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Vol. 34,
Issue 15 – November 11, 2013
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Headline Hindsight
BYU was Badgered, Bullied, Bloodied
and Beat
A week ago, in previewing
the upcoming BYU vs.
A week later and a Wisconsin 27 BYU 17 defeat in the rear view mirror, obviously the answer is yes, yes, yes and heck yes. The only alliteration missing in the hindsight headline was Bludgeoned, which BYU wasn’t. The rest of the headline description turned out to be accurate.
Despite the loss, the Cougars’ third of the season, this one didn’t sting like the first two. That’s because when you lose to a team that is obviously better than you in personnel, coaching, game management and every other department, other than firesides, it makes the pill being swallowed easier to take.
The losses to
In head on collisions, a
semi truck is going to fare better than a mid size sedan.
Works against
Non Elite
Defensively, Bronco
Mendenhall has proved that schematically, his effort, position mastery and
execution model works against non elite teams, it just doesn’t work
against top level competition. Let’s face it, the
Offensively, the same description applies. The Badger defense was bigger, better and tougher than the BYU’s go fast, go hard offense.
Last Saturday in
Despite the loss, the statistic stick in this contest was actually pretty even except in time of possession. In first downs, BYU had 20 and UW 21. Third down efficiency: BYU 7-19, UW 7-17. Total Yards: BYU 370 UW 425. Passing: BYU 207 UW 196. Rushing: BYU 163 UW 229. Turnovers: BYU 1 UW 2. Penalties: BYU 6-35 UW 2-10. Time of possession: BYU 23:58 UW 36:02.
Here’s a side note and salute to Cody Hoffman, the senior Cougar receiver. He accounted for 113 yards of BYU’s 207 yards through the air. He also scored the Cougars’ only two touchdowns of the game. In so doing, he tied Austin Collie’s record of 17 games of 100-yards receiving.
Big
Stats
But here are the big stats: Holding and Pass Interference calls nullified by Big Ten Officials ruling passes uncatchable: BYU 3 UW 0. Of course the ball is uncatchable when the receiver is mugged and mauled or held and hogtied while the ball is in the air. Sour grapes: HB 1 UW fans 0.
Whoops, forgot one other stat. Punting inside the opponents’ 35 yard line with still a slim chance at getting lucky and pulling out an improbable win: BYU and Bronco Mendenhall 1 Any other team and coach in America in any division or any local flag football recreational league in the nation 0.
Reality
Check
The Badgers gashed and dashed that dream. They also exposed the premature dreams of BYU fans with their Hill for Heisman aspirations. Taysom Hill is a very talented quarterback, but he is still lacking two key ingredients to become a legitimate Heisman hopeful: He needs an offensive line and consistent semi-sensible play calling from coaches.
Still, this game was not
a defeat that should have left Cougar fans despondent. That’s because the
ultimate reality check was that
No Need
for the ICU When You Have ISU on the Schedule
There is no need for the
BYU football team to check into the ICU unit at the local hospital. Despite the
loss to
That won’t happen
until a few more recruiting years pass. Meanwhile the Cougars will get the
ultimate panacea from
If you don’t think
That sounds like music to
the ears for BYU and their fan base. It should be a case of name that tune or
score as the Cougars tune up for Notre Dame in
The Irish actually are taking an ICU bye week off to recover from their road loss to Pitt last Saturday. BYU is taking the ISU approach: A sure win for seniors playing their last game at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
The game kicks off at 1 pm Mountain Time and will be televised globally via BYUtv.
IN EARLY
SEASON ROSE RELYING ON C&H SUGAR
If BYU is to have a
successful basketball season, it is no secret that Dave Rose and BYU will need
some good post play offensively and defensively from freshmen Eric Mika and
Luke Worthington. After a season opening 81-72 win over
What isn’t a secret is that regardless of the post play for the Cougars, Rose will be relying all season long on his C&H Sugar.
That would be the sweet
play of Matt Carlino and Tyler Haws. Against
How do you take your sugar? One lump or two? With both playing 36 minutes each, Weber took two lumps in the loss.
Carlino scored 22 points and had 6 rebounds. Haws had 28 points and a team leading 13 rebounds. As the Four Tops sang, years ago, that’s some real “Sugar Pie Honey Bunch” punch for Dave Rose to unleash on opponents this season. In other BYU video news, check out this soon to be Cougar making his knock off lip syncing debut borrowing material from his brother.
Kyle Collinsworth, in his
official return from
Eric Mika saw 24 minutes of play in which the promising freshman had 7 points and 5 rebounds.
What was obvious against
The Cougars will hit the
road for a game against Stanford tonight in
Dastrup a BYU Drop Out
BASKETBALL
LETTERS OF INTENT CAN BE SIGNED STARTING WEDNESDAY
You can drop Payton
Dastrup from the list of recruits that will be signing an early letter of
intent this Wednesday to play basketball at BYU. The LDS post player from
Whether that will be bad
news for BYU and good news for OSU, won’t actually be know for another
three years. That’s because Dastrup is set to serve an LDS mission
beginning next spring. By the time he returns and takes a redshirt year to get
back in shape, only then will we know if his stiffing of BYU for
Of course, it is the same with all the other players who will sign with BYU. All are stellar high school producers. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be getting scholarships at the next level. Nobody really knows if recruits will be stiffs or stars until the see the court at the college level.
That said, I’m betting real money on TJ Haws. He too is mission bound before enrolling, but based on his family’s history of getting back in shape quickly, likely is just two seasons away from playing for BYU. Again, I’m betting he won’t be a bust. He is the real deal and can play basketball much better than he can lip sync.
Here are the players that I expect to sign with BYU on Wednesday.
T.J. Haws, 6-4, 170, Lone Peak HS, UT
Jake Toolson, 6-5, 205,
Ryan Andrus, 6-9, 200, American Fork HS, UT…will play a year at BYU and then leave for an LDS mission.
Dave Rose should also announce Isaac Neilson as a signee. He is a 6-11,
220 and from Mission Viejo HS, CA…He will be back from his LDS mission
from
Also announced will be Jordan Chatman, a 6-4, 200 pound guard from Union HS in Ridgefield, WA…He will be back from his LDS mission to Taiwan and enroll in school for the fall semester of 2014
Women
Take Title and Drop Title Last Week
The BYU women’s
soccer team earned a first place tie for the West Coast Conference soccer
championship last week. They finished with an 8-1 record and tied with
The Lady Cougars will now
await a sure NCAA post season tournament invite. Hosting two games in
Meanwhile, with still
three matches left to play, the BYU women’s volleyball team, for all
intents and purposes, lost the WCC title when they were upset on the road by
The Cougars had held a 1
game lead over second place and No. 8 nationally ranked
Both teams will host
Gonzaga and
BYU
Television Timetable
BYU vs.
Stanford (Men’s Basketball)
Monday, Nov 11 at
Tipoff: 9:00 pm Mountain Time
TV: ESPN2
BYU vs.
Gonzaga (Women’s Volleyball)
Thursday, Nov 14 at
Match Start: 7:00 pm Mountain Time
TV: BYUtv
BYU vs.
Friday, Nov 15 at
Tipoff: 7:00 pm Mountain Time
TV: BYUtv
BYU vs.
Saturday, Nov 16 at
Kickoff: 1:00 pm Mountain Time
TV: BYUtv
BYU vs.
Saturday, Nov 16 at 7:30 pm Mountain Time
Tipoff: 7:30 pm Mountain Time
TV: BYUtv
BYU vs.
Wednesday, Nov 20 at
Tipoff: 7:30 pm Mountain Time
TV: ESPNU
BYU vs.
Monday, Nov 25 at
Tipoff: 5:30 pm Mountain Time
TV: ESPNU
BYU vs.
DePaul/Wichita State (Men’s Basketball)
Tuesday, Nov 26 at
Tipoff: TBA
TV: ESPN2 or ESPNU
BYU vs.
Saturday, Nov 30 at
Tipoff: 7:00 pm Mountain Time
TV: BYUtv