BYU Snowflakes: Coaching

Submitted by LSAClassOf2000 on September 26th, 2015 at 3:13 PM

This will be the thread for snowflakes and hot takes regarding the overall coaching - quality, strategy, what-have-you - in the BYU game.

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FreddieMercuryHayes

September 26th, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^

Didn't go for the throat. Should have been 56-0 and they got over 100 yards. Terrible.

Oh man, it's so fun to be irrational again!

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MazingBlue

September 26th, 2015 at 3:36 PM ^

Until my post jinxed it!

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gsquared2123

September 26th, 2015 at 4:15 PM ^

I like that they tried to go for the throat at the end of the first half instead of running the clock out.

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Olaf

September 26th, 2015 at 6:18 PM ^

I was complaining about this very thing at the game. My dad (who is a Buckeye) just pretty much told me to shut up.

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reshp1

September 26th, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^

HARBAUGH

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alum96

September 26th, 2015 at 3:16 PM ^

Whose got it better than us?

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Reader71

September 26th, 2015 at 3:42 PM ^

Nobody's!

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bacon

September 26th, 2015 at 3:17 PM ^

First win over a ranked team since 2013. Clearly our coaches out coached the BYU coaches. I can't remember the last time our coaches had a dominant performance like that. Not to mention the actual players on the field.

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Michigan Arrogance

September 26th, 2015 at 3:19 PM ^

55 weeks ago this same team got fucking shellacked by a meh ND team. Harbaugh.

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Mr. Yost

September 26th, 2015 at 3:20 PM ^

Went straight to Mattison and Durkin. As he should've.

Loved the double screen playcall. Only gripe is too many first down passes that left us in 2nd and 10 where we had to pass.

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Jinxed

September 26th, 2015 at 8:12 PM ^

I actually love the first down passing. I've had enough zone runs to the left side on first down to last me 10 lifetimes.

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Parkinen

September 26th, 2015 at 3:20 PM ^

And this team will get better.

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WichitanWolverine

September 26th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^

BAN ANYONE WHO COMPLAINS.

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Mr. Yost

September 26th, 2015 at 3:22 PM ^

No question...I'd put us in the top 5.

Definitely a top 25 team.

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champswest

September 26th, 2015 at 3:49 PM ^

be ranked this week. Going into B1G play with momentum.

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rockusa

September 26th, 2015 at 3:22 PM ^

domination for all four quarters!! they got coached today! this is how you manage clock and wear teams down!!

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gustave ferbert

September 26th, 2015 at 4:02 PM ^

It was like Harbaugh was in Mendenhall's head today. QB was confused, our secondary dominated their receivers.

Our D-line is comprised of beasts. . .

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UMfan21

September 26th, 2015 at 4:48 PM ^

my favorite line from the game was right before half: "BYU just needs to head to the locker room for some orange slices"

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BlueByTheAlamo

September 26th, 2015 at 3:24 PM ^

Loved leaving the defensive starters in the game to get the shutout. While there was a risk of injury, those guys deserved to blank the scoreboard, and couldn't hurt with Gary taking in the game.

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Mannix

September 26th, 2015 at 3:31 PM ^

Doesn't matter if 2nd group came in & BYU scored. The starters got their shutout if they left the field.

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UMForLife

September 26th, 2015 at 3:25 PM ^

What can I say. We have the best coach in all of football. HARBAUGH is Football GAWD. DJ Durkin is awesome. Drevno knows what he is doing. I hope we can keep this staff in tact for a few years. They are just too damn good. Go Blue!

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AnthonyThomas

September 26th, 2015 at 3:27 PM ^

Anyone else notice BYU's coaches had sponsors on their shirts?

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Geaux_Blue

September 26th, 2015 at 3:38 PM ^

Is a coaches against cancer org if I recall correctly. Should see it in a number of games

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AnthonyThomas

September 26th, 2015 at 3:44 PM ^

Ok, that makes more sense. Didn't know that.

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UMfan21

September 26th, 2015 at 4:49 PM ^

yep, it's on Charlie Strongs sleeve in the TX game

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UMFanInFlorida

September 26th, 2015 at 5:23 PM ^

So that explains Purdue's interesting neon green color scheme today.

Btw they sure Pur-didn't against BGSU today.

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Ghost of Fritz…

September 26th, 2015 at 3:28 PM ^

...and Michigan looks good. They are ahead of schedule by any reasonable pre-season expectations. Easily a top 20 team.

The road game at Maryland should be a win, but it will be a nice way to get the players to go on the road and play a really solid game, which will help out later in the year at Penn State and at the end of October at Minnesota.

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Geaux_Blue

September 26th, 2015 at 3:37 PM ^

We need to be careful that we didn't just out scheme a team with significant gaps versus winning in a slugfest a la UCLA. Games like Maryland will be a nice test of success over the median/average

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Ghost of Fritz…

September 26th, 2015 at 4:03 PM ^

..was how Michigan's d-line was so dominant in the first half. Disruptive. Nothing BYU could do to stop it.

The pass coverage was also really strong.

It has been a while since Michigan put together a 1st half this dominant over real team.

Offense made some real positive strides today. Defense still way ahead though. Rudock held the ball too long on two of the sacks. He missed passes to open receivers on a couple of plays. But overall he was much better.

Still will have to get a lot better to be beat MSU and OSU. But M is playing a lot better than in week 1, and it is realistic for the first time since 2011 to envision the team getting better each week, and entering November as a real top 15 team.

BTW, did anyone catch Speilman saying that based on Michigan's domiant performance he was raising his prediction of total wins for Michigan.... from 8 to.............9! Unreal.

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KBLOW

September 26th, 2015 at 4:56 PM ^

Well said. All of that is true. And without its two best players BYU is decidedly average or worse. But we were losing to teams with that designation last year so I'm pretty psyched!

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umaz1

September 26th, 2015 at 3:31 PM ^

Did I mention domination?

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charblue.

September 26th, 2015 at 3:31 PM ^

and the Dline smothering. Loved the confusion the defense created for BYU and forced Magnum into problems all game long.

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turtleboy

September 26th, 2015 at 3:35 PM ^

The playcalling was brilliant, and the win was beyond doubt in the first half, I'm as happy as I was watching Desmond and Moeller as a boy, but not scoring at all in the second half, again, leaves me wanting. I know I'm picking nits, but I want to see second half scores. We're going to be in games where we'll need to win late, or come from behind, and our boys will need to get used to those situations and grinding out tough points. I believe they got practice at that in the second half, but I'd still like to see any post-halftime points.

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AnthonyThomas

September 26th, 2015 at 3:46 PM ^

There aren't "tought points" when you're already up 31. Going for it in the second half of a game like that just shows future opponents more of the playbook.

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Here2CWoodson

September 26th, 2015 at 3:33 PM ^

I smile every time I see Jim Harbaugh on TV.

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Victor Hale II

September 26th, 2015 at 3:45 PM ^

Sorry to hear that. ED is an awful thing, isn't it?

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Wendyk5

September 26th, 2015 at 3:34 PM ^

I'm thinking back to Hoke's recent comments about how a coach needs 5 - 6 years to get a program to where he wants it to be. Maybe a coach like Hoke needs that long.

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Perkis-Size Me

September 26th, 2015 at 3:42 PM ^

You could've given Hoke 10 years and he never would've been better than a perennial 8-4 team with annual ass kickings from both MSU and OSU, and 1-2 head scratchers per year that made us say "wow, we actually lost that game?"

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Wendyk5

September 26th, 2015 at 3:47 PM ^

This is the first year in the the last four where I've watched all the games from start to finish. I don't have that overwhelming need to leave the room when I know things are about to go really south. Because they're not. I can imagine a few rough plays. But with this team I can't imagine a complete breakdown like we saw with Hoke's teams.

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BlueCube

September 26th, 2015 at 3:44 PM ^

since it is very apparent.

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MGoKalamazoo

September 26th, 2015 at 3:35 PM ^

Who has it better than us?

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itsbigcat

September 26th, 2015 at 3:37 PM ^

NO
FUCKIN
BODY

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bleens ditch

September 26th, 2015 at 3:35 PM ^

I had forgotten that this feeling was possible - Michigan football scaring other teams - Looking forward to MSU and OSU this year - we are competent again

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BayWolves

September 26th, 2015 at 3:42 PM ^

Our games against Staee and OSU are quite winnable. Those teams are not 1 and 2 in the country. No way.

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Reader71

September 26th, 2015 at 4:09 PM ^

You're right. They are #2 and #3. Michigan is #1.

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UMForLife

September 26th, 2015 at 4:36 PM ^

You got that right.

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M-Dog

September 26th, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^

Remember when we were hanging on every tweet, every article, every rumor, in the hopes of getting Jim Harbaugh?

This is why.

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M-Dog

September 26th, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^

When we get a QB with some mobility, this offense is going to be a nightmere to defend. You can't defend everyone that you need to without leaving hugh running lanes open for the QB.

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funkywolve

September 27th, 2015 at 1:03 AM ^

I was watching the game thinking 'what if we had a QB that could sling the ball all over the place'. Rudock isn't bad but I can only fathom the offense when UM has a 1st or 2nd all big ten type QB.

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UMfan21

September 26th, 2015 at 3:44 PM ^

Two plays in the 2nd quarter stood out to me:

1. Rudock fakes to be RBs in the backfield then hits Khalid Hill down the seam. BRILLIANT play design. Totally confused BYU.

2. that deep pass to Jake Butt. WR ran guys out of the zone and Butt ran under them and broke wide open.

I'm sure there were many smaller cases of RPS brilliance, but those two were shear genius.

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