4th and 19 fake punt from inside their own endzone

[BroncoBot]

did byu call timeout immediately before that punt?

[mtnradio]

a timeout was called immediately before ... I don't remember if it was called by BYU or BSU

[hawkwing]

The timeout was taken by BYU.

[BroncoBot]

wonder if that gave something away... gave BSU a chance to at least tell their players to watch for something funny going on.

[BoiseBYU]

If you are going to do the craziest call ever, at least plan for it! BSU was bringing the house. 10 guys were on the line of scrimmage coming from all sides. At least have one guy flare out so Johnny starts running and if in danger can pass it out...He did not even make it to the LOS!

[ABYUFAN]

At least everyone now knows that we're unpredictable... and it really didn't cost us anything so there is that

[BoiseBYU]

At least everyone now knows that we're unpredictable... and it really didn't cost us anything so there is that

"Those Mormons are CRAZY!"

[ABYUFAN]

At least everyone now knows that we're unpredictable... and it really didn't cost us anything so there is that

"Those Mormons are CRAZY!"

OK - good point. Being crazy is nothing new for us. What hasn't been said is that I'd much rather live with the notoriety of a stupid fake punt against BSU than last year's nut punch against the Broncos. We're getting to a better crazy at least.

[SpiffCoug]

My problem is Linehan ran left. He's never run left and punted all season. So if you are a defender, you immediately knew something was different because he wasn't going the normal direction. If that play is to work, it has to catch opponents by surprise. It needs to show them something they've seen all game and all season on tape - and THEN you show them something they haven't seen.

If Johnny Rugby had rolled right and then taken off, it would have been much more similar to his previous punting attempts on the season. So if he had run after going right, then there was a chance to catch them off-guard.

But going left tipped them off that we were running a fake.

[SenorCougar]

I'm still stunned. Even Gary Crouton's 4th down antics can't top that one. If this were a legal case and you were the attorney assigned to defend the call, what would you say??? I still trying to think of an excuse or logical reason. Haven't thought of one yet.