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Mar 27, 2017
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What specific reasons make you feel optimistic about BYU football in 2017?

Mathlete

3/27/17 5:12pm

Time has taken a toll on my memory of 2016. Optimism springs eternal.

Division Bell

3/27/17 5:14pm

Ty freaking Detmer

MajorZeus

3/27/17 5:18pm

I felt the same way until I saw our offense last year #trainwreck

Mathlete

3/27/17 5:19pm

Opportunities, yes. Train wreck, no. Swaggy was awesome and we had moments

MajorZeus

3/27/17 5:28pm

the passing offense was historically bad.

ag4cougs

3/27/17 6:04pm

It's true

Holy Driver

3/27/17 8:44pm

Mostly due to an average ol and a subpar qb imo. It's fixable.

Backcountry

3/27/17 8:51pm

Much worse teams with much worse OLs/QBs passed the ball better.

ag4cougs

3/27/17 10:21pm

So after just last year, you're willing to consider Detmer as OC a bust?

SoCalCoug

3/27/17 5:35pm

No, but I wouldn't say Detmer is a reason to be optimistic.

Mathlete

3/27/17 5:37pm

Sure he is. When he gets his personnel.

southernfriedcougar

3/27/17 5:56pm

Why didn't Brigham Young have the Salt Lake temple completed by 1850? These guys

Q-grr

3/27/17 7:32pm

That is the nature of the business. Do you want to wait 40 years?

joFan

3/27/17 10:15pm

Obviously not, but I don't want Urban Meyer either.

Q-grr

3/28/17 12:39pm

I would take Urban Meyer

joFan

3/28/17 12:46pm

Of course, he would not represent what BYU is about and that's ok for some, even

Q-grr

3/28/17 1:03pm

Offense that kept us in every single game was that disappointing huh?

(Private)

3/28/17 8:31am

extremely

ag4cougs

3/28/17 9:19am

You saw only part of the offensive package last year. Don't forget that.

RebelScum

3/28/17 8:37am

9ws=train wreck = exaggeration = unrealistic expectations = mathlete

Pretorian

3/28/17 11:00am

#Firstyearwithnewcoachandoffense

icecougar

3/28/17 3:35pm

What the!?

Gerald-DeGroot

3/27/17 6:38pm

looks like the defense is every bit as opportunistic now as last year. That doesn't appear to be a fluke

MaxxPower

3/27/17 5:26pm

And if the defense is as good as we think it is, the offense is getting some high level looks

MaxxPower

3/27/17 5:27pm

We are not installing new systems on both sides of the ball. Coaches and...

friscokid

3/27/17 5:27pm

I agree. Typically teams are better the year after the year they learned how to do something.

MaxxPower

3/27/17 5:28pm

This I can buy into

Mathlete

3/27/17 5:37pm

We are turning into a utah type team. Solid defense, and suspect offense....

idacoug

3/27/17 5:33pm

And that makes you optimistic? That's really strange.

Lance71

3/27/17 5:35pm

It's awesome

Backcountry

3/27/17 5:36pm

better than with bronco, thats for sure

idacoug

3/27/17 5:37pm

I think our offense will improve, but maybe not this year.

vagabonder

3/27/17 5:48pm

One of the reasons our defense did so well was ball cntrl offense.

keoki

3/27/17 5:54pm

It amazes me how many fail to recognize this

Bgash

3/27/17 10:51pm

We won't really see what this offense can be until Tanners SR year

friscokid

3/27/17 6:23pm

Guys with lower ceilings than him so there's no guarantee

southernfriedcougar

3/27/17 6:27pm

Never any guarantees but I think Wilstead has a high ceiling

friscokid

3/27/17 6:31pm

He does. And I actually think Dinkelmann does as well if he really puts in the

southernfriedcougar

3/27/17 6:37pm

Especially guys who spent a year not being interested in learning the offense

Mathlete

3/27/17 6:42pm

Sheesh. Give him time to 1) roll out the entire offense, and 2) give eventual

RebelScum

3/27/17 7:01pm

Line of scrimmage depth and coaching. And kalani

Backcountry

3/27/17 5:35pm

Better personnel. More likely make 4th & 19 from the goal line.

CougarThug

3/27/17 5:38pm

Kalani Sitake, because he says all the right things.

Brisco

3/27/17 5:48pm

Matt Bushman.

Crush4

3/27/17 5:51pm

It's a new season. 13 & oh! baby!

lightmann

3/27/17 6:20pm

You mean 15-0, right?

trom2foot3

3/27/17 6:40pm

our corners will be better experienced (and bigger/faster) and our LB's are as good as any set in the NCAA

HarlemCoug

3/27/17 6:21pm

Deliberately ignoring enough things to become optimistic

Indy Coug

3/27/17 6:28pm

We have an awesome D (especially LB), a stud QB, some actual talent at TE, and

cougaman

3/27/17 6:45pm

...........Fred Warner is really good I guess.

Gerald-DeGroot

3/27/17 7:53pm

Throwing the ball down field! Mangum may have tried to squeeze a few passes

Let's Go Bucs

3/27/17 9:07pm

The defense.

Byu_1988

3/27/17 10:28pm

Squally, Butch, Linehan,

conetah

3/27/17 11:24pm

I think the DL could be better

Jericho

3/27/17 11:26pm

DL depth looked pretty good in spring scrimage. Has me hopeful.

doctorthunderpants

3/28/17 11:27am

Specific reasons for me

Denesheo

3/28/17 4:39am

It's the offseason. It's what we do.

El Pasco

3/28/17 8:49am

As I am each and every year, I am cautiously optimistic

gww687

3/28/17 9:22am

All Time BYU Freshman Passing Yards Leader under the Tutelage of the All-Time

CougarTail

3/28/17 9:43am

So far we are undefeated...

Sem Vergonha

3/28/17 10:18am

A qb who can throw and emergence of a TE

BYU '80

3/28/17 12:42pm

Several things in fact...

icecougar

3/28/17 3:34pm

CB is not in control.

cdr88

3/28/17 9:25pm

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