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El Jefe Evil Genius

Nov 18, 4:43pm

I'm confused. ARod said it wasn't their gameplan to bleed the clock and shorten

HRCougar

8:27am

Arod says lots of stuff - you have to take it with a grain of salt. And the worst part of the 10.5 minute, 17 play

foofcoug

8:31am

Yep and only went 66 yards. You'd expect a 95 yard drive or something to eat

HRCougar

8:32am

Also, if you're going up against a legitimately bad defense - what they're "dictating" to you shouldn't matter in the

foofcoug

8:32am

This year feels like 2001. I hope I’m wrong.

Flippy

8:20am

2001 had great O, terrible D. This year is the opposite

arizonacougarfan

8:23am

Not comparing the teams, just the feeling.

Flippy

8:24am

2001 team had a more elite O than the 2024 D, and more horrible D than 2024 O

nova_coug_fan

8:27am

RE: This year feels like 2001. I hope I’m wrong.

crimedog

8:29am

When did the phrase spike it change to clock it? And more importantly, why?

Rusty Crab Daddy

8:20am

Video: BYU Alumni Tailgate Plans for Arizona State Game and Service Project: You Can Help Make a Difference View

[Y's Guys Podcast] Y’s Guys

8:14am

BYU Alumni is awesome,

hpcougar

8:27am

Worst work phrase you’ve been hearing this year?

snowbird

8:14am

'thank you for your time, you're experienced, but we went with someone else.'

WaffleCheese

8:15am

Nothing, but on CB it's the dumb bingo card thing.

Rusty Crab Daddy

8:16am

"Leveraging AI"

SWKTNative

8:17am

My boss always says "right, wrong or indifferent" which is annoying enough, but now

txblue

8:21am

Everyone at my company says “one hundred percent” when agreeing with someone’s decision

letthewookieewin

8:25am

💯

Ragnar Danneskjold

8:29am

RE: 💯

letthewookieewin

8:31am

"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast" 5 million times

Hup

8:27am

That's a sailboat racing mantra

justAnotherCoug

8:30am

Colorado offer letter

SV72 Sale

8:13am

They're gonna have to re-do all those as soon as Prime leaves after this season

volleyjiver

8:15am

Knocking doors on my mission in New York a guy asked me “why don’t you have any black people on your football team?”

Sea Chicken Freeloader

8:12am

Beating CO in the CCG redeems us. Or annihilating ASU. My random thought of the day.

Dr MoBYU Truly Addicted User

8:07am

RE: Beating CO in the CCG redeems us. Or annihilating ASU. My random thought of the day.

jaromp

8:11am

Your thoughts aren’t very random.

Yukon

8:11am

Video: Leon White: Dominant Defender - Leon White had high hopes for BYU's Football team entering the 1984 season, but his world turned... View

[BYUtv Sports] BYUtv Sports Nation

8:07am

Turns out I’m going to be in AZ this weekend. Looking for tickets (4) if anyone is selling.

JimmerEatWorld Starter

8:04am

I've moved on. This weekend has an awesome matchup!

LegitCoug

8:02am

But what are your thoughts about our last possession before the half against KU?

garyfan

8:05am

Indefensible. However...

LegitCoug

8:07am

Historical. Next up?

TailgateU

8:09am

Iowa State’s Utah game preview in their alumni email this week

CycloneCoug

8:01am

Bulletin board material.

Bryceo19

8:03am

I'd say, let's hold them accountable but I actually want to play ISU in the CCG

nephicoug

8:04am

Psh wont make a difference. They’re so deflated nothing can get them fired up

bornbyu93

8:20am

I'm curious how Empty RES will look. I'm sure it's another sellout!

pinolero

8:08am

Did anybody make and/or distribute tshirts that say, ‘I survived the CB server maintenance. 11/18/24 ? I would buy one

TADOW Intervention Needed

8:00am

No. But if CB is still running crappily during the game on Saturday, I'll get some shirts made up that say "We went

foofcoug

8:08am

Blog: Projecting Where BYU Lands In College Football Playoff Rankings After First Loss View

[KSL Sports] Mitch Harper

8:00am

Do you believe BYU's first loss will be

Archaea

7:54am

Providence road trip could be a slip up too

ZacSeljaas'Stache

7:56am

I suppose.

Archaea

7:59am

Started Arcane season 2 last night ...

byujacob INSUFFERABLE KNOW IT ALL

7:54am

so far.....pretty good

LeonMarek

7:56am

So far I have enjoyed it and so far it hasn’t been as great as the first season.

Jay_L

7:57am

First season is the best show on Netflix IMO

hadmonster

7:59am

Do you have to be a nerd to like it?

eysikal

8:00am

You have to have no pulse to not appreciate the artistry

hadmonster

8:01am

Didn't watch last night. Did Poch really put CP as a free-roaming 10 in a 4231?

shoganai

7:51am

It’s like we have an actual soccer coach now.

Bryceo19

8:01am

yes, ball movement was great with CP as focal point

Ezy

8:03am

Not sure of the exact formation but it was free flowing and guys were moving

bob falfa

8:05am

Defense was still lazy but I like the offensive creativity.

Archaea

8:12am

Gross - sorry if already been circulated here.

Gunga Galunga

7:46am

He’s gotta be hurt

KYU

7:46am

He’s hurt so we don’t give him redzone touches? And injured players can play

Ron Mexico

8:06am

It's what the defense was giving them. Just gotta go with it. The defense has only given the offense 3 opportunities

foofcoug

7:49am

RE: It's what the defense was giving them. Just gotta go with it. The defense

BYUfannonLDS

7:58am

I’ve noticed this, it’s crazy. He’ll play between the 20s and get pulled

palangi

7:51am

We just need to watch the film, love one another, etc

byuTX

7:52am

Oh, and a quick timeout

byuTX

8:17am

How many total plays inside the 10 did we run the last two games?

shoganai

7:52am

That's what I don't know but I can think of one game altering situation vs KU

Gunga Galunga

7:53am

Sample size is pretty important.

shoganai

7:54am

Throwing a fade on 1st & goal from the 5 for an INT does limit the amount of potential plays.

foofcoug

8:12am

Throwing an interception does. The route, itself, isn't really material.

shoganai

8:18am

The fact that an INT was thrown on the same route for a 2 point conversion the previous week means that it should not

foofcoug

8:22am

"This play failed last time, so we should never run it again," doesn't seem like

shoganai

8:28am

They seemed to be running the ball so well on that drive, I would have liked to

BYUfannonLDS

8:20am

ARod absolutely loses his mind in the redzone.

maxpowers

8:31am

A soul enriching day on the river last week

NacoCoug

7:34am

awesome. Which River?

Chester Copperpot

7:35am

Looks like the Green, A section

FatThor

7:36am

didn't have you pegged as a dementor

SingleStrapBackpack

7:39am

Who takes your pics? I knew a guy who could always take good solo pics that turn

Flippy

7:45am

Hail, fellow fly fishing fanatic

Nodak Cougar

8:30am

Someone put me out of my misery

HimmerFredette

7:31am

RE: Someone put me out of my misery

RealSimsShadY

7:31am

We should start a support group

Garn

7:37am

The only thing that will cause change is apathy in the fan base. Unless Jerry sees some big declined in profit

Chemish

7:47am

I will help. Poof. Now you are a JETS fan.

DwigtA2RM

7:48am

RE: I will help. Poof. Now you are a JETS fan.

ebv

7:54am

Our game plan was to keep their 'high-powered offense" off the field by eating

Genghis Spreads

7:30am

We had plenty of possessions to come back. Just couldn't finish drives. Should

RGGeemer

7:32am

That's not good. That means we REALLY suck.

Genghis Spreads

7:33am

We certainly did in the red zone on Saturday night. We typically are pretty

RGGeemer

7:33am

We typically aren't very good at fades in the right corner of the endzone.

Genghis Spreads

7:34am

It worked against SMU. Didn't work against Utah and Kansas.

RGGeemer

7:34am

Link

RGGeemer

7:35am

BYU production on 1st and 2nd down is not good. Too many 3rd and longs. It is

PhilPete

7:35am

We did have enough possessions to come back. We were at the 11 yard line with 2 minutes to go and 2 timeouts

Skeptical Optimist

7:34am

We would've had more chances were we not eating clock.

Genghis Spreads

7:43am

4 Redzone chances are more than enough, especially when we have been scoring a TD on almost 70% of all redzone

Skeptical Optimist

7:44am

But if random crap were to happen like it did, we're screwed.

Genghis Spreads

7:47am

To be fair, so would Kansas.

RGGeemer

7:45am

And they weren't really moving the ball.

dYrtbYkerYder

7:47am

I'm not convinced getting into a high-tempo shootout would've produced a better

shoganai

7:36am

Sounds like a gameplan for when you're completely outmanned and going against a much more talented team than what you

foofcoug

7:36am

ARod said yesterday in Coordinators Corner that it wasn't the game plan to chew clock and limit possessions, but

Skeptical Optimist

7:40am

Arod has said a lot of things that have been proven false over the years. I'm not inclined to start taking his word as

foofcoug

7:46am

That sums up the situation perfectly.

HRCougar

7:46am

We had enough possessions to win. This loss is due to poor execution.

kccougar

7:38am

Poor execution normally doesn't result in INTs or freak muffed punts.

Genghis Spreads

8:29am

Their high powered offense scores one TD (If you don't count being set up)

Yes

7:41am

The more talented team should want more possessions. Too much risk otherwise.

dYrtbYkerYder

7:46am

^^^ This

Genghis Spreads

8:27am

What is your opinion of Elon Musk? Hero? Villain? Something else? What is he?

Borg

7:28am

Very intelligent guy who's trying to do what's right.

XORCoug

7:29am

Outside the box thinker who is sometimes WAY outside the box

BandW

7:33am

Rich dude interested in getting richer and more powerful.

Blueto

7:34am

What an inefficient way of achieving this task.

Shore10

7:57am

ehh, he is going to be having some major power

TheHop

8:27am

Brilliant eccentric.

shoganai

7:41am

Yeah, definitely a put not your faith in princes deal. I think he is most notabl

RoboKayne

7:42am

Claims the biggest problem with humanity is declining birth rate. Not smart enough to make life better for the average

sanitarium

7:46am

People are having fewer kids because Elon isn’t smart enough?

cheezedawg

7:48am

Who had a better life than we do? I guess you could use the feudal war or family

dYrtbYkerYder

7:50am

It's a typical lib response to denigrate someone who isn't aligned with their cause

BYUMizzou

8:13am

Smart guy who sometimes falls victim to his own hubris.

DwigtA2RM

7:50am

Brilliant guy who has been a huge benefit to humanity. Has helped lead to the

Jay Kay

7:57am

For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things...

icecougar

8:24am

Bright person with Asperger's syndrome and a workaholic with no appreciation

Archaea

8:32am

If it's rude & unacceptable to mow your lawn before 8 (or 9) in the morning, it should be the same for car horn honking.

foofcoug Wonder what the character limi

7:27am

Teenage driver. Good luck

Shawarma

7:38am

They're always texting while driving anyway - why not just shoot another text while you're parked out front?

foofcoug

7:39am

I don't think mowing your lawn at that time is rude.

RoboKayne

7:45am

Fordham player pulls hamstring and laterals ball for pick six vs Georgetown

realisticCoug42

7:24am

I believe BYU can beat ASU but I'm still sad we lost to Kansas

BYU Fan

7:22am

Reason #2 why the Cougs are gonna win 34 to 17 this week

Crazy Joe Davola Truly Addicted User

7:21am

RE: Reason #2 why the Cougs are gonna win 34 to 17 this week

lightmann

7:29am

Weekly Simulations Update and Detailed Tiebreaker Scenario Analysis

zuko

7:20am

What are the chances if CU beats KU and ASU beats BYU? Gotta be pretty low at

RGGeemer

7:30am

Need ASU to lose to Arizona, probably, which is a 29% chance on ESPN FPI

RGGeemer

7:31am

I like what you're doing, but still having a >50% chance of making the CCG with

shoganai

7:39am

It's because other teams have a higher chance of losing than you might think.

RGGeemer

7:42am

Pass blocking against Kansas

BYUfannonLDS

7:19am

Don't UCF, Utah, and Kansas all have pretty good D Lines?

RGGeemer

7:22am

I guess so, but the other lineman don't have a drop off like that and it's not

BYUfannonLDS

7:26am

He’s a left tackle. Why was he moved to the right side where he obviously stunk last year?

acadian8

7:26am

I don't believe he was moved to right tackle at least not for most of the game.

BYUfannonLDS

7:36am

I just looked at snaps by position and Etienne's snaps were at LT

BYUfannonLDS

7:40am

He wasn’t. The announcer didn’t know what he was talking about

cougaman

7:40am

It seems that Etienne is somewhat of a head case. His potential is huge, but

shoganai

7:32am

Oh my. I don’t know how you keep riding with him playing that bad

palangi

7:40am

Who replaces him? BYU is very thin at OT, they really don't have anybody with

BYUfannonLDS

7:43am

Don’t know but 50s, 40, then 7 is an ugly 4 game trend

palangi

7:49am

Maybe they give Jatta snaps at LT and Leausa snaps at RT this week in

BYUfannonLDS

7:54am

I think we (as well as national media) are misinterpreting parity from NIL

WVU_Prof

7:13am

The scarce resource used to be playoff berths and Nick Saban (or other elite

Roy D Mercer

7:30am

How ‘bout them Cowboys?!

BGRTHNUMEGO

7:08am

They’re so poo poo. Thanks Jerry and McCarthy.

WDaddy

7:29am

Yep, Jerry needs to get out of the way and McCarthy should already be gone.

Swag Kazekage

7:34am

When are we finding out the Houston game details

HimmerFredette

7:08am

RE: When are we finding out the Houston game details

Pete

7:08am

Sunday. 6 day window decision.

Six Foot Seven

7:09am

Elementary school fundraiser bros are equivalent to child factory managers in my

Pepe

6:48am

That was one of the unexpected benefits of changing to homeschool.

XORCoug

6:55am

But then your kids are homeschooled. Not worth the trade off.

WDaddy

6:57am

100% worth the tradeoff, and not just because of fundraising.

XORCoug

7:05am

Our kids' schools have started doing almost exclusively restaurant night

Roko's Basilisk

6:58am

Our schools do this about once a month, its either a restaurant or a

LeonMarek

7:08am

Our schools do this and the big fundraiser. It was all done through the PTO but

Pepe

7:51am

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but . . .

Surfing

8:14am

It’s infiltrated H.S now on a big level. Both my kids bow have 4 fundraising

ordinary tri guy

7:02am

I paid the PTA “hush money” each year. Asked what they net from the fundraiser

Soupie

7:10am

My highschool kid is doing 4 fundraisers to help pay for the $1100/kid

WhirleyPop

7:16am

I don't buy Girl Scout cookies anymore for this same reason.

Y05

7:18am

It's all tacky and dumb

Gustav

7:33am

Donate cash the school, give your kid a chore & pick out a toy. Somehow this

snowbird

8:08am

Retzlaff QBR is #64 out of 131 total

nova_coug_fan

6:23am

Are you seriously comparing him to Dart - who is in his FOURTH season starting

oxcoug

6:35am

No he is not…he is saying if we had Dart with this team we are probably ranked

ordinary tri guy

6:41am

They did destroy Kentucky and make quite a statement there…

niqmadu

6:45am

He didn’t say Dart with Ole Miss…

ordinary tri guy

6:47am

Yeah OK fair enough. Would be great to have Jaxson right now.

oxcoug

6:45am

As a Kaysville native it always kills me when good Ktown kids go elsewhere.

NonmormonYfan89

7:21am

We would for sure be a top 5 team

nova_coug_fan

6:47am

The reason Dart didn't come to BYU was because Jaren Hall had the position

donnerstag

7:21am

The ceiling for this team is the offense. We'll find out this weekend.

maYbe

6:47am

I think we're all aware that Retzlaff is not an elite QB this year. Don't know if he'll take a step up next year either.

byujacob

6:49am

I think he will take a step up. Not sure what the marginal gail will be

niqmadu

6:58am

Could have had a legendary season with just a good, above average QB

byuTX

6:53am

Retzlaff has some special plays in him, and his mobility outside the pocket is

Emmett Fitz-Hume

7:00am

Can he fix his mechanics this off-season is the biggest question?

maYbe

7:06am

John Beck was on BYU SN last week saying his throwing motion is his best, most

oxcoug

7:10am

He also said that the old set high release point wisdom is dated and not

oxcoug

7:11am

So what is causing his accuracy issues? The fade wasn't even close.

maYbe

7:17am

I'd say he tracks pretty close to sophomore / 2013 Taysom Hill in the sense that

oxcoug

7:24am

And how many deflected/batted balls has he had this season?

acadian8

7:21am

Beck also addressed that - said it was clear that Utah had schemed to do that

oxcoug

7:29am

Unlikely. I think he will improve a lot over the next offseason

donnerstag

7:24am

He can’t throw the long ball to save his life.

NonmormonYfan89

7:20am

Huh wut? That's fundamentally not the case. He's thrown dimes on several long

oxcoug

7:27am

His long ball is above average...his misses are medium throws.

Tweege

7:50am

This is right. His deep strikes have occasionally been spectacular though you'd

oxcoug

8:30am

I’ll always have more patience with a QB that has a strong arm & can run, but he

Odysseus

7:26am

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