Do we need Austin Collie to beat UNLV?

[Judge Smails]

Sure he would help, but if we can get away with not playing him, that would give him 4 weeks between games (clearly he would sit Eastern Washington as well) to heal up.

It would be huge down the stretch to get him healthy, and I think it's a pretty wise choice to sit him for UNLV (unless he's healthier than I presume).

I've been hearing the "UNLV is tougher than they've ever been" speech, but are they? They got pummeled by a slightly better than mediocre Hawaii team at home and lost to a bad Nevada-Reno team. Oh, sure there was that game a fortnight or so ago against our little sister up north. But having watched that game, I learned that even with a subpar offensive line and an average running back, you can run the ball effectively against the Rebs. (It helps to have an offensive coordinator who recognizes this, however).

A solid offensive line with the Tongan Duo should put plenty of points on the board and keep Collie on the sidelines where we need him.

Of course, Bronco could also just raise his staff and tell Collie to look and be healed. {and Collie having his hat cocked sideways should give him a clear look}.

Of the two, I prefer the latter, but I think both are good strategies.

[MikeWaters]

If we do, then we suck.

[RockyBalboa]

I don't know that we'll need him to beat UNLV, however with Austin's competitive fire if he can go, he's gonna go.

[Judge Smails]

I love that about Austin, but the coaches have to be smarter (and more firm). If he's anything less than 87.6%, he needs to sit it out. We're gonna need him desperately in November.

Incidentally, can anyone remember a single month of Cougar football that had a more pathetic schedule than October of 2007? It is seriously crap.

[YOhio]

I'm not sure we'll need him, but I hope he'll be available if necessary.

[Goatnapper'96]

Originally Posted by Judge Smails

Sure he would help, but if we can get away with not playing him, that would give him 4 weeks between games (clearly he would sit Eastern Washington as well) to heal up.

It would be huge down the stretch to get him healthy, and I think it's a pretty wise choice to sit him for UNLV (unless he's healthier than I presume).

I've been hearing the "UNLV is tougher than they've ever been" speech, but are they? They got pummeled by a slightly better than mediocre Hawaii team at home and lost to a bad Nevada-Reno team. Oh, sure there was that game a fortnight or so ago against our little sister up north. But having watched that game, I learned that even with a subpar offensive line and an average running back, you can run the ball effectively against the Rebs. (It helps to have an offensive coordinator who recognizes this, however).

A solid offensive line with the Tongan Duo should put plenty of points on the board and keep Collie on the sidelines where we need him.

Of course, Bronco could also just raise his staff and tell Collie to look and be healed. {and Collie having his hat cocked sideways should give him a clear look}.

Of the two, I prefer the latter, but I think both are good strategies.

I want to see him totally healthy for November in order to make it a november to remember!

I think that a fully healthy Austin and a fresh and fully healthy Fui will make BYU's offense more dimensional.

[cougjunkie]

Originally Posted by Goatnapper'96

I want to see him totally healthy for November in order to make it a november to remember!

I think that a fully healthy Austin and a fresh and fully healthy Fui will make BYU's offense more dimensional.

Fui will be back in time for EW, expect a few carries for him against easter washington just to get him taking hits again, and then expect a normal workload the following week.