I think that the QB's from the following teams we faced last year were better QB's than BO:

AZ
Tulsa
AFA
UNM
TCU (both of them)
UCLA (bowl game Q
Utah (but just slightly)
CSU
SDSU

Only EWa wasn't as good-but it's close.

BYUtx wrote:

CrimsonCoug wrote:

Not sure where you're seeing that they have a bye ahead of BYU. The schedule I saw on the bruinsnation link shows them playing Tennessee (at home) on Sep 6 ahead of the Sep 13 matchup at BYU. Their bye week looks to come the last week of September as they play Arizona on Sep 20 and then WSU on Oct 4.

That game was moved up to Sep 1st-Labor day, and their opener was moved to another date. They'll have four or five extra days to prepare.

Thanks.

So their TN game becomes sort of a pre-season exhibition game. I'm guessing (maybe just hoping) they have a letdown in work ethic and enthusiasm. They'll build up emotion for the entire Fall, play TN, hopefully beat them, then just be treading water for two weeks. That's a long time to keep up the fight early in the season.

On negative side, though, moving the UCLA-Fresno State game to Sep 27 gives BYU one less game to get film on the Bruins--in fact, they'll only have the TN game. And with a new coaching staff, that film would have been really useful. Then again, the only thing the whole UCLA team will be doing on September 6 is watching BYU take apart Washington at their place, so they'll have plenty of exposure on us.

In the end, I think it's even and depends how we do against Washington--if we beat them and stay healthy, I think our momentum is more important than the extra film and prep time they have on us. Otherwise, they'll have extra time to game us and heal from whatever TN bruises. I think we beat Washington, but hope we stay healthy as we won't have a lot of healing time ahead of UCLA.

BYUtx wrote:

TimO wrote:

i hope your right-when he's on it's scary...i do enjoy the fact that since his transfer he has had a lot of clipboard time.

What? You're right-that one time (out of 2 seasons) that he was sort of on, he was kinda scary ;)

Yeah. On the scary list, Ben Olsen can be found down at the bottom, right above slugs, puppies, and baby chicks.

Not to sound too overconfident, but we gave UCLA a real fight at their place last year in Hall's second start. Then we edged them out on a neutral field in the LV bowl. After what they lost on defense, I think we take it to them at home. I worry a little about our new line backers stopping their running game, but we have a bunch of solid LBs and I think we shut them down. We need to come out swinging and get an early lead and force them to pass. I really like our odds in a shoot out or when they are passing, but when you keep the game close, like last year, you allow play makers to determine the outcome. The pick-six and strip sack on their 13 that cost us the first game, and it was the fumble right before the half that nearly cost us the LV bowl. Jump out early, get LES rocking and UCLA passing and we eat their lunch.

So is getting Direct TV the way to go? My parents just moved into a new place and asked me what to get.

UliUli79 wrote:

So is getting Direct TV the way to go? My parents just moved into a new place and asked me what to get.

Pretty much. They could also wait it out with (more expensive) cable and see if Dish picks it up.

I'm going to be getting Directv next week.