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frdbtr wrote:

Cougarbib wrote:Recent quotes from linemen indicate that they are still learning what they have been given. The answer to that is not to give them more. Penalties come from a lack of confidence and a lack of experience.

47 points will beat any team on our schedule including UVA and Utah. But the defense has to show up. It took the defense too long to figure out what to do when a key starter - couldn't go after headache in warmups.

To say that our defense was so overmatched that they had no chance is asinine. Our defense, once they finally adjusted, held up pretty well. So, they clearly were capable of stopping Houston. That is how BYU came from behind to win. Our defense finally got some stops and the Houston defense wore down and could not stop BYU late. That is what GFGH is all about.

Our D was money in Q1and most of Q2 other than refs missing a blatant shove off by Houston, horrible tackling giving up KOR to the house, and Pick 6. So lack of 1 key player does not explain why the D had such trouble in Q3 and early Q4 only to become solid again in late Q4.

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It was Q2 that the defense struggled its worst. Bronco's adjustment was to bench Morgan and put Povey in his place with Hague in Povey's place and it worked for most of the rest of the game.

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frdbtr wrote:

BlueIsBetter wrote:

frdbtr wrote: I haven't seen one inside screen called this year. IMO it is a bad idea to call plays that were not schemed in practice the week before. I don't even know if those plays are even in the play book. Maybe the coaches feel that if the Oline can pick up the blitzes, we don't need to call those types of plays. Ogletree showed that most of the time when blitzes were effective against BYU it was because of a breakdown in blocking.

If you had an offensive line as injury ridden and unskilled or new as ours, would you practice these types of plays to counter the pressure? Would you use them in games to counter pressure?

Maybe. I guess it would depend on whether I wanted to install a new offense after fall camp. The coaches probably feel it is better to learn to execute the current playbook better than rewriting it mid season.

BlueIsBetter wrote:

stgeorgefan wrote:
Why would anyone start a thread complaining about Howell? He doesn't call the plays. He coaches the defensive backs.

stuckinbig10country wrote:There has been one middle screen this year to Jamaal. It got 2 yards. They do run slants, but slants with an extra defender in the box might not be the best option, since most quick slants run right to where the defender is with 8 men in the box.

stgeorgefan wrote:

BlueIsBetter wrote:

stgeorgefan wrote:
Why would anyone start a thread complaining about Howell? He doesn't call the plays. He coaches the defensive backs.

Because Nick Howell is the D coord.. FWIW I put " coach Howell and coach Mendenhall"
It really doesn't matter my point is the same.

We give up a season high in points and nobody is nit picking the defensive coaches. On the flip side the offense scores it's season high and we have multiple threads about either Anae being out coached or what Anae should have done different.

hawkwing wrote:

stuckinbig10country wrote:There has been one middle screen this year to Jamaal. It got 2 yards. They do run slants, but slants with an extra defender in the box might not be the best option, since most quick slants run right to where the defender is with 8 men in the box.

Exactly, the best thing to do would be to hit a RB on a quick out to the flats, but unfortunately that's the most disastrous play in our current repertoire. Only a wool-brained fool would want the BYU offense to run more of that.

I do agree that Hill takes too long in the pocket sometimes, but how much of that is actually play calling and how much of that is him waiting a touch too long to watch the play develop before he pulls the trigger.

hawkwing wrote:

stgeorgefan wrote:

BlueIsBetter wrote:

stgeorgefan wrote:
Why would anyone start a thread complaining about Howell? He doesn't call the plays. He coaches the defensive backs.

Because Nick Howell is the D coord.. FWIW I put " coach Howell and coach Mendenhall"
It really doesn't matter my point is the same.

We give up a season high in points and nobody is nit picking the defensive coaches. On the flip side the offense scores it's season high and we have multiple threads about either Anae being out coached or what Anae should have done different.

It is a little absurd isn't it.

In all honesty, this was a game that was won by all aspects of the team coming together and winning. If we had lost, you could point to serious errors by every part of the team as to why we lost. It was the ultimate team game where offense, defense, and special teams all did enough to win and lose the game.