This was one of the saddest games of my life. It looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. It looked to me like BYU thought that TCU was going to be handed to them like most of the other teams. What many may have forgotten (coaches included) is that THE RESOUNDING difference in TCU's football team is their SPEED! They are faster than almost any team I've ever seen. That is perhaps the ONE thing that I've ALWAYS wanted to see BYU do better at. It threw us off our timing. Our receivers were one step behind and the ball was often thrown a few steps behind. I think they missed some interceptions because they were TOO fast and
overshot the ball. I know that there's a slight elevation difference, but that's not enough of an excuse.We also looked like we were afraid. When we saw their tenacity, we didn't try to match it, but instead looked like we needed to play it a little more "safely". I hope Utah beats them and gets a surprise upset from someone else so when we beat Utah, we still win the Championship outright. THERE GOES THE NATION'S LONGEST WINNING STREAK!!! *sound of Charles crying*
The thing that is going to upset me the most is that USC lost and fell from like 3rd or 4th place to about 11th place. I don't remember for certain, but I think it was 10 spots or less and they lost to a freaking unranked team!!!!!!! You just watch, Sunday the polls will come out, and BYU, who lost to a ranked team, will fall MORE than 10 spots. I'd bet my soul on it. And to boot, BYU is in a conference (Mountain West Conference) that has dominated USC's conference (PAC-10) this year 6 out of 7 games!!!!! So who's in a harder conference? What should our loss mean? Not as much. We should be ranked about 11th after that loss, but I bet we'll be ranked in the low teens or 20's.
This makes me extra grateful for a Judgment Day when we will all be judged by a perfect Heavenly Father. Can you imagine being judged by a panel of referees or BCS pollsters? I think I'd give up trying to live a righteous life altogether.
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My take is a little more simple. TCU made BYU look fat and slow. I felt sorry for Rhonda, Taylor and Emily who had to drive for hours and pay top money for tickets out there just to end up embarrassed and depressed!
Charles, I send my sincere sympathy. I also don't think there will be football in the afterlife, so ya better take up somethin' else! :-)
I think BYU was completely underprepared. Both the offensive and defensive gameplans were unimaginative. What consistently drives me crazy about BYU is that when we play a big game, the other team always looks like they've actually thrown in some new wrinkles to their gameplans specifically for that game. BYU coaches act like making specific preparations for a specific team is heresy. Thus, TCU starts off the game with deep passes and introduces their direct snap to the receiver plays while we give their receivers 15 yard cushions and rush four men every down. Nary a blitz, nary a stunt, just vanilla. And on offense, could someone please tell Max Hall that he has other receivers besides Pitta and Collie. I think he threw at Pitta 20x on Thursday.
Too much sport for me but I am glad you are able to funnel your love of BYU football!
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