Staying Positive: BYU Second Half Thread
by Nestor on Sep 13, 2008 1:57 PM PDT
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PrintAll righty then.
Everyone needs to step back, relax and take a deep breath.
Things couldn't go worse in a game in which we were huge underdogs.
It's only the second game of the season. The season is not lost.
Just think back to Howland's first season ... and see if you can remember that game against St. Johns on National TV at MSG.
Also might not be a bad idea to look up all of our off season posts tagged with "dose of reality."
The only thing our players and all of us can do is to stick with it, stay positve, chip away, and stay positive:
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Hopefully the offense can finish this game with some decent drives. The defense ... what else can we stay ... hopefully Walker will fire them up to go for broke, take some chances, and show lot more aggression in the second half.
The best thing we can do as a team is to set the tempo and build some momentum, heading into next Saturday.
Now time for the second half thread.
GO BRUINS.
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This is a pretty darn good BYU team though as well
I’d like to at least see some positive things this next half
O.A.
wondering how Carter
is doing. scary watching him limp around.
Wonder If Things Might Have Been A Little Different
Had ATV picked off that one pass.
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by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
i just hope the defense
can stop BYU from scoring first
then we’ll worry about defensive scores
by bucknellbruin on Sep 13, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
tough situation
important to get freshman in the game and gain experience, but rough time to do it.
If Carter is a no go in the 2nd half
I want to see Dean. Let’s see if the hype is true.
I feel like...
watching this game under a blanket with a flashlight.
Pac-10 is getting roughed up too…..
Hopefully we can see some of our freshman RBs
WOOHOO!!! Go OSU
I don’t like OSU, but my hate for USC knows no bounds…
But USC is probably still gonna win…
This is beyond tough to watch
Is it just me, or does it seem like we always come off the big surprise win with a huge letdown like this? we were underdogs, but c’mon…. here’s the only brightside I can see… a chance for Rick and his team to show some character and try to at least save face in the second half. Have to believe a win is out of reach…
whoa
we suck today, and the staff and the team have, bluntly, crapped the bed, but I’m not quite ready to write them all off based on this one half? no excuses, but this is not exactly a five star roster… let’s see what happens in the second half…. THEN we can write them off…
Well Ladies and Gents...
I’m headed to Palau and it’s my turn to watch the engineering plant for a couple hours.
Maybe my leaving will change the chi?
GO BRUINS!
I'm Proud of Craft
Despite this horror of a game, he’s pretty composed, and no INT’s.
Love My Bruins
here we go
greatest comeback in bruin history
this sucks, but i want to see what happens next week
Our defense has another huge challenge next week against Tuitama. Hopefully we can rebound with a great effort and a win.
We knew we weren’t going to go undefeated this year. This loss hurts but it’s not the end of the world. HertzyM, you need to chill out. BYU is older, more experienced, and more talented, and we just didn’t have a good game. You can’t call out the coaches for one bad game against a far more talented team that was expected to win.
Let’s just do something positive this half and forget about the game. Losing 70-0 is the same as losing 28-27 guys.
We’ll be ok.
they are just getting
run over. Power, size and elevation, ouch!!
This Game is Not Over.
If anything, we are playing for pride. This is the same group of young men who played TN.
Love My Bruins
Oh Boy
Another injury.
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by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 2:33 PM PDT reply actions
Oh, hey...
Re-checked the channels after my last sax student left, and found the game where I wasn’t expecting it.
Man, this is ugly…. Reed’s out now?
I am a Bruin and I will watch this game and cheer every good play, no matter how tough it is.
Argh.
what's in the Provo water?
these kids are massive
Umm, they're not from Provo, really...so, probably not the water there.
They’re older, of course, than our guys.
Love My Bruins
Sigh......
So tough to watch.
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by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 2:43 PM PDT reply actions
I know most aren't from Provo
just amazed at size of all position players
Too Damn Bad About Micah Reed
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by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 2:46 PM PDT reply actions
Can I just say...
Versus’ coverage of this game is the worst in quality and in production, I have ever seen.
Yeah, that's about the third time today...
…that we didn’t see the play because they were showing a replay
there are some pretty bad efforts
early on in UCLA history. Don’t think we are quite at that point yet.
someone
please wake me up from this nightmare
Folks, I'm Tellin Ya'
Better days ARE ahead….
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by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 3:01 PM PDT reply actions
In other good news,
Oregon just got a TD and is in striking distance of Purdue. The PAC needs a victory here to make us not look like complete fools.
Eh
If the Pac-10 goes winless today I won’t be too unhappy.
by SuperBruinMan on Sep 13, 2008 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
you and me both
I can even expect to see this one on sportscenter like I did for one of DLS’s asskickings of my team.
I went to a Div III HS
… in an ethnic neighborhood, where our kids were usually at least a foot shorter than the competition.
I don’t recall EVER winning a game.
No tears for you
My HS was about 20 minutes from DLS. And DLS played us just about every single year. And guys like DJ Williams, MJD, and TK ran all over us every single year. Real ugly stuff. ;)
same here
Until DLS was made a football quasi-independent from the BVAL, we got them every year. And got utterly f’ed up every year.
‘lucky’ enough to have DJ in my year, just to top it off.
I remember that...
…when DLS was basically forced out of the BVAL for football b/c it was never a question who would win it all.
At least DLS wasn’t like that in every sport.
Do mass substitutions ever work?
Since our O is obviously totally gassed, maybe we can just try something completely bizarre and get the kids some playing time in the meantime?
i think...
the offense is pretty gassed as well. at least i hope so.
Yeah, I'll Be Rooting Against Those SCumbags Tonight As Well
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by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 3:03 PM PDT reply actions
this is disgusting
new coach, injuries, new qb, yadayadayada.
this is embarrassing, straight up.
but that sc game two years ago we were down by a whole lot
ended up 66-19 though; this is worse
by bucknellbruin on Sep 13, 2008 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I've Seen This Before...If It Means Anything
When I was a student at the U of Iowa and Illinois came into Kinnick Stadium and beat the Hawks 59-0.
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by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 3:06 PM PDT reply actions
Wow
I thought the whole Mormon family values thing would translate to gracious BYU fans, but I was wrong. BYU fans can be real jerks.
Pretty unreal
FWIW that was one guy creating multiple accounts … we have notified SBN tech folks … so that not only his account gets banned … but his entire IP address gets banned from the entire network.
Actually
I did… I know it might sound corny or whatever, but even the commentators were talking about how the BYU players represent their faith by the way they play the game, and so I figured that BYU fans would want to represent their religion favorably. After all, someone who believes a set of doctrine should let that permeate into all areas of life, and not toss it aside on gameday. I certainly don’t agree with the tenets of the LDS church, but I’m just saying, you know? Anyway, I realize that this is an issue with just the one guy, and I don’t aim to generalize about every Mormon based on this one poster’s behavior. Carry on.
do any BYU fans have class?
seriously…we’re giving BYU credit for a great game
not making excuses.
yet we get you dirtbags coming in here and just being jerks.
you guys have no class. I hope Utah destroys you guys
The game was in 1919
The school was founded in 1919
by SuperBruinMan on Sep 13, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
in the very early days...
we lost to high schools, as well as some military bases (those may have been during WWII = some darn good athletes in the service).
Better Days Are Ahead!
Because there is no way that there are any that could compete with this game day.
I am only getting score updates here on the East Coast, and I just got the UCLA score. All I can say is WOW, no way I could have ever imagined this kind of game.
I'm just scared
of Craft getting injured, but guess they don’t have a choice.
i wanna see
dean. or knox. but maybe im just looking for SOMETHING.
Lets not quit
We were outclassed today. I work in an office with two BYU guys so this will be a tough week. The good news is that UCA does not seem like they quit today like they did a a couple of years ago against USCks.
Wow 59-0
Still. It’s what it is. BYU is a huge favorite and was stewing about the UW game all week (especially how people said the refs took the game from UW). UCLA is still a rebuilt team and this was not unexpected even with the Tennessee win. I’ll take a few losses like this if it means we don’t get the consistently sloppy, lazy, unfocused play from the last few years when we didn’t have a head coach.
oooooooooooooooooh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is not happening
It's almost better that he missed that
Because now, EVERYTHING has gone wrong. If you’re going to screw up, may as well go the full nine. Why bother getting anything right when everything is going wrong?
Yeah
We’re letting the complete failure out of our system
by SuperBruinMan on Sep 13, 2008 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Ouch!
They even got into Forbath’s head. AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!
last year?
I don’t think we ever looked this bad last year
Because
Utah didn’t even have any of their best offensive players last year.
by SuperBruinMan on Sep 13, 2008 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
No O-line, No W
The Utah game was comparable, except we scored
my bruin lifetime
goes back to the Larry Zeno era…yeah, we have looked worse
then you can't keep things in context
the team we are seeing out there is a product of recruiting from last 5 years.
Haha,
I suppose the only games from my mind that can match this are:
Arizona / USC in 05-06 but at least our offense had a little something.
And the USC in 2002.
However, I think that the Notre Dame loss is still more embarrassing than this.
This....
AND the sucky Versus Network, too???
God almighty………
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by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 3:19 PM PDT reply actions
we should never schedule
home and home with teams like Utah and BYU. Huge screwup on the part of Morgan Center.
What do we gain playing IN Utah?
103-6 right now.
by SuperBruinMan on Sep 13, 2008 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
no doubt we will regroup
but we quit today. this is the 2nd string byu offense taking to us.
I Hate Oregon's Damn Uniforms
Every bleeping version of them.
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by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 3:21 PM PDT reply actions
I've been gone all day
And apparently so have the Bruins.
Is there anything at all that’s been positive today (other than the fact that the game is not televised, apparently because of the R rating)?
We scored the same amount in every quarter
points for consistency
by SuperBruinMan on Sep 13, 2008 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
no excuses
We celebrated when we won, let’s call this game how it is, accepting there would be dark days this season:
I wonder if there has ever been another team has shown up that wanted it less, was less prepared, and had less pride than this group. I can’t believe this coaching staff is a part of it, but their gameplans and preparation for this game is about as bad as can be seen in D1. This is flat out pathetic. So bad, it’s the kind of thing the team may not recover from for the rest of the season and the one thing we couldn’t allow to happen early in the year. Not impossible to recover from, but close. And no excuses of going on the road or being young or being thin or “oh, well…” , etc… etc…
Bruins don’t quit? We’re watching it. It is sad.
Here’s another news flash. BYU is good, but not that good. CRN REALLY has his work cut out for him now.
by drinkbruinKool-Aid on Sep 13, 2008 3:26 PM PDT reply actions
be careful
u know how some ppl on this board r. youre gonna get labeled a dorrell lover.
btw, i agree with you. no excuses, this is pathetic.
Damn right this is pathetic
and the staff is just as responsible. They need to do better. Nobody will dispute that.
Good points.
But I’m still taking this as a necessary reality-check that we need to go back to the lab.
And I’m not taking down my flag.
Actual Giving Up, I Do Not Care and I Don't Want To Play
That is quitting. This is defeat.
Love My Bruins
when the 2nd team offense is taking to us
it has to do at least a LITTLE, with a lack of effort. and im not blaming them. when you look up at the board and youre down almost 60, its pretty disheartening.
kind of like
dropped balls, lots of penalties, lots of hands on hips, lots of pointing and yelling at teammates, kind of like lots of turnovers, kind of like…
by drinkbruinKool-Aid on Sep 13, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, but I do not like when people make sweeping generalizations about sports teams
lacking heart and pride and all this. Nonsense! Most athletes are insanely competitive and just because we are getting whooped does not mean we do not have heart and pride. It means we lost a football game, because the other team is better.
Don’t criticize their character, because it is nonsense. Just like when the Dodgers were losing everyone made up all this crap about lack of character in young guys. Then they started winning again and everything is peachy.
by trainwreck84 on Sep 13, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Losing this game isn't a lack of character
Not learning from it will be. This will toughen our kids up.
no...
losing 35-24 would be a learning/building experience. Now you have to answer all the questions about how you can come out and have a game like this, worry about if you’re going to do it again, etc… etc… etc…
These are the kind of events that let whole seasons get away from you. Hopefully that doesn’t happen but it’s now on the table.
by drinkbruinKool-Aid on Sep 13, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't agree
that the score has anything to do with what they can learn from this after it’s over. We’ve had losses of all scales and magnitudes over the past 5 years (and before that too) that had the effect of ending our seasons. Notre Dame has had the honor of doing this to us twice, and those were “close” games.
What you are right about is that it’s on the table. I just think that this would be true of any loss, because we’ve already seen it happen.
Two games
is a little early to flush a season. I still think a catastrophic loss can be constructive because it makes you re-evaluate everything.
That's the ESPN-ation of sports
Everything is about superlatives and most of it is BS. There’s going to be a lot of hand-wringing here, but none of it will make any sense without the acknowledgment that BYU is a better, more experienced, and more talented team than we are. Some people don’t seem to be able to grasp that concept because they don’t like this reality, but sorry, it’s true. After we acknowledge this, then we can go from there.
In short, I agree with trainwreck.
I totally agree
However,
It’s one thing to lose to a better team, it’s another to do this.
by drinkbruinKool-Aid on Sep 13, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
no one
will confuse me with a dorrell lover…
And it’s not about a reality check, we knew there would be bad losses. But this is not a bad loss, this is as bad a loss as you can have. This goes to the core of what this team is about.
by drinkbruinKool-Aid on Sep 13, 2008 3:31 PM PDT reply actions
It's time to really LISTEN
and not just pay lip service. When CRN says that we were lucky to beat UT and that there had to be a lot of improvement, I wonder how many players truly internalized that message?
I hope they’re listening now.
Anyone creating accounts today
to flame the team, coaches … will be instantly gone.
So think a little before you comment just to troll with a new account.
Of course thoughtful comments/posts are always welcome.
As We Near The End Today - Just A Few Thoughts
IMHO, this team did not quit today. They simply got their tails whipped by a very, very good BYU team that will have a strong case for a BCS bowl game if they go unscathed the rest of the way. We knew from the get go this year that there would be setbacks and this is one of them. We simply have to lick our wounds and get back to work on Monday. There’s a lot of this season left.
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by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 3:40 PM PDT reply actions
So Different from Utah
We should have beaten Utah. We were underdogs against BYU. Yeah, this loss looks worse with the shutout and the 59 points allowed but it doesn’t feel as bad as Utah.
We’re going to have some losses this year – hopefully a little closer than this.
There’s no shame in losing to a better team and BYU is definitely the better team here. You just hate to lose 59-0 to anyone :P
we shouldve lost
and we did lose.
but not like this.
it is what it is. this was a shameful experience.
Learning Experience
Over the last five years, we’ve had our share of ugly losses. And the teams never seemed to learn anything. I’m betting they learn a little something after today . . .
The last five years don't matter...
Only today and next week.
by drinkbruinKool-Aid on Sep 13, 2008 3:46 PM PDT reply actions
It's not as bad as it looks
Kevin Craft’s final stats: 23/39, 59%, 224 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT
Austin had 8 receptions, Johnson had 7.
Unfortunately we still didn’t have much on the ground. 9 rushes for 21 yards for the two RBs. It would have been nice if Dean had some carries.
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