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Staying Positive: BYU Second Half Thread

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All 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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Photo Credit: uclafan11

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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GO BRUINS!!

Game Of TWO HALVES men!

by BruinWannabe on Sep 13, 2008 2:07 PM PDT   0 recs

Go Bruins!

Time for the greatest comeback ever.

by SuperBruinMan on Sep 13, 2008 2:07 PM PDT   0 recs

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.

by Ollie on Sep 13, 2008 2:08 PM PDT   0 recs

Yeap

BYU is one of the best coached teams in the country. No doubt.

by Nestor on Sep 13, 2008 2:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

wondering how Carter

is doing. scary watching him limp around.

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 2:09 PM PDT   0 recs

no report from Versus

as usual not really on the ball.

by Nestor on Sep 13, 2008 2:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe the players on defense can be good role models

and score some points to get things started.

by Joe Bruin on Sep 13, 2008 2:11 PM PDT   0 recs

Yes!

ATV!!!!! And Norris needs to play.

Did our O-line make the trip to Provo?

by impaulv on Sep 13, 2008 2:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wonder If Things Might Have Been A Little Different

Had ATV picked off that one pass.

Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!

by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 2:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

tough situation

important to get freshman in the game and gain experience, but rough time to do it.

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 2:12 PM PDT   0 recs

Yes

No INTs is a good thing… We just need to play our game, let the big plays happen and your D needs to do something out there…

by impaulv on Sep 13, 2008 2:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

If Carter is a no go in the 2nd half

I want to see Dean. Let’s see if the hype is true.

by TheStick on Sep 13, 2008 2:15 PM PDT   0 recs

Dean

Deserves better than to be thrown into a vat of hot grease. You still need blocking. We have none.

by logan_5 on Sep 13, 2008 3:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by dproduct on Sep 13, 2008 2:15 PM PDT   0 recs

Go Buckeyes

trying to cling to that

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 2:18 PM PDT   0 recs

WOOHOO!!! Go OSU

I don’t like OSU, but my hate for USC knows no bounds…

But USC is probably still gonna win…

by impaulv on Sep 13, 2008 2:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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…

by mwright84 on Sep 13, 2008 2:20 PM PDT   0 recs

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…

by mwright84 on Sep 13, 2008 2:23 PM PDT   0 recs

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!

by impaulv on Sep 13, 2008 2:24 PM PDT   0 recs

I'm Proud of Craft

Despite this horror of a game, he’s pretty composed, and no INT’s.

Love My Bruins

by Bruingirl83 on Sep 13, 2008 2:24 PM PDT   0 recs

here we go

greatest comeback in bruin history

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 2:24 PM PDT   0 recs

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.

by bucknellbruin on Sep 13, 2008 2:26 PM PDT   0 recs

they are just getting

run over. Power, size and elevation, ouch!!

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 2:28 PM PDT   0 recs

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

by Bruingirl83 on Sep 13, 2008 2:29 PM PDT   0 recs

Alright

Rahim Moore!

by trainwreck84 on Sep 13, 2008 2:29 PM PDT   0 recs

Moore with a pick

so far, so good

by bruinhoo on Sep 13, 2008 2:29 PM PDT   0 recs

wow

that’s quite a list of QBs

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 2:32 PM PDT   0 recs

we should go for it

what’s there to lose?

by bucknellbruin on Sep 13, 2008 2:33 PM PDT   0 recs

oh my god

font line is decimated

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 2:33 PM PDT   0 recs

Oh Boy

Another injury.

Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!

by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 2:33 PM PDT   0 recs

lose Reed

and no protection at all

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 2:33 PM PDT   0 recs

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.

by bruinchick on Sep 13, 2008 2:37 PM PDT   0 recs

steamrolled

no chance on that play

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 2:40 PM PDT   0 recs

Ouch

He can just do pretty much anything he wants, can’t he?

by bruinchick on Sep 13, 2008 2:42 PM PDT   0 recs

Sigh......

So tough to watch.

Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!

by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 2:43 PM PDT   0 recs

I know most aren't from Provo

just amazed at size of all position players

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 2:43 PM PDT   0 recs

lineman are giants

avg. 6’6, 326

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 2:44 PM PDT   0 recs

Nice run

austin out to the 35

by bruinchick on Sep 13, 2008 2:44 PM PDT   0 recs

Too Damn Bad About Micah Reed

Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!

by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 2:46 PM PDT   0 recs

Can I just say...

Versus’ coverage of this game is the worst in quality and in production, I have ever seen.

by dproduct on Sep 13, 2008 2:47 PM PDT   0 recs

Yeah, that's about the third time today...

…that we didn’t see the play because they were showing a replay

by Tetelestai on Sep 13, 2008 2:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nope

Nothing from Vs “sideline reporter”

by Nestor on Sep 13, 2008 2:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hard to get a surge

Like pushing boulders up a cliff.

by bruinchick on Sep 13, 2008 2:48 PM PDT   0 recs

Ouch

Did not get the 1 yard :/

by dproduct on Sep 13, 2008 2:48 PM PDT   0 recs

wow

Rick is going to have a very bad week

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 2:48 PM PDT   0 recs

LAte hit?

On who… their coach?

by bruinchick on Sep 13, 2008 2:51 PM PDT   0 recs

Yeap

Thought that was a good effort there.

by Nestor on Sep 13, 2008 2:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Craft

Looking good on this drive. Great… offensive pass interference.

by dproduct on Sep 13, 2008 2:59 PM PDT   0 recs

Eat my words.

Eat my words. I should just shut up.

by dproduct on Sep 13, 2008 3:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

was looking good

until the pick. Knew that wasn’t going to last

by bruinhoo on Sep 13, 2008 3:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

4th turnover

1st interception though

by SuperBruinMan on Sep 13, 2008 3:00 PM PDT   0 recs

*%&#^!

Good tackle after your INT, but wish you didn’t have to make it

by bruinchick on Sep 13, 2008 3:00 PM PDT   0 recs

someone

please wake me up from this nightmare

by Bruins095 on Sep 13, 2008 3:01 PM PDT   0 recs

Folks, I'm Tellin Ya'

Better days ARE ahead….

Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!

by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 13, 2008 3:01 PM PDT   0 recs

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.

by dproduct on Sep 13, 2008 3:01 PM PDT   0 recs

Eh

If the Pac-10 goes winless today I won’t be too unhappy.

by SuperBruinMan on Sep 13, 2008 3:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It is like I am back in high school

watching De La Salle destroy my team

by trainwreck84 on Sep 13, 2008 3:02 PM PDT   0 recs

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.

by bruinhoo on Sep 13, 2008 3:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by bruinchick on Sep 13, 2008 3:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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. ;)

by norcald503 on Sep 13, 2008 3:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by bruinhoo on Sep 13, 2008 3:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by norcald503 on Sep 13, 2008 3:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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?

by bruinchick on Sep 13, 2008 3:02 PM PDT   0 recs

Oops

I meant the defense…

by bruinchick on Sep 13, 2008 3:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i think...

the offense is pretty gassed as well. at least i hope so.

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