Well I'm in recovery mode. It was a tough weekend to be a cougar fan. It was a tough weekend to be a cougar fan named Dignan. It was a tough weekend to be a cougar fan named Dignan who had a yard sale right up till kick-off on Saturday. It was a tough weekend to be a cougar fan named Dignan who had a yard sale right up till kick-off and then over-ate after the game causing a bloated feeling to sail right through Sunday and into an over eaters anonymous style Monday.
Let me start with the one thing that could of saved the whole weekend: The BYU vs. Air Force game, or as I have come to call it; the unexpected kick in the junk.
I could go down the line of almost every "Y" helmet that saw the field and show the incompetence.
Except Andrew Rich. He was the ONLY Coug that showed up to play.
Lets start with the 2,000 lb. Gorilla in the room, the dual QB spot.
Riley: He is a gamer. He is a hard headed guy that can get the tough yards. He is a motivator to the rest of the team. He runs the option really well. he runs a quick offense. He's a great QB.
He's not the starter.
I am the biggest Riley honk. I love hard headed guys that are just natural leaders. Riley is one of those. But again he is not your starter. The reason isn't because Jake Heaps is that much better right now (he will be eventually), it's not because Jake gives you a much better chance to win right now (he will eventually). No, it's not that Riley isn't a good QB. I'll tell you what it is.
It's because this is an EXTREMELY young BYU team with a lot of talent and hardly any experience. I have tried to avoid this next sentence for a long time but I can't gage it any more... here it comes...
This is a re-building year.
Ouch! It hurts to say that, but that is the truth. If your a Ute fan, or a realist you may have been tooting that horn for a while now. But the real tell is when a Honk Homer BYU fanatic like myself admits it.
That is why you play Jake.
Give him the reps, let him make his blunders, let him get knocked around and feel the sting of a few more loses. Let Riley settle into his role as well; the 10-12 reps in the red zone like Tebow when he was a freshman. Let him embrace it as a unique talent "wildcat" role on a BYU team that lets him score a lot of points and run/pass some short RED ZONE plays.
Let Heaps be The Man at QB. Let him get comfortable with the timing of the O-line. Let him get his timing down with the receivers/TEs. Let him Lead.
OK, now the defense... or the weak fence.Watching that line of scrimmage battle reminded me of a pee-wee game I played in (the extent of my distinguished career as a lineman). We showed up to our first scrimmage and looked across the line at a scrawny Woods Cross D-line and got really excited. We were a bunch of "X" O-liners that loved to hit and we could sense that we out weighed them by at least 20-30lbs. a head. It was gonna be a mess!
It didn't happen that way.
The first play I snapped the ball and by the time I looked back up, I had a light weight nose guard swim moving me on his way to sacking the QB. That's how most of the day went.
That is what happen to the Coug D-line. The were getting cut, frustrated, pushed, and slapped around ALL DAY LONG. I really don't have an answer for them. It was just sad. They gave up.
Oh, and by the way, you can't win a game with that many turnovers. You just can't.
This is a young BYU team. This is a BYU team that needs to hit each other and run gassers all week this week. This is a BYU team that needs to find some toughness on D and a lone leader on O.
If they can't figure that out, it will be a 7 win season.
If they can it will be 9.
Oh yea, and my fantasy team lost.
3 comments:
Poor, poor diggity-doo. At least you got a lot of good stories to tell from that darn yard sale.
Like the man who decided 7 bucks was the price he would pay for a lamp... 7. Such a strange #! Or the lady that waited 15min. for Shelly to go inside and get her 50 cents on her $7.50 purchase.
It was definitely a rough weekend to be a Cougar. I guess this is when you find out who those true blue fans really are. I'll be wearing my BYU shirt and earrings every weekend and Sammy will be dressed up as well. I just hate those bandwagon fans, but what can you do? And while I don't think we're at our A game this year I do think that Air Force is legit.
Post a Comment