10-12-2008, 04:52 AM | #1 |
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My thoughts on the game today
Some of the things I took away from today's game
1. We didn't have any turnovers. That is always a positive. 2. We beat a decent team and held them to 3 points. Considering the amount of time New Mexico had the ball only giving up 3 points is pretty good. 3. Max Hall made good decisions today. Didn't try to force things and made a few big plays. He continued to play well. 4. It was good to see Micheal Reed and T. Hooks out there again today. IMO Reed is one of the most important players for BYU if they want to win out. 5. Nixon and Clawson made huge plays from the outside backer positions. Those two had a great game today. Now for the negatives. 1. Not giving Harvey one carry in the 1st quarter is not good. That falls on Anae. I don't think Anae called his best game today. 2. Our longest run was 9 yards by Fui. Our O Line and backs are better than that. As good as they are we should break some bigger runs. 3. Our Middle Backers were horrible today. 4. Missed tackles by the middle backers as well as Howard and Fowler. If our D does want to keep everything in front of them then they need to tackle better. Howard and Fowler were horrible tacklers today. |
10-12-2008, 04:54 AM | #2 |
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10-12-2008, 06:17 AM | #3 |
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My thoughts are pretty simple: If we play like that on Thurs night the winning streak and BCS hopes come to a screeching halt.
When I heard Bronco say on the radio afterwards that the conservative play calling through the 1st one and a half quarters was by design because they didn't want to turn the ball over I wanted punch my car stereo. Conceding that position to UNM's defense before the ball is even kicked off infuriates me. They are playing the #1 ranked defense in the nation in TCU on Thursday and if we come out with another conservative plan to start the game as opposed to what we'd been doing, we're going too be in big trouble. All season long we've jumped on opponents early and been aggressive and making a conscicous decision to not be aggressive and just kind of hoping we don't turn the ball over by throwing 3 yard underneath dink and dunks was disconcerting to say the least. On Thurs the #1 thing I want to see is a return to aggressive play calling and aggression by a pissed off offense and a TD score on the 1st drive. Send an early message.
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Having said that, TCU's offense is going to have to play better than they've played all season to score enough points to beat the Cougars. |
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I think New Mexico had the right game plan to beat the Cougars. I just don't think they had the right talent (see: QB) to execute it well enough. |
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Hmmm, no mention of the defensive backs.
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Hmmm, no mention of the defensive backs and their pass coverage.
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While we did force 2 turnovers, we converted zero points from those turnovers. Not muy bien. And since we were bailed out of a NM by a holding call, the game was much closer than the score indicates.
TCU game will be tough. Really tough.
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