For the Cougars this game is a chance to get back on the field after what seems to be a month off (really only 2 weeks, but 3 weeks since the last D-I foe and 5 weeks since the last D-I foe with a winning record). Like Bronco has said, this is the start to the 2nd half of the their season. In some ways, it kind of feels like a season opener. Max Hall needs to come out and show improvement and his ability to throw the ball down field and underneath. This will not be so vital for Saturday's game as it will be for establishing momentum and consistency in the passing game for the rest of the season.
Photo Courtesy of Dan Ransom (http://www.danransom.com/)
BYU WILL WIN THE GAME IF ...
They manage what Bronco calls Ball Security - this has been written about in the papers and Bronco has addressed it as being a point of emphasis in practice ... and it continues to be the offense's Achilles heal this season. If the Cougars win the turnover battle, they will win the game.
PLAYERS TO WATCH ...
Austin Collie - he is perhaps as healthy as he has been since the Tulsa game, in which he accounted for over 300 all-purpose yards. He returned kicks in practice this week - could be huge in the game. Also look for Hall to try and find Collie deep.
Harvey Unga - having amassed four 100-yard games this season (1st BYU freshman to ever do that) he should easily break the freshman rushing record. It has been well documented that when BYU runs the ball over 100, 150, and 200 yards respectively as a team, they are increasingly more dominant. Unga will be the key to another successful Cougar outing if he can exploit the weak rush defense of CSU.
PREDICTION ...
BYU 33 - CSU 9
1 comment:
I think you have it all wrong. CSU has played a much tougher schedule than BYwho. BYwho's mistake p;one offense has been fortunate to have an average defense that has kept them in the ones they have won. Where did you ever get the idea that BYwho does better when they run the ball. They are known a PASS U. Have you ever heard of Shiede, Nelson, Wilson, McMan, Detmer(by the way it was very weak competition when he won the HeMan trophy.)It was a mistake to let Coach Crowton ever leave. If they had just given him 2 more years he would have your team in a BCS bowl game by now. It's time to take off the rosy glasses and see BYwho for who they really are: an average team in an average conference. DBJ, South Jordan, Utah
Post a Comment