A few years ago, at halftime, one of the color men working a BYU game said Anae ran the same play on 15 of the 18 first downs we had in the first half. I also remember an interview with B. Fowler last year before the Vegas Bowl. He was asked what play BYU would run for their first offensive play in that game. Blaine said he would run a play action pass but he said BYU would run the ball up the middle (the same play that Anae had used on 15 of the 18 first downs in the first example). As you all know, that was exactly what happened, we lost 4 yds., which set up the blitz on the next play that resulted in a fumble and a subsequent touchdown. Somehow, both Mendenhall and Anae felt that they had great plays and that if our players executed properly, those plays would always be successful. In one interview after a loss, Mendenhall actually said that the defensive design was perfect but that the players did not execute and were not assignment sound.

In other words, we ran the most predictable offense on the planet and, oh by the way, KW was at BYU with Mendenhall, understood the BYU offense and understood Mendenhall much better than Mendenhall understood KW.