BYU Head Coach Kalani Sitake on South Florida

[Bulls On Parade]

15 minutes ago, bulloni said:

scored 49 last week against an FCS team sure, but this past weekend they only scored 14 against a Georgia Tech team that isn't that good and let up more to Northern Illinois and Kennesaw State

I think that shows how much a good QB impacts a team...even when all the other players are studs. It starts at the qb.

 

 

[BullyPulpit]

11 hours ago, chapelbull said:

This is one helluva point.  If you can be "out coached" by CCS, you can be "out coached" by anybody.  

That game was probably our last "impressive" win. Zach Wilson was out due to injury. That BYU team beat Tennessee, USC, and Boise State that year, but also managed to lose to Toledo and USF on consecutive weeks. 

BYU outgained USF by 125 yards, we lost the turnover battle 2 to 1, we committed 11 penalties for 105 yards (versus their 5 for 40), and lost time of possession 37:30 to 22:30. We had 5 three and outs and fumbled on the first play of another possession. McCloud had 72 yards passing on 14 attempts with 39 coming on one play, so his 13 other pass attempts netted 33 yards. Cronkrite was a beast that game, with 26 carries for 158 yards and 2 TDs and Trevon Sands spelled him nicely with 10 carries for 63 yards. 

That win didn't make sense. Our defense played well enough in that one, bending, but not breaking. Maybe we can pull off another one that just doesn't make sense this week? 

[chapelbull]

21 minutes ago, bulloni said:

scored 49 last week against an FCS team sure, but this past weekend they only scored 14 against a Georgia Tech team that isn't that good and let up more to Northern Illinois and Kennesaw State

Forgot about Ga Tech, but yeah they may be sorting things out after losing Lawrence.  Still not a constant decline since CJS left.  More like big decline when Lawrence left

[Paisa el Toro]

1 hour ago, BullyPulpit said:

That game was probably our last "impressive" win. Zach Wilson was out due to injury. That BYU team beat Tennessee, USC, and Boise State that year, but also managed to lose to Toledo and USF on consecutive weeks. 

BYU outgained USF by 125 yards, we lost the turnover battle 2 to 1, we committed 11 penalties for 105 yards (versus their 5 for 40), and lost time of possession 37:30 to 22:30. We had 5 three and outs and fumbled on the first play of another possession. McCloud had 72 yards passing on 14 attempts with 39 coming on one play, so his 13 other pass attempts netted 33 yards. Cronkrite was a beast that game, with 26 carries for 158 yards and 2 TDs and Trevon Sands spelled him nicely with 10 carries for 63 yards. 

That win didn't make sense. Our defense played well enough in that one, bending, but not breaking. Maybe we can pull off another one that just doesn't make sense this week? 

I remember that BYU struggled to score consistently in the red zone. Our D was uncharacteristically opportunistic for this game in 2019.

[bulloni]

Arizona
    4th and 1 at BYU 14: missed field goal
    Got to the BYU 26: sacked and punted
    Got to the BYU 9: sacked and missed field goal
    Got to the BYU 35: intercepted

Utah
    4th and 2 at the BYU 8: turnover on downs
    Got to the BYU 26: lost 5 yards, missed field goal
    Turnover on their 1st 2 drives

ASU
    Got to the BYU 42 and punted
    Got to the BYU 32, sacked and punted
    Got to the BYU 19, and threw an interception
    4 total turnovers

 

So far it seems BYU has had a very bend don't break defense, lets hope some of that is luck. Arizona had 426 yards of offense against BYU but was only able to muster 230 against San Diego State and 363 vs Northern Arizona (85 of which came from Jordan McCloud coming in for the last possession of the game). A lot of computer polls have Arizona worse than us, and it appears McCloud may be their best QB.

They aren't unbeatable by any means, the blueprint for how to move the ball against them is out there. Lets hope we can continue that trend, but just capitalize with some points when we do.

 

[BulledOver]

14 hours ago, Brad said:

or Montana.

Oh no, not the GRIZ

[BulledOver]

Just now, BulledOver said:

Oh no, not the GRIZ

Got 2 things from BYU coaches comments..1) he enjoys doing home "Improvement" projects and....................2) He Scared...

[bulloni]

22 minutes ago, bulloni said:

Arizona
    4th and 1 at BYU 14: missed field goal
    Got to the BYU 26: sacked and punted
    Got to the BYU 9: sacked and missed field goal
    Got to the BYU 35: intercepted

Utah
    4th and 2 at the BYU 8: turnover on downs
    Got to the BYU 26: lost 5 yards, missed field goal
    Turnover on their 1st 2 drives

ASU
    Got to the BYU 42 and punted
    Got to the BYU 32, sacked and punted
    Got to the BYU 19, and threw an interception
    4 total turnovers

 

So far it seems BYU has had a very bend don't break defense, lets hope some of that is luck. Arizona had 426 yards of offense against BYU but was only able to muster 230 against San Diego State and 363 vs Northern Arizona (85 of which came from Jordan McCloud coming in for the last possession of the game). A lot of computer polls have Arizona worse than us, and it appears McCloud may be their best QB.

They aren't unbeatable by any means, the blueprint for how to move the ball against them is out there. Lets hope we can continue that trend, but just capitalize with some points when we do.

 

TDS guys touched on this too that BYU probably isn't as good as their #15 ranking:

BYU 88th in yards per play on offense
BYU 101st in yards per play allowed on defense

BYU has scored 8 touchdown in 10 attempts in the redzone, allowed 3 touchdowns in 10 attempts on defense in the redzone.

Granted we've had trouble finishing drives, but that's likely the key this week. Hopefully Timmy learns to slide and not dive as that seemed to cause his fumble vs FAMU. 

[BulledOver]

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Figured they would have the size advantage--some are big-quite big

[BulledOver]

10 minutes ago, bulloni said:

TDS guys touched on this too that BYU probably isn't as good as their #15 ranking:

BYU 88th in yards per play on offense
BYU 101st in yards per play allowed on defense

BYU has scored 8 touchdown in 10 attempts in the redzone, allowed 3 touchdowns in 10 attempts on defense in the redzone.

Granted we've had trouble finishing drives, but that's likely the key this week. Hopefully Timmy learns to slide and not dive as that seemed to cause his fumble vs FAMU. 

Question I have is: how good were the teams that BYU has beaten already? How do we match up to them?  USF is still an unknown product. Did we really "turn the corner" in UF game? I imagine we will need to play balls out aggressive and flawless to come home with a win.