What to expect in our game next week
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ProudUteParticipant
BYU’s offense may be the worst I ever remember from a BYU team. They are totally inept and simply cannot run the ball. Utah has a great run defense. BYU will be forced to open it up. But, their tight end is the only receiver who seems to have D1 talent. If I was Scalley, I would make sure that we mix up the coverage on the tight end to confuse Mangum even more. Without the tight end, he has nothing.
I don’t think BYU’s defense is that bad. I know they allowed 479 yards and that isn’t good. However, they never got a chance to rest and LSU had many more plays than they should have had. Had BYU’s offense done anything to keep the defense off the filed – LSU probably would have had 350-400 yards. Guice may be the best returning running back in the nation. He had a good game, but not great game last night. He averaged 3 yards less per carry than he did last season and his long run was only 13 yards. I think that BYU did a pretty good job against Guice and company. They bent again and again, but rarely broke.
I don’t think that Utah will be able to run all over BYU’s defense. In fact I would be surprised if we have a 100 yard rusher. So, what do we do. We go to Carrington early and often. We don’t need to throw long and probably shouldn’t BYU’s DBs give a big cushion because they do not want to be beat by speed and the long ball. I would go to Carrington and company with 5-10 yards passes and let them take it from there. We mix in a good run game with Moss, Huntley, et al and we should be able to control the ball much like LSU did.
Unless we have a ton of turnovers, I don’t expect to score 40 points on the Cougars. I suspect we will shut down their inept offense and we will control the ball when we have it. I think we dominate in time of possession and win the game by 2-3 touchdowns. Also, keep in mind that the Cougs have nothing to lose. Sometimes that helps and sometimes it backfires. We shall see.
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EagleMountainUteParticipant
I think some of those over the top balls will happen against byu. Huntley was a little off on a few of them but I see him extending plays with his athleticism and BYU corners losing widouts in space.
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ProudUteParticipant
I agree that there will be some. I think they will come after BYU realizes that need to stop the short passes and stops giving our receivers a cushion.
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EagleMountainUteParticipant
I see BYU doing what they do best stopping the rush. That will take a safety playing close to the line of scrimmage. Carrington will make them pay quickly.
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UteThunderParticipant
Hopefully Huntley can hit Carrington to make them pay. His deeper pass attempts was the one area of his game that didn’t look very good.
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EagleMountainUteParticipant
The one in the south end zone seemed to sail on him a little but the receiver also let up a little I thought. The free play was weird and I still don’t understand how he didn’t just hit the post.
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Puget UteParticipant
byu-s multiple goal-line stands against the best RB in the nation were impressive. When they need to make a stop they are fully capable.
I am glad we are not completely reliant on a dominant running game as our only real Oh-fensive weapon.LSU played 15 true FR and 8 RS FR in that game, many of whom were starters or played significant minutes. I suspect our D will have a fun time in the game on Sat. -
shakeitsugareeParticipant
BYU’s offense may be the worst I ever remember from a BYU team.
But, Ty Detmer? Heisman?
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St George UteParticipant
Getting shut out by LSU is gonna make running up the score on Utah that much sweeter.
— Mark Durrant (@DurrantMark) September 3, 2017
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Puget UteParticipant
I completely agree with him. The score this week will be tasty. I doubt he will be happy…
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Tony (admin)Keymaster
I’m speechless except for LOLZ!!!!
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AnonymousInactive
Mark Durant is a kowtowing moron.
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AnonymousInactive
Well, we should do what LSU did. We probably can’t ground ‘n pound, but we could dink ‘n dunk.
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