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More often than not, BYU's realistic ceiling as a P4 will be about 8 wins. That

shoganai

5:35am

POLL: Has CB dramatically changed when it comes to reactions to the football team performance in the last 10 years?

SBB

5:22am

It’s easy to overreact to anything and everything when you’re online.

Genghis Spreads

5:25am

NO IT ISN'T!!!

LeftOfNormal

5:40am

Utah defense watching Retzlaff film (in gif form)

icecougar

2:06am

We are playing Wyoming Saturday not any team from utah...

TANK

2:10am

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TANK

2:13am

RE: Utah defense watching Retzlaff film (in gif form)

Preppy

5:02am

Utah was too busy watching their own terrible offense

lilpenny

5:29am

Viola Davis is really good at crying

gurt

1:05am

Especially from her nose

machete

1:36am

3rd &4th and short

Politicallyincorrect

1:04am

Pioneer heritage is in his blood. He likes going east to west

Garn

4:01am

And sneak or handoff up the middle would have been stuffed on the last one

The Toolman

4:52am

Women's Volleyball Taking a Different Tack Early This Season

MadHawaiian

12:47am

Is she “resting” Prior and Lee or just moving on? A ton of hitting errors out of

Iman23

5:09am

Defense pretty much without a doubt looks significantly improved, and may end up

jaba166

12:33am

Van Halen - 1984

TNT

Sep 8, 11:56pm

RE: Van Halen - 1984

KYU

12:06am

RE: Van Halen - 1984

Undefeated

1:10am

With a hampered running back room this week, Arod needs to commit to the pass.

IdahoCoug Truly Addicted User

Sep 8, 11:54pm

Who are you the OC for?

ManicBlue

Sep 8, 11:59pm

Nobody.

IdahoCoug

12:04am

I think people confuse you with Idacoug. Not your fault.

Kevin Arnold

12:19am

Your OP was stated as fact not opinion, so I assumed you were some accomplished OC. Just saying.

ManicBlue

12:59am

That resume. I see you Tim Walz.

Longseason

4:56am

He’s not wrong, the strength of the offense clearly isn’t the rb’s or run game.

Blew

1:08am

Why is everyone assuming I'm saying he's wrong? Comprehension issues? Defensive?

ManicBlue

1:16am

So any time anyone makes a suggestion or gives criticism you can just pull out "who are you the x coach for?"?

No touching

4:13am

So if CB needs credentials to opine, the board will cease to exist. The

WallaX2

5:45am

Talkin College Football Interviewed Jake Retzlaff

Thunderdome

Sep 8, 11:27pm

The good thing is that he's very confident and seems hungry to fix things

SUAVO

Sep 8, 11:37pm

Hes always been like that. I love the dude. Just not super confident in his play

MaximusMeridius

Sep 8, 11:51pm

…Jake’s body of evidence to date is not good… he’s not the guy, unfortunately

Das_Countach

Sep 8, 11:52pm

And I would say...you're not "the guy" to make that decision or conclusion.

jaba166

Sep 8, 11:59pm

Lol, except that mine’s not a hard fast conclusion— it’s 10 months in the making

Das_Countach

12:04am

LOL, and still NOT THE GUY to make that conclusion. Everyone can claim to be

jaba166

12:38am

We, that feel this way collectively, are THE GUY. And Arod I know is feeling the

Das_Countach

12:42am

Do you really believe that? You think your CB posts affect personnel decisions by the HC? Well, that explains the posts

mvtoro

1:41am

So far people you disagree with are jobless and live in their parent’s basements

bluesloth

12:45am

I have to think SMU’s O line is just terrible

stoils

Sep 8, 11:20pm

Enjoy something positive without trying to justify it

macdizzle

Sep 8, 11:27pm

Our defensive front 7 is good.

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:32pm

Last year when they beat up on Arkansas, we thought they were amazing until we found out later how bad Arkansas’s

KYU

Sep 8, 11:49pm

I think they’re improving but they looked good

I'mBatman

5:41am

If lj is out for a few weeks hopefully the coaches

cougarfann888

Sep 8, 11:32pm

Except Whitt doesn’t tolerate turnovers like Kalani does

icecougar

12:10am

Two things can be true at once

MaximusMeridius

Sep 8, 11:16pm

I think people take issue when the negative is the only thing posted. I'm sure

SUAVO

Sep 8, 11:19pm

Then make more positive posts.

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:20pm

Trying to

SUAVO

Sep 8, 11:20pm

Keep it up and don't engage the negative Nancys and chicken littles.

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:24pm

Sharing factual data on our offense/Retzlaffs inefficiencies is not being a

Das_Countach

12:37am

…because you think the “analysis” you post on CB will affect or change the program.

mvtoro

1:53am

One more turnover by Jake is my tipping point.

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:19pm

When's the last time he didn't turn the ball over in a game? I think the bigger

MaximusMeridius

Sep 8, 11:23pm

Just win, baby! With Jake, Gerry, or whoever.

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:26pm

I have no doubt that Jake is going to look great against Wyoming

MaximusMeridius

Sep 8, 11:30pm

That's why I extended the short leash for 3 games.

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:35pm

And Arod and Kalani are at fault for being so short-sighted thinking we had

Forbidden Fruit

Sep 8, 11:25pm

Well said. Unfortunately much of CB doesn’t want to hear this.

Lifi

Sep 8, 11:32pm

I want to hear it, but we’ve heard it a hundred times in the last 2 days…

BYUCLA

12:28am

AND Sitake has a boring, terrible offensive style. He has abandoned BYU's roots.

bluefish

Sep 8, 11:52pm

I don’t think it’s true that who ever our QB is will be a game manager…

icecougar

12:24am

Yes. 1). Our defense is much improved. 2) Our QB1 isn't

icecougar

2:01am

They had an entire offseason and fall camp, yet he is still turnover prone.

bald man

4:59am

I had to laugh when Andre Ware was going on about how deep and experienced our D-line was on Friday night.

IdahoCoug All-American

Sep 8, 11:13pm

Yup. Hearing announcers talk about a team I follow very closely has made me

Powerbait DPM

Sep 8, 11:16pm

He desperately wanted us to do hard counts on 4th down

zero84043

Sep 8, 11:49pm

Batty hurt his ear?

MaximusMeridius

Sep 8, 11:52pm

RE: Batty hurt his ear?

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:58pm

This line backer room is as good as we've seen.

IdahoCoug All-American

Sep 8, 11:05pm

DL getting good pressure and the LB's filling gaps really keeps the pressure

SUAVO

Sep 8, 11:09pm

What is really impressive to me is our depth. We have 2 4-star

GSwarriorcoug

Sep 8, 11:10pm

...and Esera and both Moa brothers. It is deep and young!

Das_Countach

Sep 8, 11:12pm

Can you imagine if a healthy Bywater was out there too??

RdF3

Sep 8, 11:16pm

Would've been nice, but it wasn't in the cards.

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:21pm

When is the last time we had a LB with Jack Kelly's speed? Love to see it

MaximusMeridius

Sep 8, 11:37pm

He's like a beefier version of Bryan Kehl.

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:40pm

He isn't very fast, and he's stiff, no lateral quickness. He's a rush-end only.

bluefish

Sep 8, 11:53pm

Technically Taggart’s fastest— literally ran a 10.7 100m, which is a low 4.4 40

Das_Countach

Sep 8, 11:45pm

KVN or Fred

icecougar

2:02am

Leon White, Kurt Gouveia, Cary Whittingham, Marv Allen:1984 would like a word

osbooks

Sep 8, 11:51pm

My son is playing NCAA 2025. Keeps throwing interceptions on varsity mode He is very frustrated…

Il Vescovo Contributor

Sep 8, 10:58pm

Put in the backup QB. Should fix it

SUAVO

Sep 8, 11:00pm

RE: Put in the backup QB. Should fix it

IAmSpartyCoug

Sep 8, 11:02pm

Has he tried not throwing interceptions? Other than that no ideas. He’s probably

Powerbait DPM

Sep 8, 11:00pm

Fire ARod.

John Doe

Sep 8, 11:03pm

How old is your son?

RealTaysomHill

Sep 8, 11:04pm

RE: How old is your son?

Il Vescovo

Sep 8, 11:06pm

He’s probably trying to throw it deeps every play. If he was older, I would say to go through progressions like a real

RealTaysomHill

Sep 8, 11:19pm

Time to play on freshman.

crazY

Sep 8, 11:04pm

RE: Time to play on freshman.

Il Vescovo

Sep 8, 11:08pm

Check the sliders in the settings. He might be able to reduce the INT frequency.

crazY

Sep 8, 11:15pm

Same here. I would win 124-0 on Freshman. Lose bad on Varsity. It is frustrating

dave

Sep 8, 11:23pm

RE: My son is playing NCAA 2025. Keeps throwing interceptions on varsity mode

BlueCoug

Sep 8, 11:10pm

Change the difficulty level. Practice then slowly move up.

spugeddy24

Sep 8, 11:10pm

Best thing in my opinion is to use plays like mesh, stick, drive

Sinbad the Sailor

Sep 8, 11:12pm

There are adjustable gameplay sliders for coverage, INTs, and DB reaction time.

vagabonder

Sep 8, 11:15pm

Sliders.The jump from Freshman to Varsity in that game is insane. I did the same

dave

Sep 8, 11:22pm

Can’t stare down the recievers

Garn

Sep 8, 11:34pm

Gotta watch the film after a loss. Or blame a coordinator or position coach.

here's to hoping

Sep 8, 11:47pm

Caleb Etienne's turnaround so far is eye popping

IdahoCoug All-American

Sep 8, 10:54pm

And many on this board were saying the old ol coach was just

cougarfann888

Sep 8, 10:58pm

Nobody. They said that about the TE coach

MaximusMeridius

Sep 8, 11:38pm

Yeah, I don't think anybody didn't think a change had to be made at o-line coach.

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:42pm

I knew he had all the physical traits to be good. I do hope he can still improve

Das_Countach

Sep 8, 11:10pm

100% agree

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:22pm

I will say this…even if we lose to WYO, get smoked by KSU, and don’t even bother

Crowd Factor

Sep 8, 10:48pm

Thought you were leading up to the Utah game with that.

Brisco

Sep 8, 10:50pm

All depends on how many BYU basketball season ticket holders also have Football season tickets

Cthack1

3:07am

Update/repost: Still too early take on the roster and who is going to play.

roseyscenario Work-in-Progress

Sep 8, 10:46pm

Is Mboup coming?

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 10:56pm

Maybe. They're still trying.

roseyscenario

Sep 8, 11:03pm

Is it an academic thing, or something else?

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:08pm

Tripple and Tripplet? For real?

Heath Squashwell

Sep 8, 11:10pm

And Trey. BYU is a 3 pt shooting team, after all.

Soupie

Sep 8, 11:12pm

Wow, prognosis for Bosko that bad huh? Here I hoped we had found our

Mitty

Sep 8, 11:16pm

Boskovic probably is that good. At this point, guess is Mag and Catchings are a notch up from the able Waterman.

roseyscenario

Sep 8, 11:18pm

Hope so but that would require a big leap on O from Mag and Catchings

Mitty

Sep 8, 11:24pm

If they don't get it done, Bosko moves up. So far, intel tells us Mag and Catchings are strong players. Things change.

roseyscenario

Sep 8, 11:32pm

Keita did not back up Carlson

Remigius

Sep 8, 11:53pm

I think you may be underestimating

LifeLongLakerFan

12:09am

Could be. Instead of who?

roseyscenario

5:52am

Good analysis, and I agree, BYU under-rated. Also think top 5 in B12, and

jaba166

12:20am

#4 is wrong…Keita didn’t play behind Carlson, he played behind Lovering and as…

icecougar

12:42am

Think you are undervaluing Boskovic

Projectoor

5:20am

Freaking Lassiter's YAC!

IdahoCoug All-American

Sep 8, 10:45pm

His catch and run that took 6 defenders to stop was a thing of beauty.

G.Freeman

Sep 8, 10:47pm

Just kept pumping those knees up and down, running through arm tackles, even after being wrapped up!

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 10:49pm

He needs at least 10 targets on Saturday

Ojiisan

Sep 8, 10:55pm

Nah , just 2. Got to make sure Kody

claw

Sep 8, 11:04pm

Top receiver if we can utilize him

Heath Squashwell

Sep 8, 11:12pm

If he gets more targets, it's going to open things up for Roberts more too

IdahoCoug

Sep 8, 11:16pm

TNT is positive. He is a good boy

TNT

Sep 8, 10:40pm

RE: TNT is positive. He is a good boy

Crowd Factor

Sep 8, 10:41pm

RE: TNT is positive. He is a good boy

Mr. Belding

Sep 8, 10:41pm

Oh cmon!

TNT

Sep 8, 10:42pm

We are going to be 3-0 👍

NYCougz

Sep 8, 10:43pm

Well, you're not being negative. But that doesn't mean you're being positive. I guess that's an improvement.

Brisco

Sep 8, 10:49pm

Getta outta here. No really. Get out of here

TNT

Sep 8, 10:52pm

Don't tell brisco what to do!

John Doe

Sep 8, 11:07pm

RE: Don't tell brisco what to do!

Brisco

Sep 8, 11:15pm

I can't remember the last game with better open field tackling. Very, very few situations where tackles

CSoul Hardcore Democrat

Sep 8, 10:39pm

Yup. Compare Friday’s game to Oregon a few years ago. It’s dramatic.

Big Daddy D

Sep 8, 10:43pm

We got a little lucky on some shoestring tackles but great effort overall

puntersarepeople

Sep 8, 10:44pm

Even our arm tackles were working!

Tricky

Sep 8, 11:25pm

So like a solid B?

JohnnyComeLately

Sep 8, 10:48pm

Utah game in 2021

icecougar

Sep 8, 11:06pm

Even my wife noticed this

MojosDojo

4:48am

Make sure we do better than this

AF Cougar

Sep 8, 10:39pm

We will:

byubyu

Sep 8, 10:42pm

Kind of sad, right now. I love football season and hanging out on CB. Always

eyes4byu

Sep 8, 10:29pm

You’re not alone in the way you feel

Southpawn

Sep 8, 10:31pm

Yes, you're not alone. There is a lot of indignance on here, and it makes BYU

jaba166

Sep 8, 11:18pm

See ya next week

Big Daddy D

Sep 8, 10:32pm

RE: See ya next week

EEcougar

Sep 8, 10:48pm

RE: Kind of sad, right now. I love football season and hanging out on CB. Always

Cletus the Fetus

Sep 8, 10:32pm

You can always mute football and just keep the politics and rainbow categories

Crowd Factor

Sep 8, 10:33pm

Honestly, this is probably the best solution. But I love BYU football.

eyes4byu

Sep 8, 10:54pm

It’s a trajectory thing. Last year was a bummer and we’re seeing some

titlecoug

Sep 8, 10:35pm

BYU fans aren’t going to be a happy when we don’t have a decent qb

Hsaru

Sep 8, 10:35pm

CB usually doesn't have much optimism even with a good QB

SUAVO

Sep 8, 10:37pm

BYU fans are not unique here on this... if anything, BYU fans want to ignore the problems and just rah rah around them..

Coug

Sep 8, 10:40pm

This... it's when we try and mix our long suffering theology w/ sports

Das_Countach

Sep 8, 10:59pm

So most Americans overeat junk (me included), but that doesn't make it right

jaba166

Sep 8, 11:14pm

People are sky high excited about the defense and frustrated by the offense....

Coug

Sep 8, 10:37pm

I’d deactivate my account here and follow Jarom Jordan on Twitter

Tare

Sep 8, 10:39pm

He is not the answer. I stopped BYUSN for awhile because of him. His role, thoug

eyes4byu

Sep 8, 10:51pm

Just turn off BYU football category for awhile.

Florwood

Sep 8, 10:40pm

Gonna be tough sleddin' for BYU during our first several years in P5 conference

Jericho

Sep 8, 10:41pm

I think there are more complaints tonight about the complaints than the actual complaints on the team.

CSoul

Sep 8, 10:41pm

Unfortunately the passion of a group and

NYCougz

Sep 8, 10:42pm

<< Deleted >>

jaba166

Sep 8, 11:23pm

Ur just not smart or sophisticated enough to recognize the how terrible Saturday

DiamondMo

Sep 8, 10:42pm

Stay for basketball! Just skip the negativity.

Kaanapali

Sep 8, 10:42pm

If it helps - I only have eyes4you

Heath Squashwell

Sep 8, 10:44pm

😏 patronizing me, eh. Eyes are better on BYU

eyes4byu

Sep 8, 10:52pm

Is this a budding bromance?

jaba166

Sep 8, 11:19pm

Thanks for hearing the sincerity of my angst, guys, and being kind.

eyes4byu

Sep 8, 10:55pm

I think I'm gonna exit right behind you. These Negative Nancy's suck!

AzCugrFan

Sep 8, 11:03pm

Game-day CB is the worst CB.

Thrill

Sep 8, 11:04pm

Well, those comments by Collie and Brian Logan probably helped get people fired up.

Brisco

Sep 8, 11:12pm

I’m tired of bandwagon fans like Collie and Logan sending negative vibes.

bluesloth

Sep 8, 11:25pm

It’s not that deep

lukeskywalker

Sep 8, 11:14pm

“when it will be safe to return”

bluesloth

Sep 8, 11:23pm

Hope you change your mind and stick around

DizzyDean

Sep 8, 11:24pm

Yes, some of us absolutely hate that we love CB so much. It's so bipolar!

jaba166

Sep 8, 11:24pm

It's kind of like having your kid get five B minuses, one A and one F on his report card. Are you mostly going to...

Brisco

Sep 8, 11:34pm

I turn off this category and just rely on the Top posts, etc to stay abreast. My feed is much better without all the

Zenoch

Sep 8, 11:26pm

Greg wrubells post game was very good. Get the BYUradio app and listen

travelcoug

Sep 8, 11:42pm

Somebody call the waaaaaambulance!

DirtyWater

Sep 8, 11:51pm

Maybe a lollipop factory? Sunday School? 3rd grade elementary class? Good luck.

YbeatsU

4:20am

CBSSN
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Two things can be true at once

Kind of sad, right now. I love football season and hanging out on CB. Always

Update/repost: Still too early take on the roster and who is going to play.

Talkin College Football Interviewed Jake Retzlaff

Utah defense watching Retzlaff film (in gif form)

I will say this…even if we lose to WYO, get smoked by KSU, and don’t even bother

Caleb Etienne's turnaround so far is eye popping

With a hampered running back room this week, Arod needs to commit to the pass.

This line backer room is as good as we've seen.

I have to think SMU’s O line is just terrible

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