U vs. Y '12

[Colly Wolly]

One thing to take solace in is the fact that the power structure in the BoT is shifting as the Utah guys die off. BYU is now the pipeline into church leadership. Maybe one of these guys will do some things on the sly to put BYU in a better place.

This is tic, I want it understood I have not broken mentally/emotionally

[Commando]

Who wins in OT if the field goal is good?

I say BYU just because our defense wins vs. their offense. I mean, yes, I did see our offense, but we were moving the ball ok there in the 4th (of course the 4th- that's when Riley wakes up from his nap).

[venkman]

Thanks ute cuffers for being cool in the post game thread and not rubbing salt in our wounds. Or maybe you're just not back from the game yet?

[Spicy McHaggis]

Bronco is above average and above average is going to piss off people that want excellent. The problem is that there are no excellent options for BYU head coaches.

Doman is horrible. Anae was above average and I wish we would have been satisfied with above average, but we had to blame someone for our problems and Anae was the fall guy.

The offense is a mess and now we don't even have a conference race to play for. My interest level is going to take a big hit again this year.

Anae was very good. I don't know why byu fans weren't happy with him. He was better than Doman has been so far.

[Colly Wolly]

Anae was very good. I don't know why byu fans weren't happy with him. He was better than Doman has been so far.

Easily.

[Commando]

You know why BYU fans are so "obnoxious"? Because, speaking for myself, I want to win the game a little more than it appears the coaching staff does. No, I probably couldn't beat any of you here in a game of Madden, much less coach a college football game, but SHIT. Run another option, please. No, no, no play action, coach. We don't want to use our best weapons and potentially get the defense on their heels.

[The_Douger]

I agree. Getting in the end one on 1st and 10 was a must.

I mean, the first play was good, where Alisa went around the edge for 9 yards, but we took a bunch of time off the clock after that trying to run it in.

[The_Douger]

You know why BYU fans are so "obnoxious"? Because, speaking for myself, I want to win the game a little more than it appears the coaching staff does. No, I probably couldn't beat any of you here in a game of Madden, much less coach a college football game, but SHIT. Run another option, please. No, no, no play action, coach. We don't want to use our best weapons and potentially get the defense on their heels.

What pisses me off is that we hardly even tried to challenge their 2 backup safeties.

[Colly Wolly]

What pisses me off is that we hardly even tried to challenge their 2 backup safeties.

Agree. Not enough shots down field.

[The_Douger]

Ugh, and that option.

Did they really think that would work?

[MarkGrace]

I think it is more what BYU can recruit.

You know what I find interesting about this comment? The fact that right now this team's two biggest weaknesses are o-line and QB. And among almost all the units on the field, those are the two where BYU just has no excuse for being subpar in recruiting. Maybe the o-line is simply a coaching issue, as the they seem to continually underachieve. At this point I wouldn't be surprised to see them undergo the type of transformation the D did when Jaime got run.

But to me the biggest roadblock to this team being great is simply the QB position, and that just really frustrates me. Riley, god love him for how hard he works and his moxie, but to me there's just no reason for BYU to be fielding his type of talent level at the QB position. Just none. I'm not sure what's happened at that position, but it has been a total cluster. Given the type of LDS talent that is typically available, this just shouldn't be happening. And I don't know if it's our ability to evaluate the position, or develop these kids once they get into the program, or something else, but the fact that next year we'll be starting our third straight transfer and the second time in four years that we'll be relying on an underclassmen with precious little experience is extremely disconcerting to me.

[Green Monstah]

Agree. Not enough shots down field.

And that's the real downside of Riley. He doesn't have the gun to get it downfield.

[old_gregg]

i'm really confused about how the magical underwear sign on the front row of the muss made it into the game.

[il Padrino Ute]

Thanks ute cuffers for being cool in the post game thread and not rubbing salt in our wounds. Or maybe you're just not back from the game yet?

There is absolutely no reason to rub salt in your wounds. Not only was that an incredibly ugly game, it was the most bizarre ending I've ever seen, be it in the stadium or on TV.

I'm just glad the good guys won.

[Colly Wolly]

You know what I find interesting about this comment? The fact that right now this team's two biggest weaknesses are o-line and QB. And among almost all the units on the field, those are the two where BYU just has no excuse for being subpar in recruiting. Maybe the o-line is simply a coaching issue, as the they seem to continually underachieve. At this point I wouldn't be surprised to see them undergo the type of transformation the D did when Jaime got run.

But to me the biggest roadblock to this team being great is simply the QB position, and that just really frustrates me. Riley, god love him for how hard he works and his moxie, but to me there's just no reason for BYU to be fielding his type of talent level at the QB position. Just none. I'm not sure what's happened at that position, but it has been a total cluster. Given the type of LDS talent that is typically available, this just shouldn't be happening. And I don't know if it's our ability to evaluate the position, or develop these kids once they get into the program, or something else, but the fact that next year we'll be starting our third straight transfer and the second time in four years that we'll be relying on an underclassmen with precious little experience is extremely disconcerting to me.

We got Heaps. We got the best QB in the country. And instead of taking that talent, tempering it, molding it, teaching it competitive fierceness and posie, and ultimately utilizing it, we ran him off and went with a dude who is a less talented version of the kind of QB our OC was in college.