I'm expecting an apology to BYU fans by Bronco

[MikeWaters]

sorry, cj, I guess I'm supposed to congratulate Bronco.

Lack of speed was part of it. You don't think that UCLA and Arizona had fast WRs?

Give me a break.

When I see Nixon and Bolden (sp?) trailing a guy 35 yards down the field, with no safety help, I know that we are getting beat by the guy sitting upstairs.

In games we have won, we have been able to do so without being exposed for lack of speed. But in the game Bronco was simply outcoached. The scheme was not deceptive, and the guys were on their heels the entire game.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by cougjunkie

Seriously we have some of the best linebackers out there, Why do Gooch and Buchanan feel the need to bite on every play action? Let the LBs do their job you are the last line of defense.

we have one very good LB. And we have two good LB. I think Kehl will play at the next level. Nixon and Poppinga won't IMO. I'm actually disappointed with Nixon's play this year. I was expecting him to be a bit more dominant. Maybe his injury/surgery is an issue.

[cougjunkie]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

we have one very good LB. And we have two good LB. I think Kehl will play at the next level. Nixon and Poppinga won't IMO. I'm actually disappointed with Nixon's play this year. I was expecting him to be a bit more dominant. Maybe his injury/surgery is an issue.

Did you notice that Nixon tried to tackle the reciever on the play he got beat on? He knew he was beat. My problem is not recievers beating our LBs that happens its part of the game, my problem is their fullback running free in the secondary and beating our safeties.

[MikeWaters]

when you think about it, Tulsa won the exact same way we used to win. We outschemed, we created mismatches, we had the secondary's heads spinning. We had a poor defense, and gave up a lot of points, but made enough stuff happen to win. We gave up huge returns on kickoffs. We didn't have much of a run game, but we did run to keep them honest.

Tulsa has a pretty innovative offense, just like our offense was at one time innovative.

BYU just got beat by Neo-BYU.

[Frank Ryan]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

btw, if this were Cuba 1950s football, Feinga and Bright would be blind-folded, given their last request of human growth hormone, and be shot.

how about reynolds? he has been so less than stellar lately

Originally Posted by YOhio

Bronco owes us an apology for forcing his stupid sloganeering on our fan base. "Raising the Bar" and "Fully Invested" are just empty platitudes. His team has obviously not bought in.

he needs to quit talking about executing and do it

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

when you think about it, Tulsa won the exact same way we used to win. We outschemed, we created mismatches, we had the secondary's heads spinning. We had a poor defense, and gave up a lot of points, but made enough stuff happen to win. We gave up huge returns on kickoffs. We didn't have much of a run game, but we did run to keep them honest.

Tulsa has a pretty innovative offense, just like our offense was at one time innovative.

BYU just got beat by Neo-BYU.

He straight out got out coached. Someone said in chat last night that they feared other teams will look at this film as a how-to on torching our defense. It might just be the perfect blueprint

[TheSizzle36]

Originally Posted by cougjunkie

Seriously we have some of the best linebackers out there, Why do Gooch and Buchanan feel the need to bite on every play action? Let the LBs do their job you are the last line of defense.

I don't think you have to worry about Buchanan biting on play action any more. I think after the poor performance he had last night, he won't get off the bench much.

Very disappointed in Gooch. He should know better than that. He got his ass handed to him last night.

But here is something that I struggle with... if the team you are playing with brings out 3-4 fast WRs, and you are insistent upon staying in your base 3-4 defense, you are gonna get burnt. Kehl is fast, and may be a legit 4.5 guy, but when he goes up against a shifty WR that is a legit 4.3 guy, he's gonna get beat. And if Kehl can't handle a WR like that, no other LB BYU puts on the field is going to.

Bronco and Anae both preach execution in their schemes, which are solid. But the problem is, if everybody doesn't come to play and executes, you're gonna get beat. Last night, we didn't come to play, and we got our asses beat.