We'll Lansing and We'll Shout: BYU vs. Michigan State

[Jeff Lebowski]

He improved his running game. He did not throw well in the first half and spent the second half throwing the easy stuff underneath. Essentially that's what a game manager does. If someone shuts down the running game Taysom is really going to struggle to beat the opponent with his arm.

Ha. You are really grasping at straws to make this point.

[Jeff Lebowski]

But the sacks he gave up were killer. And he threw that int at the worst possible time.

Taysom completed 73% of his passes in the second half. 67% for the game. Zero turnovers.

BYU drives today:

Downs
Punt
Downs
Punt
...
FG
TD
TD
TD
TD

But according to shaka, he didn't play well. Good grief. We dominated a B1G team on the road. Scored on all five of our last drives. TDs in all four of our second half drives. Chewed clock on every drive. Taysom made play after play to keep those drives alive. As a fan, if you can't be happy about that, there is something wrong with you.

[originalsocal]

Taysom completed 73% of his passes in the second half. 67% for the game. Zero turnovers.

BYU drives today:

Downs
Punt
Downs
Punt
...
FG
TD
TD
TD
TD

But according to shaka, he didn't play well. Good grief. We dominated a B1G team on the road. Scored on all five of our last drives. TDs in all four of our second half drives. Chewed clock on every drive. Taysom made play after play to keep those drives alive. As a fan, if you can't be happy about that, there is something wrong with you.

Totally agree! Like I said earlier in this thread we not only beat a B10 team on the road, but we beat them at their own B10 smash mouth way. This was a significant win. Compare this with the results last year at Michigan and a few years back at Wisconsin. This was total domination of the defending B10 champion. I know they are retooling this year, but good hell there is NOTHING about this game to complain about.

And yes Taysom Hill played an awesome game and made some great throws and had some excellent runs that shows that he is more like the old Taysom and not the man who we saw the first part of the season.

Significant win? Hell yes!!

[CJF]

My favorite MSU board post.

http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Board/93/Contents/tRCMBs-favorite-BYU-player-48097617

[Lost Student]

Re: Tanner, I'm guessing that the coaches know he will see the field anyway for mop up duty next month during the soft part of the schedule. Might as well have him take a knee now since he'll be playing the fourth quarter in our last three games.

[myboynoah]

Great thread title, JP. Keep it up!

[Shaka]

Taysom completed 73% of his passes in the second half. 67% for the game. Zero turnovers.

BYU drives today:

Downs
Punt
Downs
Punt
...
FG
TD
TD
TD
TD

But according to shaka, he didn't play well. Good grief. We dominated a B1G team on the road. Scored on all five of our last drives. TDs in all four of our second half drives. Chewed clock on every drive. Taysom made play after play to keep those drives alive. As a fan, if you can't be happy about that, there is something wrong with you.

He threw for 138 yards with a five yard per completion average. He couldn't hit the medium difficulty throws and then resorted to the underneath throws. I'm sorry Lebowski, you could hand off to Jamaal and Squally and probably complete some of those passes. Taysom has not had a breakout game as a thrower. Hopefully that changes in the next couple of weeks.

[Jeff Lebowski]

He threw for 138 yards with a five yard per completion average. He couldn't hit the medium difficulty throws and then resorted to the underneath throws. I'm sorry Lebowski, you could hand off to Jamaal and Squally and probably complete some of those passes. Taysom has not had a breakout game as a thrower. Hopefully that changes in the next couple of weeks.

Step aside, GM. We have a new double-down king!

[Shaka]

Step aside, GM. We have a new double-down king!

Haha. I'm sure the NFL scouts that were present were rocketing him up the draft boards.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Totally agree! Like I said earlier in this thread we not only beat a B10 team on the road, but we beat them at their own B10 smash mouth way. This was a significant win. Compare this with the results last year at Michigan and a few years back at Wisconsin. This was total domination of the defending B10 champion. I know they are retooling this year, but good hell there is NOTHING about this game to complain about.

And yes Taysom Hill played an awesome game and made some great throws and had some excellent runs that shows that he is more like the old Taysom and not the man who we saw the first part of the season.

Significant win? Hell yes!!

The only possible thing you could whine about is that now JP will be asked to come up with game thread titles until we lose.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Haha. I'm sure the NFL scouts that were present were rocketing him up the draft boards.

Another meaningless point! Keep 'em coming.

[Shaka]

Another meaningless point! Keep 'em coming.

I will not apologize for saying you could complete some of those passes.

[Joe Public]

Man Troy Hinds is beefy.

Hah. That was my first thought, too. "WTH happened to Hinds?"

The post-game show said it was Quin Ficklin (sp?). I assume he had to borrow a jersey - which happened to be the same number Hinds wears - to be eligible.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I will not apologize for saying you could complete some of those passes.

You said "Taysom didn't win this game" even though he completed 73% of his passes in the second half, led BYU on long TD drives on every series, was 6/7 on 3rd-down conversions, consistently stepped into the pocket and made great reads, and ran the ball beautifully. As evidence for your assertion, you point to the fact that he "simply threw underneath". Bloody hell, he was near perfect and scored TDs on EVERY SINGLE DRIVE.

SL Trib: "Kragthorpe: BYU’s Taysom Hill comes through in key moments to beat Michigan State"

KSL: "BYU, Taysom Hill dominate Michigan State"

PK: "We got a new leader on the field. BYU goes 73 yards on 13 plays to take a 10-7 lead. Taysom Hill was nearly flawless on that drive"
PK: "Awesome drive by the Cougars. That's the Taysom Hill of yesteryear. 13 plays, 70 yards, 5:48 of time. BYU's best game this season"

Jake Hatch: "This is Taysom Hill's best performance of the season by a large margin."

Jamaal was amazing, but they both "won the game". Stop being a Tater hater and enjoy the win! You will feel much better. I promise.

[Flystripper]

I have been critical of Taysom this year. It was nice to see him shut people like me up today. He played great. It was a fun game.


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