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BYU official: No evidence banned volleyball fan used any racial slurs Athletic administrators at Brigham Young University said Wednesday they have... Duke volleyball player's racial slur allegation receives pushback from witnesses: report A recent report says no racial slurs were heard during the BYU-Duke volleyball... https://www.google.com/amp/s/sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/banned-byu-fan-was-misidentified-as-person-who-yelled-slurs-at-duke-volleyball-player-police-say-010256249.html The fan who was banned by BYU does not appear to have yelled slurs at volleyball match, campus police say BYU police say it doesn’t appear the man who was banned was the person... BYU police reports details what happened during BYU-Duke volleyball match Police report and an ESPN interview with Duke volleyball player add new... I know there was some push back to my initial comment in this thread, and rightfully so. I don’t blame anyone for taking these allegations seriously. However, In the last day as the media has gotten a clearer picture from the students, police, and BYU Athletic Department, the story seems to come down to the Duke player mishearing something in the crowd. Our fans yell ‘Cougar’ as you can imagine, and also yell the names of the opposing players. Duke has a player named Nikki. There was likely some disconnect in one of those two things. The crowd of 5700 was also the biggest Duke has played against, the atmosphere likely had them on edge.

I’m not here to defend racism, I’m abhorrently against it. And you guys are right, I may be reading too much into my brother’s experience in the student section from that game. It’s an issue that I know the university is addressing in every conceivable way, and I am hopeful we can get it rooted out of our school and state.

The person banned wasn’t banned for a racist comment, they were banned for approaching the Duke team after a set. It was a handicapped kid who wasn’t even a BYU student, and the Duke girl said she thinks it was also him who said the slur.

My brother was at the game in the student section and said he didn’t hear anything of that nature at the game. Within 5 seats of the alleged slur usage was A group of black BYU basketball players who undoubtedly would have reported or dealt with it. The godmother who broke the story also has a long twitter history of anti-white messages. She’s in the middle of a campaign in Texas, and wasn’t even at the game. BYU’s AD has spoken to every student, player, staff member at the game and no one else heard it besides the 1 Duke player. Not even her teammates have come out saying they heard Any slur. Im not saying it isn’t possible it happened. And if it did, it’s horrible and the person responsible deserves to be punished and any lack of response called out and fixed immediately. But the story just isn’t adding up.

From what I’ve heard Gunner is doubtful, and Puka is likely to play. Our backups are good, there isn’t a big drop off from gunner to the next guy or two. Puka would be a major loss, though. To the person who mentioned the under throws, yes it is by design. Our receivers are great at winning 1 on 1 deep reps, so our OC has Jaren throw it where they’ll have a chance to make a play every time. Our defensive scheme is certainly a hot issue within our fanbase, specifically in the run game. We gave up over 5 yards per carry on first down last year. That makes it really easy for teams to move the chains and churn out long drives against us

2 of BYU’s 3 losses last year were in rain games (Boise, UAB). Both times our offense wasn’t the same and in the Boise game we had 3 lost fumbles that effectively lost us the game. I’d like to think that our coaches have our guys more prepared for a heavy rain fall, but you never know and probably cost us a NY6 game last year with the Boise loss.

I can only imagine how our coordinators are trying to prepare for this one. New players, new coordinators, what film do you even watch? The first couple of quarters should be intriguing to see the chess match.

I wish! I’m flying to our games week 2 against Baylor and week 3 against Oregon, so unfortunately won’t be able to make it to Florida.

I posted this originally to the USF 247 page but it looks like this board gets much more traffic. I posted below a preview of the BYU team, I’d love to hear more about your Bulls team! This has been the most hyped BYU team coming into a season in over a decade. After a 10-3 season that included 6 P5 wins and a ranked finish, BYU returns more production than anyone in CFB (per ESPN). That returning production on offense includes our Quarterback, our 2 best WRs, our 3 best TEs, and what likely will be our best Offensive Line in school history. On defense we return basically our whole squad. Players to look out for on offense for BYU:- Jaren Hall (#3 QB) – He didn’t play against you guys in 2021, but did in 2019 where he was injured and USF came back to win afterwards. He may be our fastest offensive player, and he’s a great passer. I’ve never seen a QB at BYU besides Zach complete such a high % of his deep shots. Maybe his only knock is that he struggles seeing the middle of the field, and as a result our TEs were less of an impact in 2021 than they were in 2020. - Chris Brooks (#2 RB) – Cal transfer, coaches have been raving about him this off season. He’s a power back with great receiving skills as well. We still don’t know just how good he’ll be, but he should still be a formidable back. We don’t expect him to match Allgeier’s production.- Puka Nacua (#12 WR) – Such a great route runner, and he’s incredibly strong. He breaks tackles, catches jump balls, and is even involved in the run game at times as well. He’s our main receiving threat this year, though our WR room does have a lot of talent behind him.- Blake Freeland and Clark Barrington (#71 LT and #56 LG) – They are both NFL bound, with some analysts saying both could be 1st round picks. Our left side of the line may be the biggest strength of the whole roster. Injury Notes on offense – A few guys have been held out of a few practices, we don’t know if any will miss time to start the season. Some of these guys include WR Gunner Romney (Kidney), TE Isaac Rex (Foot, injured in 2021), and TE Dallin Holker. They should all play week 1, but could be something to watch for. If for whatever reason any of all of these guys sit out it would be a big shot to our passing attack.Key players to look out for on defense for BYU:- Keenan Pili (#41 LB) and Payton Wilgar (#49 LB) – Pili was injured the week before we played you guys last year. He was our leading tackler after week 3, and the heart of the defense. Getting him back can’t be overstated. Wilgar is also a great veteran LB who we lost around week 12 last year. Our LB depth isn’t perfect behind these 2, but for week 1 that shouldn’t matter. Pili’s main help should be around the line of scrimmage where he is a missile attacking the ball. We hope he can help shore up what was a putrid rush defense last year.- Kaleb Hayes (#18 CB) and Deangelo Mandell (#5 CB) – Our secondary traditionally has been mediocre at BYU, but it may be the strength of the defense in 2022. These are the 2 incumbent starters, but we also have a Vandy transfer that could end up being a part of the rotation. They both are great in 1 on 1 coverage, and should allow BYU to be more aggressive than usual on defense. - Malik Moore (#12 S) – Our other safety position is still to be decided, but Malik has been starting for a few years at Safety and done a great job. He will likely lead the team in interceptions, and is great in coverage. If USF is going to win this game, I suspect it will be due to their ground attack and not anything in the air. Injury notes on defense – Chaz Ah You, a former 4*, will likely miss the whole season due to injuries from last year. Incoming freshman logan fano was expected to have a big impact on the DL, but he tore his acl in the spring. I know USF added a ton of players this off season, and I’m curious how you guys look. I hope there are growing pains with these newcomers, but I believe USF has the talent to compete with us. We saw Bohanon last year, he wasn’t forced to do much as Baylor’s run game was dominant. Its no secret our DL is our biggest weakness. If USF wants to win they’ll need to do what UAB did and run effectively while keeping our offense off the field. I suspect our offense will perform well, especially if your secondary hasn’t improved since last season. BYU has also been excellent the last few years at avoiding turnovers on offense. It would take a special effort from USF to win the turnover battle and I think they may have to to win the game. If I had to guess today, I’d say BYU wins 31-24. I expect USF to cover the 12 point spread, but for BYU to control the game for the most part. I’d love to hear some of your thoughts coming into this one. Can’t wait for CFB to kick off, its been a long off season!