Fifita was a tough dude, taking brutal hits, and kept balling. Does it make sense getting him injured late in the

Oct 13, 2024
7:17:55pm

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game with no chance of winning? Six games to be played would indicate to me prudence should trump playing to the bitter end. You could destroy your season with that kind of decision.

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Glasker is a revelation. He single-handedly kept Kalani from running out the

Shinshin

2:57pm

I thought the same thing.

Florwood

2:58pm

Kalani would have ran out the clock

TLCougar

3:00pm

Everyone said the same in our section - not that Kalani is wrong but “looks” for

truecougster

4:39pm

I'm glad he did. Arizona refused to admit the game was over, calling timeouts, etc. That pick 6 finally got them to stop

byuluvr

3:01pm

I don’t fault az either. Put his players under pressure and

niqmadu

3:14pm

Except Batty almost broke Fifita in half.

TunaNoCrust

6:26pm

Yep. That’s got to be fun film study

niqmadu

8:50pm

Glad somebody held them accountable.

DirtyWater

7:02pm

AZ was playing for scoreboard cosmetics. Served them right.

cajuncoug

7:38pm

I knew Kalani wouldn't embarrass his good friend (or anyone else)

kccougar

3:01pm

I appreciate Kalani's approach on this topic, and I'm glad he takes the high

RebelScum

3:39pm

Agreed. If AZ was going to play to the very end (as if it was a close game) then we should punch it in from the 1 too.

TheLoneCougar

4:12pm

It was a good lesson for Arizona and future opponents. Know when you're beat and don't keep throwing

CLCougar

3:05pm

I would have done the same thing. Those are great real threats to practice

sah22

3:09pm

Explain what you mean, keep throwing the ball in that situation? Your wording is confusing

CLCougar

3:13pm

You may know you have lost. However, take advantage of time to improve. Run your

sah22

3:23pm

Agree with the concept in principle, but don't know how much is learned with no timeouts on your own half-yard line

CLCougar

3:29pm

You don't risk your starting QB's health in the middle of the season like that

slatecoug

11:14pm

Yeah, BYU should have given up in 1980 against SMU. ...

cruoti

3:19pm

Agree totally in principle, but circumstances weren't comparable imo.

CLCougar

3:32pm

Appears the AZ coaches disagree with your expert opinion

NYC and Japan

8:57pm

That's how coaches lose jobs risking their star QB when a game is out of reach. I never claimed to be an expert, but

CLCougar

9:37pm

Last game of the year is completely different than a midseason game

slatecoug

11:07pm

How about the boneheaded decisions by Arizona coaches to keep their starters in a game they won’t win risking injury.

Rhino84

4:44pm

I do agree they should have put in back ups but then let them go for it 100%

Blue chunks

10:46pm

I did love that Kalani seemed to hold them accountable for that. He didn’t just sit back and prevent. We lit up Fifita

YIsForBrigham

6:12pm

Disagree that their coach was wrong. I want to see football played!

Reasonable1

6:49pm

Fifita was a tough dude, taking brutal hits, and kept balling. Does it make sense getting him injured late in the

CLCougar

7:17pm

It was the wrong thing for his team

YIsForBrigham

7:21pm

Yes it was, but it was fun for me as a BYU fan.

Reasonable1

8:17pm

I am impressed with Fifita though. The guy took that much pressure super well.

Jay_L

7:09pm

I get we want to win without humiliating the opponent by scoring

bald man

3:06pm

We want to humiliate every PAC team as much as possible though, they earned it

Mitty

3:51pm

Don't tell the media that the game was still in doubt late in the fourth quarter

Plantagenet

6:08pm

First thing I thought the second he caught the ball! 😂

TheAirForceCoug

3:06pm

If I’m a coach who’s losing a game, I’m embarrassed if the opposing team dials it back or runs out the clock. The

hamaca

3:06pm

Unless both coaches and the ref agree to shorten unplayed periods

TwinsRight

3:32pm

Would you kick an on-side kick up 40?

thirdgencoug

5:25pm

Nope, usually you do that when you’re behind.

hamaca

5:29pm

Or did you mean as the losing team would I do an onside kick? Sure, good practice.

hamaca

5:31pm

I was just curious. I’m not sure which side of the discussion I fall on.

thirdgencoug

5:51pm

Agree, and I would have been disappointed if he would have chosen not to score when margin factors into rankings.

hamaca

6:54pm

This 100%

RUNBYU1

9:43pm

Yes, but like you said, do it with your second team.

Blue chunks

10:47pm

In terms of final-score impact — it more or less reversed the Ropati cough-up.

SinkingQuffa

3:07pm

Yeah I was kinda surprised he didn't have them kneel down on the PAT

willkie40

3:36pm

Glasker is going to be the next Warner

Coug

3:55pm

My seats are in the north end zone

Belboz

4:05pm

TV replay was clear. He stayed in bounds. Was very close though

willkie40

4:08pm

I prefer 7 points to 2

NYC and Japan

8:59pm

Fake news…Kalani was going hard. They were sending blitzers right up to that last play. The fact that they were

KYU

4:35pm

I was hoping for a safety, but the pick 6 was amazing...

Jericho

5:42pm

I absolutely loved that - it was the cherry on top

StoneyCurtis

5:44pm

Can’t think of a more gratifying play all year. To emphatically snuff out all hope like that.

keithcoug

6:19pm

Arizona was given the chance…

iknownothing

6:42pm

I doubt Jay Hill was “pissed.” He’s a coach, not a fan. I’ve heard the

Polecat

9:33pm

exactly, and for heaven sakes isn’t this a show for us fans give us a good show

Blue chunks

10:50pm

I’m not criticizing you personally, but I do think a lot of CBers have an odd

Polecat

9:27pm

I think its that style points matter to the committee. If you are blowing teams

here's to hoping

10:42pm

Fair take on the style points for the committee . They shouldn’t matter but I’m

Polecat

10:59pm

Does his TD make us the first team this year to get a Defensive TD off a fumble,

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