BYU - New Mexico Game thread

One more play defense... hold 'em!

Wow, I did not like that game at all.

Schmoe wrote:
EFF!! EFF WORD!! EFFIN EFFER!!

I Lol'd. Thanks!

Sammich wrote:
Wow, I did not like that game at all.

I thought this game was gonna happen last week in Laramie! I didn't think UNM would play like this... nor did I think BYU would play that bad.

Ugly game, looked like a :utard:



But I'm glad to have another win. :crazy:

...and hopeful this gets a lame performance out of the way before the AF/Utah stretch. Certainly the coaches will have their attention this coming week.

Our D-Line has got to change. They don't put pressure on the QB and the DB's get victimized. This is just sickening. They don't really rush until the very end of the game. They seem to be soooooo woried about the run game they just hold their gap and after a few seconds try to push through their blocker, and finally put pressure seven or eight seconds after the WR's took off! Other teams are able to both stop the run and rush the QB. I can't wait till this line is gone so we can see if its the coaches or the players. I am sick of our db's and lb's looking silly becuase they can't stay with the WR's for eight seconds. C'mon coach! How about a little pressure! Also, it helps to not be an open book. Screen play on so many obvious blitzes. Just very poor play.

Good teams find ways to win when everything goes wrong, I'll take the bullet dodge this week and trust that we return to playing real cougar football next week.

Very ugly win but I will take it nonetheless! I don't know why we are so concerned with the margin of victory. A win is a win and we still have no chance of making it in the BCS this year so the rankings would not matter. I thought New mexico played extremely hard for a team that is 0-9 make that 0-10. :evil:

imuakahuku wrote:
Our D-Line has got to change. They don't put pressure on the QB and the DB's get victimized. This is just sickening. They don't really rush until the very end of the game. They seem to be soooooo woried about the run game they just hold their gap and after a few seconds try to push through their blocker, and finally put pressure seven or eight seconds after the WR's took off! Other teams are able to both stop the run and rush the QB. I can't wait till this line is gone so we can see if its the coaches or the players. I am sick of our db's and lb's looking silly becuase they can't stay with the WR's for eight seconds. C'mon coach! How about a little pressure! Also, it helps to not be an open book. Screen play on so many obvious blitzes. Just very poor play.

Once again I think it was the LBs that let us down, losing Hooks early really hurt us. The LBs are the ones who should have stopped many of those 15+ yard screens. Created more pressure on the QB and drop more effectively into coverage.

I believe the problem is Coach Hill's tendencies. He needs to blitz at unpredictable times. It seemed like he blitzed every time on 3rd down which puts the defense in a bad position to defend screens. I don't blame Hill but he needs to learn that opposing coaches study tendencies as well.

I am done with the 3-4. We don't have the type of players to work that system nor do we have them in recruits...



4-3 or bust... hell, I'd even take a 3-3-5 over our 3-4 right now.

I'm just glad that previous games don't predict how the team will play, as in a WYO blowout didn't equal a UNM blowout.... which means no one can predict we lose to AF or Utah.



And I am twice as glad that this 2nd bye week scrimmage is over so I can look forward to screaming DEFENSE at LES instead of my TV. :D

Mars wrote:


I'll take an ugly win over a loss any game on our schedule.



I do think that Air Force will be very, very tough to get a "W" against though...

AFA is going to be a long, tough game.



Whoever makes less mistakes is going to win that one says my crystal ball.

Matty-B wrote:
Is it just me or does BYU always seem to choke on a big play on defense?



Countless 3rd and longs given up, 4th downs... those are the most frustrating things for me to watch

Did these types of plays cause flashbacks to 03-04 BYU defense for anyone else? Those teams were notorious for giving up 3rd down and 75 yard type plays.



Very Very glad to come out of NM with a win.

it is true, however, that Mendenhall has been very successful defending against USAFA. Unless the AFA QB develops a deep pass option, I think BYU will do okay. assignment football is generally a BYU strength. I don't recall AFA using much trickery or deep passing plays.



Plus, this one's at LES.



Oh, wait...

CAFB_04-12 wrote:
it is true, however, that Mendenhall has been very successful defending against USAFA. Unless the AFA QB develops a deep pass option, I think BYU will do okay. assignment football is generally a BYU strength. I don't recall AFA using much trickery or deep passing plays.



Plus, this one's at LES.



Oh, wait...

lol...