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Duck Rodgers said:
We're not very good? WSU had 224/yards and 6 points. Call me when somebody else holds them below that this year. Won't happen. BYU was in the red zone all night on offense too despite the fact that Cody Hoffman was out early. You shouldn't be anything but optimistic at this point.

I'll tell who's not very good, Pac 12 refs. Please leave those amateurs home in the future. Personal fall penalties for brushing arms? Get out here with that stuff. I guess they aren't accustomed to physical football.
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These are all excellent points, and I have to agree. I guess I just forgot that it's the first game of the year, and we're not going to be 100%.

YB85 said:
I don't have any political contributions to make this year so the money in my pocket will be good.
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Oh wow, it's going to be double sweet.
 
People don't forget, Wash St. had no problem scoring last year. Didn't they average over 30 points last year? Wilson is a 1000+ yard receiver, right?

Leach was supposed to only help them to score. Their QB was back and healthy. If anything, this was supposed to be a shootout.

BYU's defensive performance last night was impressive. Even Ute homers have to admit to this. Or concede that their conference is dump on fire.

I loved how we stunted and blitzed, changed things up, so refreshing... And the closing speed BYU had. Once a pass was completed, they made sure that Wash St. wasn't gonna get anything after the catch. In many cases, not only did they prevent yards gained after the catch but punished the receiver for catching the ball. Good physical defense

That BYU pass rush is good. Very good. If I'm Wynn my shoulder is hurting already.... Can't wait to knock him out in a few weeks. Van Noy is going to break you
 
The Thriller said:
I really didn't like the red zone offense now that I think of it. What the hell was Doman thinking? Our greatest strengths right now is the receiving talent. If I'm some of those big receivers, I'm a lil pissed at the playcalling in the red zone. Lob it up to Apo (since Hoffman was injured) or the TEs. Or, probably the most effective, run a bootleg. Give Nelson a run/pass option. This should be devastating as defenses will have to honor Nelson's running ability. Should find some easy wide open receivers. I mean, just look at how wide open TWO of our WRs/TEs were with Hill's first TD pass on that run/pass option.
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Overall, there were certainly a lot of bright spots but I agree. That was one of the things that concerned me the most.

Other things that concerned me besides being able to punch it in when getting to the red zone* are: the dumb penalties (yes, the refs were pretty bad but even so there were way too many penalties) and too many runs for 0 yards (by both RBs and QB).

Too bad it's hard to know if the domination was because BYU is going to be really good, or WSU is going to be really bad.

*I think calling it the blue zone is just stupid.
 
colton said:
Other things that concerned me besides being able to punch it in when getting to the red zone* are: the dumb penalties (yes, the refs were pretty bad but even so there were way too many penalties) and too many runs for 0 yards (by both RBs and QB).

Too bad it's hard to know if the domination was because BYU is going to be really good, or WSU is going to be really bad.
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I agree with all of this. Some of the hand offs were bad.

I'm also not sure if we really know much about BYU. I don't think that next week will shed any light on it either. Until after week 3 we might not know how good or bad BYU really is.
 
Love this Leach quote on Riley Nelson:


https://www.heraldextra.com/sports/...cle_02634156-f33b-11e1-afe4-0019bb2963f4.html



"Am I impressed with his ability to run? No. Am I impressed with his ability to throw? Not really. But the most important thing," the always-candid Leach said, was Nelson's ability to be a leader in the 30-6 BYU win that was the season opener for both teams and Leach's debut for WSU on Thursday.

"You can see they draw a lot of confidence from him," the BYU alumnus said. "He's a tough, gritty guy."
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Missed the game. It was on the euro version of ESPN in the middle of the night here.
Good to see BYU whipped some *** though!
 
colton said:
Overall, there were certainly a lot of bright spots but I agree. That was one of the things that concerned me the most.

Other things that concerned me besides being able to punch it in when getting to the red zone* are: the dumb penalties (yes, the refs were pretty bad but even so there were way too many penalties) and too many runs for 0 yards (by both RBs and QB).

Too bad it's hard to know if the domination was because BYU is going to be really good, or WSU is going to be really bad.

*I think calling it the blue zone is just stupid.
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LOL

I agree, one of the lamest things I've ever seen at the stadium. That's why I had it in bold in my post.
 
It was a good game one of the season. There was rust at times, and they looked great at times.
Most of all I liked the defense. They did not allow much in the way of YAC, and they got good pressure on Tuel, or Tool or whatever the QB's name was.
Riley looked good on his throws over the middle when in the pocket, his scramble throws are iffy, and his down the field throws are frisbees.
The running backs looked good, believe it or not I was most impressed with Foote, he seemed to move well bounce off tackles at times and push through for the extra yards.
Like others have said, some of the running play calls, and calls in general were not good.
Also, as was mentioned, the refs were terrible. They called celebration and personal fouls in excess. I could see those calls on a couple plays, but not nearly as many as they called.

I'm worried about defenses that can catch those lame ducks Riley throws up there.

Good game, it tells us a little, but not much. Wash St was out of sync, and did not play well.
 
JazzSpazz said:
It was a good game one of the season. There was rust at times, and they looked great at times.
Most of all I liked the defense. They did not allow much in the way of YAC, and they got good pressure on Tuel, or Tool or whatever the QB's name was.
Riley looked good on his throws over the middle when in the pocket, his scramble throws are iffy, and his down the field throws are frisbees.
The running backs looked good, believe it or not I was most impressed with Foote, he seemed to move well bounce off tackles at times and push through for the extra yards.
Like others have said, some of the running play calls, and calls in general were not good.
Also, as was mentioned, the refs were terrible. They called celebration and personal fouls in excess. I could see those calls on a couple plays, but not nearly as many as they called.

I'm worried about defenses that can catch those lame ducks Riley throws up there.

Good game, it tells us a little, but not much. Wash St was out of sync, and did not play well.
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I really don't like it when they go double TE and/or run out of the I-Formation. It's just too predictable and there never seem to be enough room for a big back like Alisa to operate in. I'm thinking that most of those running plays stopped at the line of scrimmage were out of the I...
 
JazzSpazz said:
I'm worried about defenses that can catch those lame ducks Riley throws up there.
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Good point. A team with corners that have good closing speed could cause problems. One good thing, though, is that our receivers are pretty good sized, so they can usually win the "jump balls".
 
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