We win if coaches use the kicking game correctly.

Lawboy wrote:
When we were down 17 with like 11 minutes left in the 4th and ran a freaking sweep with Brian Kariya, yeah, we should have gone for 3 there. That play call was fine, the personnel for the play was the issue. Had it been JJ or Q, it was a first down. I love Kariya, but he is not fast enough to run a sweep with. Jake also blew a first down on his scramble where he dove for it instead of running through it and cutting back. He had it easy, but did not get it.



Our D stepped up late, but the O just lacks any real punch, especially in the red zone. We have issues this year we just are not used to.

Mars wrote:


BYU drove inside Nevada's 25-yard line SIX times. That could have meant 42 points.



Instead, we settled for just one Touchdown. 1 out of 6.

runbyu1 wrote:

BYU drove inside Nevada's 25-yard line SIX times. That could have meant 42 points.



Instead, we settled for just one Touchdown. 1 out of 6.

Very telling indeed. It seemed like we drove on them at will and then lost all juice when we got close. Play calling? Personnel?

runbyu1 wrote:

BYU drove inside Nevada's 25-yard line SIX times. That could have meant 42 points. Instead, we settled for just one Touchdown. 1 out of 6.

Very telling indeed. It seemed like we drove on them at will and then lost all juice when we got close. Play calling? Personnel?

Cougarbib2 wrote:
We seem to have drifted a little off topic here - but back to punting and field position and the need to have confidence in the punting game.



Yeah - usually - especially if you think your d might stop them eventually - otherwise try to get some points.



Craig rightly so points out the special player of the week performance of the MWC week punting in helping beat UW. I agree.



Craig did not mention the 1 yard punt followed by the 12 yard punt that helped lose another game. Or the 2 yard Rugby punt that helped lose this game. But maybe the conventional punt at home is reliable enough - just be wary of it on the road.



Re the drifted topic - performance in practice - for freshmen - is not a great predictor of performance on the field in chaos and heat. Reference Jake Heaps as one example and almost any tight end. Look at who is scoring the points at game time and go with them.



But if we are going to develop the kids - we may have to let them make mistakes and hope they stay healthy and learn while making them. I do want to see a little more Juice but also do not want to see Heaps hauled off on a stretcher if a block is missed.



And I am finally on board with shooting the veterans and firing the coaches.



So put your dream staff together. Fire Bronco first. List below all of the replacements u would like to see but first they must be willing to work for less than half what June Jones got at SMU while hearing fans whine about the big bucks they get paid.



Make your list. UW fans will let u have Sark if you want him. He makes more money though as a rookie HC. Oh, I forgot - Bronco beat him and his senior heisman #1 pick QB and returning 100 yard rusher and all everything returning receiver. Scratch Sark. Who else!

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Cougarbib2 wrote:
We seem to have drifted a little off topic here - but back to punting and field position and the need to have confidence in the punting game.



Yeah - usually - especially if you think your d might stop them eventually - otherwise try to get some points.



Craig rightly so points out the special player of the week performance of the MWC week punting in helping beat UW. I agree.



Craig did not mention the 1 yard punt followed by the 12 yard punt that helped lose another game. Or the 2 yard Rugby punt that helped lose this game. But maybe the conventional punt at home is reliable enough - just be wary of it on the road.



Re the drifted topic - performance in practice - for freshmen - is not a great predictor of performance on the field in chaos and heat. Reference Jake Heaps as one example and almost any tight end. Look at who is scoring the points at game time and go with them.



But if we are going to develop the kids - we may have to let them make mistakes and hope they stay healthy and learn while making them. I do want to see a little more Juice but also do not want to see Heaps hauled off on a stretcher if a block is missed.



And I am finally on board with shooting the veterans and firing the coaches.



So put your dream staff together. Fire Bronco first. List below all of the replacements u would like to see but first they must be willing to work for less than half what June Jones got at SMU while hearing fans whine about the big bucks they get paid.



Make your list. UW fans will let u have Sark if you want him. He makes more money though as a rookie HC. Oh, I forgot - Bronco beat him and his senior heisman #1 pick QB and returning 100 yard rusher and all everything returning receiver. Scratch Sark. Who else!



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Mars wrote:


BYU drove inside Nevada's 25-yard line SIX times. That could have meant 42 points.



Instead, we settled for just one Touchdown. 1 out of 6.

YNot wrote:

BYU drove inside Nevada's 25-yard line SIX times. That could have meant 42 points. Instead, we settled for just one Touchdown. 1 out of 6.

Even with 1 out of 6 resulting in a Touchdown, we should have had 4 other opportunities that resulted in Field Goals (for a total score of 19) and one last chance in the final minutes to score a touchdown and 2-point conversion and at least take the game to overtime; 27-27. Of course, we will never know whether a closer score would have encouraged Nevada's offense to pass and score more (if they could), rather than run out the clock...



The point is also very well made in previous posts that we need to freaking put the ball in the end zone!

declocoug wrote:
I have nothing against Kariya. He's done no more or less than anyone else on the team to lose games for BYU. He's just currently the pinata for road rage BYU fans. As OU how if Kariya is slow, undependable, makes bad decisions, and has bad hands. The guy does his job and unfortunately doesn't break loose for 20 yard runs too often so fans are ready to cut his throat.



Pathetic.

Mars wrote:

Mars wrote:
Which does make it seem like Nevada could have scored more TDs if they were pushed to by a scoring BYU offense, but they weren't, so they were content to hold onto the ball and run out the clock to get out of town as soon as possible with the win.

Italics wrote:

YNot wrote:

Which does make it seem like Nevada could have scored more TDs if they were pushed to by a scoring BYU offense, but they weren't, so they were content to hold onto the ball and run out the clock to get out of town as soon as possible with the win.

Which is why I don't get why BYU holding Nevada to 27 points was such a big deal. I saw absolutely no evidence in the game that we had an answer for Nevada's offense.