Published on: 24th September, 2010
Notre Dame defeated Nevada 35-0 in 2009 We visited Nevada’s pistol formation yesterday and some of the problems it creates for defenses. Today we take a look at how the BYU Cougars may attempt to defend and defeat the Wolf Pack’s high octane attack. We will use for our example the effort of ...Published on: 21st September, 2010
Jake Heaps UPDATE: BYU has announced in a press release that Riley Nelson is out for the season with a shoulder injury sustained in Saturday’s game with Florida State… Here is the release PROVO, Utah (Sept. 21, 2010) – BYU junior quarterback Riley Nelson will have surgery to repair a shoulder injury suffered ...Published on: 20th September, 2010
Cougars need guys like Jacobson to step up As John Maxwell so succinctly puts it, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” One of the glaring things that you notice about the 2010 version of the BYU Cougars thus far this season is a lack of leadership. The departure of Max Hall, Dennis Pitta, ...Published on: 12th September, 2010
Inexplicably, the BYU Cougars seem to lay an egg in one game each season. In 2009, the Cougars came out flat at home against Florida State after a big victory two weeks earlier over Oklahoma and were drubbed by the Seminoles. In 2008, the ninth-ranked Cougars failed to show up in Forth ...Published on: 1st September, 2010
BYU officially announced its football independence today, and in the process revealed that the Cougars have entered into an eight-year agreement with ESPN to broadcast every home football game starting next season. BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe also announced a six-year agreement to play Notre Dame in football. In addition, BYU will ...Published on: 29th August, 2010
If Jake Heaps had even a portion of the game experience of Riley Nelson, this duel-quarterback situation at BYU would not exist. The truth be known, Bronco Mendenhall and the Cougar coaches are seeking to play it safe to try to take some of the pressure off the true freshman. They have ...Published on: 24th August, 2010
BYU has the next seven days to notify the Mountain West Conference if it plans to leave the conference in 2011. One of the current options for the school is to move forward and go independent in football and move all of its other athletic teams to the Western Athletic Conference. In ...Published on: 19th August, 2010
In a stunning move, the Mountain West Conference has struck back, stealing two key schools from the WAC and potentially leaving BYU without a conference for its non-football sports to play in. Fresno State and Nevada joined the MWC Wednesday night, just hours after reports surfaced that BYU will leave the ...Published on: 10th August, 2010
The BYU quarterback battle has quickly boiled down once again to a choice between Riley Nelson and Jake Heaps. The question is which one of these signal callers is best suited to take advantage of the talent the Cougars will put out the field this season. They vary vastly in their ...Published on: 9th August, 2010
The 2010 season marks the return of the wide receiver for the Cougars. The BYU offense will look a little different this season. Expect to see more receivers on the field and fewer double tight end sets. BYU is well known for employing its talented tight ends with great effectiveness, but this ...