From what I understand, everyone on the staff knows Ula will be the guy, but he doesn't have his legs back under him yet. The hope was that Squally and Burt could shoulder the load this season and Ula could redshirt to get his stamina up, but that plan fell apart in August when it became apparent that wasn't going to work, so now they are left having to try to bring Ula along during the season, but having to limit him to 10-15 reps (reps, not even carries) a game so they don't run him into a wall. You can see he's gassed after two or three carries.Ula looks like our best back, but was given 5 touches, including none in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th quarters.
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Silver lining. Last 2 weeks were against stout teams. Generally BYU doesn't look great against those types. Heck, BYU had a shot at a game winning drive last night despite all of the negatives that hawk points out.Other than that, things are looking up, yes? TICJust got home from the game. Here's the ugly truth my friends.
The offense is a total shambles. There's only one guy on offense who is any good, Matt Bushman. Tanner Mangum is a mess. He's making wrong reads, he's underthrowing 95% of his passes. He's locked on to receivers making for easy picks. He's completely unaware of his blindside. He had one good drive where he looked like the Mangum of old. It's probably enough to give him the start again next week, but only barely.
The offensive line is a mess. They aren't recognizing when potential pass rushers will have a free lane to the QB. They are barely getting any surge or holes open on run blocks. Their bright side is that they didn't have any personal fouls called against them that I recall.
The running backs are terrible. They aren't picking up pass protections, they aren't making a guy miss, they aren't falling forward when hit.
The receivers are awful. They aren't making the easy catches, let alone the tough catches. They struggle to get open, they are making mental mistakes like getting offensive PI when it was completely unnecessary.
The defense isn't as good as we're giving them credit for. Yes, they stiffen up inside the 20, but they are giving up far too many long drives and huge chunk yardage plays.
Special teams is also poor. Missed field goals, onsides kicks that go out of bounds, just a disaster.
Coaches are clueless. They don't have any idea at all how to fix the issues. The schemes are just bad. The play calling is bad. Players are starting to grumble and divisions are forming in the locker room from some of the whispers I'm hearing from people in the know.
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Other than that, things are looking up, yes? TICJust got home from the game. Here's the ugly truth my friends.
The offense is a total shambles. There's only one guy on offense who is any good, Matt Bushman. Tanner Mangum is a mess. He's making wrong reads, he's underthrowing 95% of his passes. He's locked on to receivers making for easy picks. He's completely unaware of his blindside. He had one good drive where he looked like the Mangum of old. It's probably enough to give him the start again next week, but only barely.
The offensive line is a mess. They aren't recognizing when potential pass rushers will have a free lane to the QB. They are barely getting any surge or holes open on run blocks. Their bright side is that they didn't have any personal fouls called against them that I recall.
The running backs are terrible. They aren't picking up pass protections, they aren't making a guy miss, they aren't falling forward when hit.
The receivers are awful. They aren't making the easy catches, let alone the tough catches. They struggle to get open, they are making mental mistakes like getting offensive PI when it was completely unnecessary.
The defense isn't as good as we're giving them credit for. Yes, they stiffen up inside the 20, but they are giving up far too many long drives and huge chunk yardage plays.
Special teams is also poor. Missed field goals, onsides kicks that go out of bounds, just a disaster.
Coaches are clueless. They don't have any idea at all how to fix the issues. The schemes are just bad. The play calling is bad. Players are starting to grumble and divisions are forming in the locker room from some of the whispers I'm hearing from people in the know.
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