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Is it a Nostradamus or a Nostrildamus Season?

In August, I was predicting a minimum of 7 wins for BYU football. My prognostication is still percolating and possible. A win over New Mexico State and a bowl win over SMU in the Frisco Bowl gets it done. That’s my Nostradamus late-season prediction.

Here are my Nostrildamus season thoughts. Coming off a 4-9 dismal display of football in 2017, BYU had a lot of sub-par season colloidal mucus (snot) to sneeze and sniffle away and coaching jobs to jettison in an effort to keep the BYU bulbous barge afloat and breathing. For most BYU fans, a totally clear nasal passage won’t be possible until the deviated septum of seven straight losses to Utah is fixed. That is when BYU fans can breathe normally again. Unfortunately, this nasal canal conundrum doesn’t look to resolve itself this this year, but BYU football is breathing much better this season than last.

In my opinion, the biggest thick wet substance (snot) snafus on BYU’s current record this year came in consecutive weeks against Northern Illinois and Boise State. Both were games that should have been wins. Let me pause right here and apologize for using the term snot snafus. A much more appropriate description for the more refined readers of this rag would be mucus mistakes. 

BYU started the year with a run-oriented offense which required a blocking scheme and tight ends oriented to that scheme. After the two consecutive booger (Dried Nasal Mucus) beat downs by Washington and Utah State a little nasal landscaping and trimming was in order.  BYU changed offenses and removed the hairy-mess offense used against UW and USU.

Gone was the QB under center, fly sweep, run-first offense and enter the QB in shotgun formation and a more run/pass option offense. That required new blocking schemes and time for the offensive line to learn and execute those schemes. All of this was done to take advantage of the skill set of Zach Wilson. He can throw it, but can also make defenses have to defend against him as a run/pass option.

As the illustration above shows, BYU’s offensive nostrils needed a little trimming and timing, but didn’t have another spring football session to make the nasal hair removal painless. That mid-season pain may start to show some production starting now with New Mexico State and a bowl game. I even think we will see enough breathing bright spots to make Utah have a few mucus moments of their own next week.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. To imitate someone is to pay the person a genuine compliment — often an unintended compliment. That may be what Jeff Grimes did when he basically copied the current Virginia offense of Robert Anae after naming Zach Wilson (#11) the starting quarterback. Both BYU and UVA have dynamic run/pass playmaker quarterbacks, UVA’s is Bryce Perkins (#3), and it has made big differences in the offensive production of both programs. Compare the two quarterbacks and offenses from their games from last week.

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Thanks, HB