Cougar Corner Blog: September 2005

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Monday, September 26, 2005

Beck Nominated as Player of the Week

BYU Cougars Football star, quarterback John Beck has been nominated for ABC's player of the week after coming off a 517 passing yards and 5 touch down performance.

You can vote for him by text messaging "VOTE" to 87654 up until Wednesday night.

http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/candidate.cfm

http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/vidredir.cfm?xurl=videos/beck.mov

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BYU's Haka

BYU players perform the Haka, which is the Maori War Dance. It's a really exciting thing to watch.

I got a video of it last time, here it is:

BYU does the Haka

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Thursday, September 22, 2005

BYU vs TCU

BYU vs. TCU

1. What will the score be of Saturday’s TCU vs. BYU matchup?
28-17

2. Who will have the higher QB rating, Jo. Beck or T. Gunn?

Beck

3. Which Brown will have more yards rushing, BYU’s Curtis Brown or freshman Aaron Brown of TCU?

Curtis Brown

4. How many QB sacks will each team's defense have?
BYU:4
TCU:1

5. What will BYU’s run to pass percentage be?
41% Run
59% Pass

6. What BYU player, besides Todd Watkins, will have the most yards receiving?
Tahi

7. What team will have fewer penalty yards?
TCU

8. How many yards passing will John Beck have?
280

9. What will BYU’s turnover margin be? (i.e., +2 or -1, etc.)
+1

10. Predict Todd Watkins' stat line:
9 receptions, 125 yards, 2 TDs

BONUS: Fatigue Factor: What team will score more points in the fourth quarter?
BYU

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Friday, September 09, 2005

BYU vs EIU college football

Hey you guys, another chance to show your stuff at cougarblue.com, I’ve filled out my guesses, and suggest you do too! Link.

PROVE IT! WEEK 2: BYU vs. EIU Well, it seems like at least a few of you want to continue the contests, so let's do it. Hopefully, at least everyone that did it last week will do it again, and we can combine scores each week and come up with a grand champion or something. Since I don't know much about EIU (does anyone?), most of the questions center on how BYU will adjust and improve on their mistakes last week. So, here are the questions for this week:

1. What will the score be between BYU and EIU on Saturday?
34 - 14

2. How many holding penalties will BYU have?
3

3. What will BYU’s third down conversion percentage be (last week they were 4 of 16 for 25%)?
38%

4. How many times will BYU enter the Blue Zone and NOT score (either a TD or FG)?
1

5. How many total touches will Todd Watkins have (pass receptions, possible reverses, WR screens, etc.)?
5

6. What BYU player, besides Todd Watkins, will have the most yards receiving? (That is, if Todd has the most, who will have second most, or if Todd doesn’t have the most, what player will have the most?)
Tahe

7. How many touchdown passes will John Beck have?
3

8. How many carries will Curtis Brown have (not including pass receptions)?
8

9. How many quarterback sacks will BYU’s defense have?
3

10. How many total yards on offense will EIU get on BYU’s defense?
190

BONUS: How many times will BYU punt?
2

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Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Boston College handles BYU

What happened?

I will say the defense played to exactly the level I expected, they held Boston College to 20 points. The problem came in that I expected the offense to SCORE. That is still being worked out, apparently.

Ultimately what happened was that BYU could not muster the finishes to their drives. They moved the ball fairly effectively, getting into the blue zone at least 3 times. Unfortunately each time we got in the blue zone we pushed ourselves right back out with unnecessary penalties and costly mistakes.

BYU Team StatisticsFirst downs — BYU 22Rushes, yards — BYU 16-41Passing yards — BYU 330
Att-Comp-Int — BYU 60-41-0Total offensive plays — BYU 76Total net yards — BYU 338
Average gain/play — BYU 4.4Punt returns-yards — BYU 3-28KO returns-yards — BYU 3-32Punts-avg. — BYU 6-41.5Third-down conversions — BYU 4-16Fourth-down conversions — BYU 0-2Sacks by-yards — BYU 2-15Penalties-yards — BYU 10-85Possession time — BYU 30:59

The good: There is no denying that we threw the ball well, we moved the ball and had no turnovers.

The bad: Where was the running game? More important, where were the touchdowns? You know you are in trouble when you have almost enough penalty yards to cover the length of the field. Ouch. Blown call, not going for it on 4th and 3 at the 30, and punting it?

Upside Potential: New Head Coach, new Offensive Coordinator, the play calling will relax, the wisdom will come, the offense once it is established should be very good at moving the ball and should be capable of scoring up to 5 or 6 times a game.

Next game:
EILL – we better be in a position to take advantage of our size and speed and lay a hurt on our Easter Illinois friends or there will be some serious questions about the suitability of the current staff and players.

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Thursday, September 01, 2005

BYU v Boston College

BYU v. Boston College

The clash of two titan football teams set to take place on Sept. 3rd.

What Could Happen:

BYU Blow-out

BYU comes out pumped, they have the killer instinct and great conditioning after a rigorous offseason training program by new coach Bronco Mendenhall. They are hungry for a win and returning stars Watkins and Beck are ready to put on an offensive fireworks show. A number of receivers play into the game with 12 different receivers recording catches. When BC backs off to protect against the pass quick footed Brown punishes them on the ground. Defensively the 3-3-5 proves disruptive to the BC offense giving young QB Quinton Porter, causing several turnovers, lack of any experience in the receiving corps prevents BC from taking advantage of the one question mark on the BYU defense. Boston College, focusing on their new conference and #1 ranking in the ACC come out unprepared for BYU, whom they have no usable game footage on. They are unprepared to stop the quick strike passing offense, and their weakness in the secondary gives up several long yardage bombs. The high elevation and heat wear the players down by half time.
BYU wins 44 to 10

Boston College Blow-out

Boston College dominates, defensively Mathias Kiwanuka manhandles BYU QB John Beck, sacking him several times. The Cougars, who are unsure and wary of making a major mistake are unprepared for the game under first time head coach Bronco Mendenhall and play timidly. The seasoned staff at BC has a physical Eagles team ready to play and they are able to run the ball all day. The offense for BYU sputters as receivers drop balls and turnovers continue to plague the cougars. By the time that the altitude begins to affect the Eagles the game is well in hand and a demoralized cougar team doesn’t put up much of a fight.
BC wins 44 to 10

What Will Happen

BYU narrows out BC

Both teams are ready to play and come out performing. Both offenses end up scoring on there opening drives as both defenses need a series to settle in. BC has limited success running the ball through the first quarter and turn to the passing game, believing that BYU’s secondary is suspect. A healthy defensive secondary for BYU proves more than enough for BC’s receiving corps however, and with the pressure put on Porter he throws 2 interceptions. BC abandons the passing game by the end of the half and doesn’t return to it much in the 2nd half. BYU’s defense gives up a few long plays to keep BC in it, but by the end of the 3rd quarter BC is sucking high altitude air hard.
BYU’s depth at receiver keeps fresh legs in the game and the quick passing game keeps the ball moving. Some early game jitters see’s an interception and a fumble that kill deep drives. BYU maintains a close lead with a strong defensive stop to win the game.
BYU wins 21 to 20.

Questionnaire from CougarBlue:

1. What will the score be between BYU and BC on Saturday? BYU 21 BC 20
2. What will John Beck’s completion percentage be? 63%
3. How many passing yards will John Beck have? 325
4. How many total yards will Curtis Brown have? 95
5. What BYU player, besides Todd Watkins, will have the most yards receiving? (That is, if Todd has the most, who will have second most, or if Todd doesn’t have the most, what player will have the most?) Johnny Harline
6. How many total running yards will BC have? 235
7. What will BC QB Quinton Porter’s total TD to interception ratio be? (For example, 2:1 is two touchdowns and one interception.) (TDs include both his rushing and passing TDs.) 1:3
8. Who will register more sacks, Manaia Brown or Mathias Kiwanuka? Mathias Kiwanuka
9. What will BYU’s turnover ratio be? (For example, “+3” means BYU had three more takeaways than BC or “-1” means BYU had one less takeaway than BC.) +1
10. What will the overall time of possession ratio be (to the nearest minute)? (Out of 60 minutes; for example: BYU 48:00, BC 12:00) BYU: 22 BC 38
BONUS: Who will have more total yards, Todd Watkins or Will Blackmon (BC’s cornerback turned wide receiver who also returns kickoffs and punts)? Watkins

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