronco. I just think he's taken this as far as it's going to go and I want more than he's going to give us. And Broncos defense has been good against poor competition, but they still can't stop Utah's crappy offense, and they still get burned enough in big games.

Yes, I wish Anae were still here.

I guess I think we'll have shitty years with or without Bronco so we might as well move on to the next guy.

[Joe Public]

I guess I think we'll have shitty years with or without Bronco so we might as well move on to the next guy.

A turd in the hand is worth two in the bush.

[MarkGrace]

Risers
Ezekiel Ansah/OLB-DE/BYU: Ansah, the former track athlete from Ghana we spoke of in Week 4, is quickly transferring his athleticism onto the football field and is flying up draft boards. He's shown improvement on a weekly basis and stood out during the Cougars' victory over Georgia Tech, leading the team with eight tackles and helping to hold the lethal Yellow Jacket offense to 17 points and 12 first downs. For the season, he's registered 44 tackles -- including 11 tackles for loss -- as well as five pass defenses. Ansah needed assistance on how to properly put on his football equipment when he joined the BYU football team in 2010. There's now talk in the scouting community he could be the surprise pick of Round 1 in April.

• BYU has been the surprise of the scouting community thus far in 2012. Entering the season with a pair of seniors graded as late-round picks, the Cougars now have three players who are considered top-90 selections. Besides Ezekiel Ansah, the senior defender previously mentioned as a potential first-round pick, junior linebacker Kyle Van Noy presently grades as a second rounder and offensive lineman Braden Brown is receiving third-round consideration.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz2AeAOWa9c

[Blueintheface]

I'm sure somebody will show me the offensive linenen PER or it's equivalent but how can any offensive lineman from this team be on a draft board? Does Carolina need another guy who false starts when the defensive end farts?

[The_Douger]

I don't think Braden Brown looks NFL ready at all.

I was ridiculed a few times for saying Reynolds wasn't going to get drafted last year.