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Re: Jordan Pendleton would not commit to BYU

2017-10-29T13:17:52-06:00

BYU football is a sleeping giant right now = could be great if it wakes up. If team leadership emerges among a few players, and then if others buy in, synchrony develops, then a taste of success, followed by more faith/confidence and pride as a team.

I'm not predicting this; just saying it could happen. We saw a hint of that yesterday. The quality of BYU's athletes is on the level. The coaches are not 100% responsible for all of this. Some of it is on the players.

We'll see how this team responds next week against Fresno St. Then we will know.
El Bakri stepped up in a motivating way (that hit on the KO will be felt by the other kid for a month!).

Talk to Max Hall or Luke Staley, he may feel that the rest of his life.

Statistics: Posted by BroncoBot — Sun Oct 29, 2017 1:17 pm

Re: Jordan Pendleton would not commit to BYU

2017-10-29T13:12:01-06:00

Utah is not very good this year. They are in the worst spot talent wise they've been in many years, but they have hard nosed coaching that will keep them competitive and in games. This is the difference good coaching makes. If they were under BYU's staff they'd be winless and not competitive (like BYU).
The fact that BYU played them to a single possession and their kicker saved their trash bears this out. However, they are competing.
Utah would be in SERIOUS trouble if they didn't sell out any standards they might have been clinging to and get Carrington.

We would be doing much better if Bernard was on the team playing for us this year. Sometimes it just pays to not have morals or standards, in the short term.

I disagree that U of U is "light years" ahead of BYU. The result from the last two games should show you that. 2 games, 5 points between.

But you have a problem with all the Bronco losses when they often came down to a missed fg...
OK.

Statistics: Posted by BroncoBot — Sun Oct 29, 2017 1:12 pm

Re: Jordan Pendleton would not commit to BYU

2017-10-29T12:42:14-06:00

Kids want to win. I get it. Dime a dozen. That’s why AL is number one every year. Not sure why these athletes who just want to win will necessarily go to UT. Name me a good team they’ve beaten this year. AZ? But I digress. I’m sure they will have a winning record when all is said and done, and if that is all it takes, then I’m sure UT will get their share. When the chips are down, we need leader/athletes who can lift. I hope there are some out there for us. We could use a few.
ASU dominates UT. They still don’t have a quality win. I know we don’t even have a quality loss, but Beehive State football on a real downer.
Oregon destroys u of u.
BYU beats SJSU!
I'm not sure which way this moves the pendulum...

My thesis is further sustained. Add in USU getting crushed by BSU and the fact remains: football in the Beehive State sucks this year. It is possible no team will go bowling. Seeing UT get dominated by Oregon, well now I’m understanding why our game against them was so close.

Statistics: Posted by BoiseBYU — Sun Oct 29, 2017 12:42 pm

Re: Jordan Pendleton would not commit to BYU

2017-10-29T12:12:46-06:00

BYU football is a sleeping giant right now = could be great if it wakes up. If team leadership emerges among a few players, and then if others buy in, synchrony develops, then a taste of success, followed by more faith/confidence and pride as a team.

I'm not predicting this; just saying it could happen. We saw a hint of that yesterday. The quality of BYU's athletes is on the level. The coaches are not 100% responsible for all of this. Some of it is on the players.

We'll see how this team responds next week against Fresno St. Then we will know.

Leadership ... I do believe that has been the missing "Y Factor". Injuries have taken a huge toll on the Cougs this year too. Yesterday, especially in the first half, the team looked like the team of old. The passing game was nice to see (perhaps the return to a pass focus is a result of losing Tolutau). El Bakri stepped up in a motivating way (that hit on the KO will be felt by the other kid for a month!). Tanner played with more confidence. It seems to me that there was some leadership and some change in coaching mentality ... Plus it was SJSU.

But the Cougs looked good enough in the 1st half to almost give me hope for the game against Fresno ... it must be these blasted blue goggles, I just can't get them off!

Statistics: Posted by mtnradio — Sun Oct 29, 2017 12:12 pm

Re: Jordan Pendleton would not commit to BYU

2017-10-29T09:10:48-06:00

Utah is not very good this year. They are in the worst spot talent wise they've been in many years, but they have hard nosed coaching that will keep them competitive and in games. This is the difference good coaching makes. If they were under BYU's staff they'd be winless and not competitive (like BYU).
The fact that BYU played them to a single possession and their kicker saved their trash bears this out. However, they are competing.

Utah would be in SERIOUS trouble if they didn't sell out any standards they might have been clinging to and get Carrington.

We would be doing much better if Bernard was on the team playing for us this year. Sometimes it just pays to not have morals or standards, in the short term.

I disagree that U of U is "light years" ahead of BYU. The result from the last two games should show you that. 2 games, 5 points between.

Statistics: Posted by Brayden Green — Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:10 am

Re: Jordan Pendleton would not commit to BYU

2017-10-29T05:48:01-06:00

BYU football is a sleeping giant right now = could be great if it wakes up. If team leadership emerges among a few players, and then if others buy in, synchrony develops, then a taste of success, followed by more faith/confidence and pride as a team.

I'm not predicting this; just saying it could happen. We saw a hint of that yesterday. The quality of BYU's athletes is on the level. The coaches are not 100% responsible for all of this. Some of it is on the players.

We'll see how this team responds next week against Fresno St. Then we will know.

Statistics: Posted by BOID — Sun Oct 29, 2017 5:48 am

Re: Jordan Pendleton would not commit to BYU

2017-10-28T22:02:45-06:00

Kids want to win. I get it. Dime a dozen. That’s why AL is number one every year. Not sure why these athletes who just want to win will necessarily go to UT. Name me a good team they’ve beaten this year. AZ? But I digress. I’m sure they will have a winning record when all is said and done, and if that is all it takes, then I’m sure UT will get their share. When the chips are down, we need leader/athletes who can lift. I hope there are some out there for us. We could use a few.
ASU dominates UT. They still don’t have a quality win. I know we don’t even have a quality loss, but Beehive State football on a real downer.

Oregon destroys u of u.
BYU beats SJSU!
I'm not sure which way this moves the pendulum...

Statistics: Posted by BroncoBot — Sat Oct 28, 2017 10:02 pm

Re: Jordan Pendleton would not commit to BYU

2017-10-23T12:27:18-06:00

Utah is not very good this year. They are in the worst spot talent wise they've been in many years, but they have hard nosed coaching that will keep them competitive and in games. This is the difference good coaching makes. If they were under BYU's staff they'd be winless and not competitive (like BYU).
The fact that BYU played them to a single possession and their kicker saved their trash bears this out. However, they are competing.

Yep, that's the difference coaching can make.

Statistics: Posted by hawkwing — Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:27 pm

Re: Jordan Pendleton would not commit to BYU

2017-10-23T12:10:42-06:00

Still don't agree. UU has wins against BYU (sure BYU sucks, but a win over BYU is a win) and AZ who has a winning record and is at least a p5 team. They've lost on a failed 2 point conversion against a ranked USC team and a FG loss to Stanford. Their record may be a downer, but they've got little to hang their heads over.
AND you are STILL not reading my post. I am NOT comparing BYU and UT. I am stating that football in the State of Utah this year is down. Your only response is they beat a 4-3 AZ Woohoo! The fact that UT beat BYU does not mean football in the State of UT is better as a result.

I completely understand your point.
You're still not getting my drift. And I didn't compare the two programs in the above quoted post. I'll take responsibility for that though. perhaps the following will make my point more clear.
Utah is having an average year.
BYU is not.

Statistics: Posted by BroncoBot — Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:10 pm

Re: Jordan Pendleton would not commit to BYU

2017-10-23T12:02:32-06:00

Utah is not very good this year. They are in the worst spot talent wise they've been in many years, but they have hard nosed coaching that will keep them competitive and in games. This is the difference good coaching makes. If they were under BYU's staff they'd be winless and not competitive (like BYU).

The fact that BYU played them to a single possession and their kicker saved their trash bears this out. However, they are competing.

Statistics: Posted by BroncoBot — Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:02 pm