BYU

[Decked]

BYU Fan here. Just what I think about the game and maybe some things that you may be interested in knowing about BYU. I am not sure what I think of the game or any prediction I can make. For the most part I think it will be a higher scoring game.

The past several years BYU has had pretty stout defenses. Even though they have played a lot of yard trash, their defense has held traditional rushing teams to low yardage. Ole Miss had two 1000+ rushers on their team and the BYU defense was solid. They have performed well against decent running teams from P5 conferences. Bronco, the head coach, is a genius when it comes to defense. However, last year was a big change for the BYU defense. Bronco turned the defense over to Nick Howell who was promoted to DC. Nick Howell, never played college ball and coached high school football where he had 3 wins and 30+ losses. I think at one point he had 24 losses in a row. He is not College Coach material, technically he isn't high school coach material. Half way through the year, Bronco took over play calling duties from Nick, who still ran team meetings and practices. BYU still had some terrible losses. This year Bronco is keeping play calling duties, but NIck is still in charge of practices, meetings and drills. The same situation for the last half of the year last year. When it comes to defense, BYU will be sorely under prepared and coached. Technically the only reason, Nick has a job is that he is Bronco's best friend.

Even though Riley is 1-2 vs BYU as a coach, his last win was very impressive and he did it with a back up QB. What Riley did was went Max protect and let the receivers get open. BYU has a very weak pass rush, trouble disguising blitz's and the CB's are lacking. Unless something has changed, if Riley has problems running against BYU, expect him to use this tactic. Even if your QB isn't that great, I would say he is probably, at least, on par with Oregon States back-up.

BYU's strength this year is their offense. Taysom Hill is a stud. He has several very tall receivers and some experienced OL people. The major running back is out for the year due to a possible Honor Code violation (probably something stupid like swearing in public). The back up running back has some skill and isn't too bad, but it drops off after that. Anae the OC has created potent offenses in the past and will probably have a pretty potent offense that can score pretty easy.

There will probably be several players suspended because of the brawl last year. Many of the players are defensive players. The combination of bad coaching, suspended players, little pass rush, and weak DB's suggests you guys should probably score at will.

I don't know who will win. As a BYU fan I will say BYU, but wouldn't bet money on it. I think it will be a close, high scoring game.

It'l be a high scoring game. Taysom will run all over Nebraskas D, but unfortunately Nebraska will run over our D. BYU 43 Nebraska 41.

Not sold on that. We're just gonna put a spy on Tasom and have our D-Line eat his lunch. This isn't Utah state, Nevada, UCF, Middle Tenn, or Savannah State you are playing.

 

[Cougz]

It should also be pointed out that Mike Welch doesn't speak for all local media, any more than those Yewts at the Salt Lake Tribune speak for all Utah media.

Haha I saw those tweets. Did he have a bad interaction with Bronco at some point? I know he is kind of a wierd guy, I don't think I have ever heard him be referred to as a jerk. He did get one point right as a religious institution that wants to stand for what is right the brawl isn't a good look for us. But we don't have 60 Jesus's running around in pads. We have 60 18-24 yr olds who make dumb choices at times. Just like any team. Its sad this happened and hopefully it doesn't happen again. Hey we are asked to refrain from sex till marriage we have a lot of built up frustration that we got to get out somehow

 

[IvoryTorpedo]

BYU Fan here. Just what I think about the game and maybe some things that you may be interested in knowing about BYU. I am not sure what I think of the game or any prediction I can make. For the most part I think it will be a higher scoring game.

The past several years BYU has had pretty stout defenses. Even though they have played a lot of yard trash, their defense has held traditional rushing teams to low yardage. Ole Miss had two 1000+ rushers on their team and the BYU defense was solid. They have performed well against decent running teams from P5 conferences. Bronco, the head coach, is a genius when it comes to defense. However, last year was a big change for the BYU defense. Bronco turned the defense over to Nick Howell who was promoted to DC. Nick Howell, never played college ball and coached high school football where he had 3 wins and 30+ losses. I think at one point he had 24 losses in a row. He is not College Coach material, technically he isn't high school coach material. Half way through the year, Bronco took over play calling duties from Nick, who still ran team meetings and practices. BYU still had some terrible losses. This year Bronco is keeping play calling duties, but NIck is still in charge of practices, meetings and drills. The same situation for the last half of the year last year. When it comes to defense, BYU will be sorely under prepared and coached. Technically the only reason, Nick has a job is that he is Bronco's best friend.

Even though Riley is 1-2 vs BYU as a coach, his last win was very impressive and he did it with a back up QB. What Riley did was went Max protect and let the receivers get open. BYU has a very weak pass rush, trouble disguising blitz's and the CB's are lacking. Unless something has changed, if Riley has problems running against BYU, expect him to use this tactic. Even if your QB isn't that great, I would say he is probably, at least, on par with Oregon States back-up.

BYU's strength this year is their offense. Taysom Hill is a stud. He has several very tall receivers and some experienced OL people. The major running back is out for the year due to a possible Honor Code violation (probably something stupid like swearing in public). The back up running back has some skill and isn't too bad, but it drops off after that. Anae the OC has created potent offenses in the past and will probably have a pretty potent offense that can score pretty easy.

There will probably be several players suspended because of the brawl last year. Many of the players are defensive players. The combination of bad coaching, suspended players, little pass rush, and weak DB's suggests you guys should probably score at will.

I don't know who will win. As a BYU fan I will say BYU, but wouldn't bet money on it. I think it will be a close, high scoring game.

It'l be a high scoring game. Taysom will run all over Nebraskas D, but unfortunately Nebraska will run over our D. BYU 43 Nebraska 41.

Not sold on that. We're just gonna put a spy on Tasom and have our D-Line eat his lunch. This isn't Utah state, Nevada, UCF, Middle Tenn, or Savannah State you are playing.

Please do. Ask Texas how tough it is to contain him. He'll run around a linebacker and through a DB.

 

[teachercd]

Man...if NU loses on Saturday this thread is going to look even worse!

 

[knapplc]

I know this is kind of irrelevant to this game, but why in the yewt did Nebraska get rid of Solich? Didn't he win at least 10 games per year? Anyway I think you got a good coach now and will make some waves in the Big 10 the next few years.

There were a lot of factors involved in Frank's dismissal, not all of them football-related. Some had to do with Athletic Dept. politics, some had to do with behavioral concerns, some had to do with football. It's telling that nobody has hired Frank away from Ohio in the intervening years. He's a good football coach. He's not a great football coach.

What's the general feeling in Husker land about the Riley hire? I think he's a solid hire. Maybe not glamorous, but a diamond in the rough.

Guarded optimism. The first reaction was a collective, "Who?!?!" Then people did some research, found lots of good, lots of bad, and there was a lot of mental arithmetic trying to extrapolate the difficulties of coaching & recruiting at Corvallis compared to Lincoln.

Everyone likes Riley's personality. He fits in really well here that way. We'll see how it goes after the first couple of losses.

 

[knapplc]

We're just gonna put a spy on Tasom and have our D-Line eat his lunch.

Pretty sure BYU has a "no food on the field" policy. We'll probably just tackle him instead.

 

[Saunders]

Man...if NU loses on Saturday this thread is going to look even worse!

Nah, we'll just lock it and bury it.

 

[teachercd]

Man...if NU loses on Saturday this thread is going to look even worse!

Nah, we'll just lock it and bury it.

Ha! Good thinking!

 

[knapplc]

Man...if NU loses on Saturday this thread is going to look even worse!

In what way? I have the 2nd most posts in this thread and I don't have a single thing to retract. Whose post(s) were bad? What about them would a loss make "worse?"

Basically, both teams think they're going to win. One fan base is wrong. For all the team-supporting BYU Fan has done in this thread, why would a Husker victory make their support in this thread look bad?

Lost here, teach. Help me out.

 

[AggieAndee]

USU destroyed BYU in 2014

 

[Enhance]

Let's just stop trying to justify what happened in that brawl and let's stop trying to compare it to other situations that bear little to no relevance. I naturally see why BYU fan would bring up the Huston issue but they're still very different scenarios. The ONLY similarity is that someone got punched in the face. Nacua deserves only a one-game suspension in my book.

Furthermore, don't even go near the Nebraska-Miami game. That's a rivalry that dates back decades, including national title bouts, and has always held bad blood. BYU-Memphis was a minor bowl game and those teams have absolutely no history. And the biggest reason not to go near it is the Nebraska-Miami incident never turned into any thing more than a small dog pile at mid-field. No helmets came off and no punching fights started. You can't cherry-pick hypotheticals like 'well, if both teams had been on the field then it could've been different.' Both teams weren't on the field in our scuffle and nothing more serious happened. Not to mention, Miami's moniker of 'Thug-U' still holds true. That's the same program that got into another fight a few years ago and famously had one player come into a pile swinging his helmet at another.

The BYU-Memphis brawl is one of those worst fights in recent history on a football field - fact. BYU also chose to handle their punishments internally, increasing skepticism and confusion about what was going to happen, which is a big mistake in my opinion. Lastly, it's a religious university, so OBVIOUSLY you guys are going to become a target.

Let's just get back to talking football and let the brawl stay where it happened - in the past. It was a huge mistake all around.

 

[Landlord]

Oh right. My mistake. So what you are in fact saying now is that the last loss, two years ago, happened before you turned it around, a couple years ago?

 

[Redux]

If youll notice, neither Frank Solich or Kellen Huston are currently still with the program. Been a while in fact...

Ummm....excuse me but maybe you need to change your name. 2015 Redux. Its not 1995 anymore.

I think this whole Let It Bo campaign is about as asinine as anything I've ever heard and not talking about the Huston incident would fall into the same bonehead logic.

We like to talk about the great parts of our history, but we get a little pissy when people bring up the bad parts. Not that I think you're pissy, because I'm sure you're not.

I just think its silly when people think we won't discuss anything and everything about our past. Especially Bo Pelini, considering he's the most recently fired, controversial coach in our past. We seem to be okay talking about Bob, Tom, Frank, and Bill, but mention BoBo and people like Lux yesterday, and others, get a little huffy puffy.

What?

 

[byucougarblue]

BYU Fan here. Just what I think about the game and maybe some things that you may be interested in knowing about BYU. I am not sure what I think of the game or any prediction I can make. For the most part I think it will be a higher scoring game.

The past several years BYU has had pretty stout defenses. Even though they have played a lot of yard trash, their defense has held traditional rushing teams to low yardage. Ole Miss had two 1000+ rushers on their team and the BYU defense was solid. They have performed well against decent running teams from P5 conferences. Bronco, the head coach, is a genius when it comes to defense. However, last year was a big change for the BYU defense. Bronco turned the defense over to Nick Howell who was promoted to DC. Nick Howell, never played college ball and coached high school football where he had 3 wins and 30+ losses. I think at one point he had 24 losses in a row. He is not College Coach material, technically he isn't high school coach material. Half way through the year, Bronco took over play calling duties from Nick, who still ran team meetings and practices. BYU still had some terrible losses. This year Bronco is keeping play calling duties, but NIck is still in charge of practices, meetings and drills. The same situation for the last half of the year last year. When it comes to defense, BYU will be sorely under prepared and coached. Technically the only reason, Nick has a job is that he is Bronco's best friend.

Even though Riley is 1-2 vs BYU as a coach, his last win was very impressive and he did it with a back up QB. What Riley did was went Max protect and let the receivers get open. BYU has a very weak pass rush, trouble disguising blitz's and the CB's are lacking. Unless something has changed, if Riley has problems running against BYU, expect him to use this tactic. Even if your QB isn't that great, I would say he is probably, at least, on par with Oregon States back-up.

BYU's strength this year is their offense. Taysom Hill is a stud. He has several very tall receivers and some experienced OL people. The major running back is out for the year due to a possible Honor Code violation (probably something stupid like swearing in public). The back up running back has some skill and isn't too bad, but it drops off after that. Anae the OC has created potent offenses in the past and will probably have a pretty potent offense that can score pretty easy.

There will probably be several players suspended because of the brawl last year. Many of the players are defensive players. The combination of bad coaching, suspended players, little pass rush, and weak DB's suggests you guys should probably score at will.

I don't know who will win. As a BYU fan I will say BYU, but wouldn't bet money on it. I think it will be a close, high scoring game.

It'l be a high scoring game. Taysom will run all over Nebraskas D, but unfortunately Nebraska will run over our D. BYU 43 Nebraska 41.

Not sold on that. We're just gonna put a spy on Tasom and have our D-Line eat his lunch. This isn't Utah state, Nevada, UCF, Middle Tenn, or Savannah State you are playing.

Nobody eats Taysom's lunch. That's a pipe dream

 

[teachercd]

This thread has gotten weird!

 

[Decked]

BYU Fan here. Just what I think about the game and maybe some things that you may be interested in knowing about BYU. I am not sure what I think of the game or any prediction I can make. For the most part I think it will be a higher scoring game.

The past several years BYU has had pretty stout defenses. Even though they have played a lot of yard trash, their defense has held traditional rushing teams to low yardage. Ole Miss had two 1000+ rushers on their team and the BYU defense was solid. They have performed well against decent running teams from P5 conferences. Bronco, the head coach, is a genius when it comes to defense. However, last year was a big change for the BYU defense. Bronco turned the defense over to Nick Howell who was promoted to DC. Nick Howell, never played college ball and coached high school football where he had 3 wins and 30+ losses. I think at one point he had 24 losses in a row. He is not College Coach material, technically he isn't high school coach material. Half way through the year, Bronco took over play calling duties from Nick, who still ran team meetings and practices. BYU still had some terrible losses. This year Bronco is keeping play calling duties, but NIck is still in charge of practices, meetings and drills. The same situation for the last half of the year last year. When it comes to defense, BYU will be sorely under prepared and coached. Technically the only reason, Nick has a job is that he is Bronco's best friend.

Even though Riley is 1-2 vs BYU as a coach, his last win was very impressive and he did it with a back up QB. What Riley did was went Max protect and let the receivers get open. BYU has a very weak pass rush, trouble disguising blitz's and the CB's are lacking. Unless something has changed, if Riley has problems running against BYU, expect him to use this tactic. Even if your QB isn't that great, I would say he is probably, at least, on par with Oregon States back-up.

BYU's strength this year is their offense. Taysom Hill is a stud. He has several very tall receivers and some experienced OL people. The major running back is out for the year due to a possible Honor Code violation (probably something stupid like swearing in public). The back up running back has some skill and isn't too bad, but it drops off after that. Anae the OC has created potent offenses in the past and will probably have a pretty potent offense that can score pretty easy.

There will probably be several players suspended because of the brawl last year. Many of the players are defensive players. The combination of bad coaching, suspended players, little pass rush, and weak DB's suggests you guys should probably score at will.

I don't know who will win. As a BYU fan I will say BYU, but wouldn't bet money on it. I think it will be a close, high scoring game.

It'l be a high scoring game. Taysom will run all over Nebraskas D, but unfortunately Nebraska will run over our D. BYU 43 Nebraska 41.

Not sold on that. We're just gonna put a spy on Tasom and have our D-Line eat his lunch. This isn't Utah state, Nevada, UCF, Middle Tenn, or Savannah State you are playing.

Nobody eats Taysom's lunch. That's a pipe dream

Makes sense with that patty cake schedule you guys played last year. Tell Nevada, UCF, and Utah state hello.
/Welcome to the board. A little trash talk makes the games come faster!