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BYU maybe not as bad as they looked.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:23 pm
I did not know much about BYU when we played them. The game looked like a mismatch from the stands, like.a 5A high school team playing a 1A school.
I went back and looked at their records the last couple of years. Last year BYU beat Arizona, Miss State, romped Michigan State and beat a ranked Boise State. They had very close losses to UCLA and West Va. Two years ago they beat Nebraska, Boise State and lost to UCLA by one.
This makes LSU's dominance that much more impressive. You can see by last year's win over Miss State why some BYU fans were thiinking they had enough horses to be physical with LSU. I think BYU fans were truly surprised by LSU's physical dominance of their team.
I know this year's BYU team is different than last year's, but they have a decent program and this was maybe more of a quality win for LSU than I first thought. Yes it's a game LSU was supposed to win, but teams lose games they are supposed to win all the time. Ask Texas about that.
I went back and looked at their records the last couple of years. Last year BYU beat Arizona, Miss State, romped Michigan State and beat a ranked Boise State. They had very close losses to UCLA and West Va. Two years ago they beat Nebraska, Boise State and lost to UCLA by one.
This makes LSU's dominance that much more impressive. You can see by last year's win over Miss State why some BYU fans were thiinking they had enough horses to be physical with LSU. I think BYU fans were truly surprised by LSU's physical dominance of their team.
I know this year's BYU team is different than last year's, but they have a decent program and this was maybe more of a quality win for LSU than I first thought. Yes it's a game LSU was supposed to win, but teams lose games they are supposed to win all the time. Ask Texas about that.
This post was edited on 9/4/17 at 9:28 pm
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Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:25 pm to paper tiger
I'm gonna go ahead and agree with you.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:25 pm to paper tiger
It's a lackluster BYU team, but they held up decently at the point of attack and their guys made a few nice tackles. They just don't have much of an offense and didn't play very inspired. I think they'll be a 6-6, 7-5 type team.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:26 pm to paper tiger
If they beat Utah this weekend, a lot of people will get excited.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:29 pm to paper tiger
I thought their defense was pretty good, Guice could never break a big one and other than the chark bomb they allowed no big plays... held us to many FG attempts. If they had more offense,they'd be a really good team
This post was edited on 9/4/17 at 9:33 pm
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:30 pm to paper tiger
2 games and 2 crap performances. They're a solid program, but evidence suggests this team is trash.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:32 pm to paper tiger
Their front 7 is very solid, and they have an excellent TE. They are below average everywhere else.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:33 pm to paper tiger
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This makes LSU's dominance that much more impressive. You can see by last year's win over Miss State why some BYU fans were thiinking they had enough horses to be physical with LSU. I think BYU fans were truly surprised by LSU's physical dominance of their team.
You are correct about BYU totally!
It is only one game. Thomas Ritter awaits.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:34 pm to paper tiger
I agree....we will know more within the next two weeks when BYU plays Utah and Wisconsin...
It really aggravates that some people expected a lopsided win like we were playing a cup cake...BYU is not like playing Kent State...Geez
It really aggravates that some people expected a lopsided win like we were playing a cup cake...BYU is not like playing Kent State...Geez
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:38 pm to Robbytiger
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BYU is not like playing Kent State...Geez
That's what I though before the game. Now I am not so sure. We will get a better feel after a couple of more games.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:46 pm to paper tiger
I think their offense is going to have problem. They ran well last week but we destroyed their run game.
QB under throws every pass.
Their Defense is disciplined and effective. They aren't super talented but they aren't bums. Good enough to bottle up a play they know is coming
QB under throws every pass.
Their Defense is disciplined and effective. They aren't super talented but they aren't bums. Good enough to bottle up a play they know is coming
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:48 pm to omegaman66
Don't forget, this was BYU's 2nd game and this was LSU's 1st game. With a new offense at that. Lighten up a little. We should see improvement game by game.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 9:59 pm to paper tiger
BYI's head coach is in way over his head and he looked it all fame long.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 10:46 pm to paper tiger
They had to fight to beat Portland st. They are usually a decent team, but not this year.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 10:58 pm to SportTiger1
Portland St gave Oregon St all they could handle. Obviously Oregon St isn't very good, but they're still a P5 team.
I think this about BYU:
-poor QB play
-poor skill position players
-decent offensive line (we really didn't get much pressure without blitzing, or stunting)
-solid, hard nosed, well coached defense
I think at the end of the year they'll be a 6 or 7 win bowl team.
I think this about BYU:
-poor QB play
-poor skill position players
-decent offensive line (we really didn't get much pressure without blitzing, or stunting)
-solid, hard nosed, well coached defense
I think at the end of the year they'll be a 6 or 7 win bowl team.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 11:05 pm to paper tiger
Arizona, Mich. St and MSU all had losing records last season. Those may have "looked" like impressive wins, but they really weren't.
If BYU loses to Utah this week then they are staring at a 1-3 start with Wisconsin coming in the week after. They may end up with a winning record because the rest of the schedule is awful (minus Boise St and Miss. St.), but they have looked bad in their first two games.
That isn't a knock on LSU, just that this probably isn't one of the BYU teams of yesteryear
If BYU loses to Utah this week then they are staring at a 1-3 start with Wisconsin coming in the week after. They may end up with a winning record because the rest of the schedule is awful (minus Boise St and Miss. St.), but they have looked bad in their first two games.
That isn't a knock on LSU, just that this probably isn't one of the BYU teams of yesteryear
Posted on 9/5/17 at 5:51 am to whitefoot
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I think at the end of the year they'll be a 6 or 7 win bowl team.
U understand the sentiment but they are almost a lock for 9 wins (they play 13). They can lose the next 3 and still easily run the table - back half of their schedule is horrible
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