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Viola Davis is really good at crying

gurt

1:05am

Especially from her nose

machete

1:36am

Women's Volleyball Taking a Different Tack Early This Season

MadHawaiian

12:47am

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Drew Rosenhaus (Tyreek's agent) on Tyreek's incident this morning with police

TNT

Sep 8, 10:23pm

After reading through many of our post-game hopes and fears for the offense,

Bald Eagle

Sep 8, 10:19pm

LJ's stats are almost the exact same as Ropati's. I think LJ makes decisions

SUAVO

Sep 8, 10:26pm

Felt like all of Retzlaff’s best passes were when LJ played

puntersarepeople

Sep 8, 10:28pm

Retzlaff had some really good passes after LJ went out. I also don't think LJ

SUAVO

Sep 8, 10:30pm

So, it’s all about the depth at key positions again. Did we do anything to shore

Crowd Factor

Sep 8, 10:26pm

We should have 2-3 more at LJ's level.

ochobeeguy

Sep 8, 10:29pm

We have 4 RB's that average over 4 ypc. Granted, Davis/Nawahine haven't had as

SUAVO

Sep 8, 10:42pm

I'd say anything sub 5ypc in college is substandard... 4 is standard for the NFL

Das_Countach

Sep 8, 10:45pm

So, you are saying LJ is substandard? If everybody is substandard then you

SUAVO

Sep 8, 10:49pm

Our ol is substandard. When we had a good line what were ropatis stats two years

BYU '80

Sep 8, 10:54pm

We had a good OL two years ago?

SUAVO

Sep 8, 10:59pm

Freeland? Kingsley? Pay?

BYU '80

Sep 8, 11:03pm

That's true. Much better than what we had last year

SUAVO

Sep 8, 11:07pm

Last year was terrible and can make you forget about prior lines

BYU '80

Sep 8, 11:35pm

Short answer is no, I think LJ is great, but as mentioned he had a terrible OL

Das_Countach

Sep 8, 11:05pm

Same could be said about Ropati. He had a good average 2 yrs ago with a good

SUAVO

Sep 8, 11:08pm

Did somebody on here say that Aiden Robbins was planning on coming back

Bald Eagle

Sep 8, 10:38pm

True. I certainly didn’t hear or see this. But didn’t we know he was gone

Crowd Factor

Sep 8, 10:40pm

Yeah not sure of the timing or if that was even true

Bald Eagle

Sep 8, 10:41pm

No , he let them know he wasn’t coming back after the season

claw

Sep 8, 11:07pm

Or maybe we just need to stop wearing navy. That actually could be it 🙄

Bald Eagle

Sep 8, 10:40pm

The moment he went out of the game, SMU's defense changed and BYU's offense changed...

Coug

Sep 8, 10:44pm

I think we found our new RB2

kapcreations

Sep 8, 10:45pm

Based on one good carry where there was tremendous blocking

BYU '80

Sep 8, 10:56pm

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

Two things can be true at once

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

CB really needs a reality check…

Talkin College Football Interviewed Jake Retzlaff

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

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

Caleb Etienne's turnaround so far is eye popping

Vegas basically believes BYU wins 24 - 16

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

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