BYU @ UCLA - Open Thread

UCLA to win, otherwise their momentum will get going and no-one will stop them until the playoffs where some random actually good team will give them a both hands in shoulders proctological exam. They're lucky UCLA's freshman QB forgot how to throw a football.

Ucla's D is a bunch of undersized speed-rushers. They are built to rush the passer on 3rd and long.

of an IF as there is

I wish I could upvote you more for that

Rosen finally remembered how to throw the football.

Nice floater pass from Rosen to a WR in the corner of the end zone.

we'd be 2-2 at best and that's very likely. Oddly, I was more sure of a Utah loss than BYU but I think we could and should have beat Utah. I don't think they're THAT good! A solid top-30 team but nothing like I'd thought they'd be. BYU really concerns me as I had them as the team we'd beat if we started 3-1, no chance to beat Utah. Now? It's reversed. We should have beat Utah and I think BYU comes in and wins a comfortable game (unless Rudock plays lights out). I'd call it a rather big upset win for us if we won and that's crazy considering BYU isn't a world beater and it's a home game. They're a well coached team in a program that has an identity. They'll never get beat up. Nobody will have them playing timid, win or lose. They're tough, well coached and take what their opponents give them. If Harbaugh and Durkin have been holding back some secret sauce I think it's time to use it. I don't think they have any (I think they've actually been very limited in what they can call) so I don't see us running well enough to force BYU to load the box. I think they'll hold us to 2-3 YPC with their front 7 and bet that Rudock can't beat them. If that happens (even if not) they'll still score points so unless Jake can guide us to 28+ I don't think we can pull this out. We NEED pressure with our front 4. They have huge WRs that we can't single up without helping them. Stribling/Clark can stand with them but Lewis is a liability despite being our best cover corner/DB. I'd line Taco wide and Lawrence Taylor/Aldon Smith him - sick the QB! Sick 'em! Every down ha.

Although somebody said that perhaps the most damaging BYU injury wasn't to the QB but the star defensive lineman.

I'm sick of teams getting away with shit b/c of their offense. For years you'd see Oregon running illegal pre-snap motions with no call. They'd look like a frigging Arena/CFL team. Plus, offenses like that never see holding penalties b/c it goes so fast that the refs can't keep up. I'm tired of how 1st & 10 turned into 1st & 9.5...ehh, close enough, first down! If you're just close they give it to you. You'll see the ref closest to the play have the ball a full yard short and the far side ref will be a full yard beyond so when they meet up to spot the play side ref will just mark the difference - first down. Finally, it's now a rule that opponents forget HOW to hold against Michigan! They just forget, they never do it except that they kinda always do it. You'll see Wormley or Taco's upper body get yanked back away from their direction of movement and the refs don't see it, believe basic physics change in Ann Arbor OR obey the new rule/phenomena. Teams never hold because they don't know how! Amazing.

of them

Cheribum?  Ditka?

Fingers crossed..............

I thought there was an upset bruin.