So why was Hadley able to run up the middle on Utah? Was it his vision? The O-line? Scheme?

Jul 16, 2019
9:23:49am

cowbellcoug Redshirt Freshman

He ran up the gut of Utah's "hyped up" D-line as good as anyone until his injury. Then we could't get an extra yard to save our life. Was our O-line tired, or was there just that big of a drop off in talent?

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So why was Hadley able to run up the middle on Utah? Was it his vision? The O-line? Scheme?

cowbellcoug Redshirt Freshman

7/16/19 9:23am

vision

Littlerich

7/16/19 9:26am

He was an underrated runner. Had great vision and patience. Should have been an

Dangerous

7/16/19 9:27am

This.

Boring

7/16/19 6:38pm

Canada and Katoa were both injured as well, so we were down to our 4th string RB

jreid191

7/16/19 9:29am

He averaged 3ypc v. Utah.

ag4cougs

7/16/19 9:29am

True, but Burt only averaged 1.5 yards.

displacedute

7/16/19 9:35am

Hadley played his guts out. Very solid performance. Didn't carve Utah up tho.

ag4cougs

7/16/19 9:40am

Which is deceptive and goes against the Ute narrative

cougarmanguy

7/16/19 9:42am

He got yards when needed and also into the endzone once on a short yardage situation.

cowbellcoug

7/16/19 9:47am

Two short yardage TDs!

ag4cougs

7/16/19 9:54am

Utah was looking ahead to Washington and couldn't see him. 😉

Kauai

7/16/19 9:40am

You are giving a lot credit to a guy who had 3 ok runs and otherwise 1.7 ypc

Medute

7/16/19 9:56am

You mean, when he was injured?

cougarmanguy

7/16/19 9:58am

I think BYU came out with a solid gameplan and fooled Utah for a bit

Medute

7/16/19 10:03am

I’m not sure I said that either. But he had a solid game and helped open up

cougarmanguy

7/16/19 10:05am

Also, not bad for a 6th strong running back against a good defense

cougarmanguy

7/16/19 10:06am

Lol. He did what was needed for the offense to work and it isnt unreasonable to think that the outcome of the game

cowbellcoug

7/16/19 10:00am

Even the best running backs have carries that are bad.

ldssdl

7/16/19 10:18am

3 YPC even with his best carries. Let's not get carried away

Medute

7/16/19 10:22am

The Utah D-Line is its strongest position group. Its opponents have to be able to run enough to keep the defense honest.

cowbellcoug

7/16/19 10:27am

We have different definitions of "very solid"

Medute

7/16/19 10:33am

Two short yard TDs on your Ute D-Line doesn't qualify as "very solid"? Maybe you aren't giving your D-Line much credit?

cowbellcoug

7/16/19 10:46am

I guess we could look at those two TDs a bit more critically

Medute

7/16/19 11:05am

Which brings us back to my original question. Was it his skill, O-line, or scheme. But the fact remains that

cowbellcoug

7/16/19 11:23am

I thought BYU had an excellent gameplan for 3 quarters

Medute

7/16/19 11:32am

Real question bc I don’t know. How many of those short runs extended drives?

TunaNoCrust

7/16/19 4:34pm

BYU had 7 third down conversions for the game 4 came from Wilson runs

kolt7

7/16/19 4:45pm

Sounds like he had a huge impact. YPR doesn’t tell the whole story.

TunaNoCrust

7/16/19 5:23pm

I’m not saying he was awesome or that 3 YPC is good.

ldssdl

7/16/19 11:11am

I guess we are arguing different things

Medute

7/16/19 11:27am

RE: I guess we are arguing different things

WJCougar

7/16/19 12:45pm

I think the touchdowns are worth noting...

Jazznut26

7/16/19 8:34pm

and 3rd down conversions

TunaNoCrust

7/16/19 9:11pm

Our coaches went into their shell just trying to protect the lead. They should

coolblue

7/16/19 10:32am

After the bad judgment pick 6? Uhh, no!

CallingDingo

7/16/19 10:39am

Yea, the way they played it was great.

coolblue

7/16/19 11:28am

In hindsight it was the wrong choice.

displacedute

7/16/19 11:41am

Hindsight 20/20. If they aired it out and list we would be saying the same thing

Jazznut26

7/16/19 8:35pm

When you watch the replay it was all vision. He made something out of nothing on

Cougforgood

7/16/19 12:28pm

Hadley showed great patience, waiting for a seam

The Notorious JIC

7/16/19 12:43pm

His vision and our Interior OL

BYUAnime

7/16/19 1:00pm

His grit...

LDTemplar

7/16/19 1:13pm

beat me to it - this is what I was going to say

Str8CashCougar

7/16/19 1:18pm

He showed good vision and ran hard.

kolt7

7/16/19 4:22pm

Patience

slatecoug

7/16/19 5:03pm

It's called 18-22 year old kids not ready to play...nothing more nothing less

jackryanslc

7/16/19 5:18pm

We are talking about the rivalry game last year, not when Utah beat Alabama.

cowbellcoug

7/16/19 8:04pm

same thing as Sugar Bowl...Alabama would beat Utah 8 out of 10,but not that day

jackryanslc

7/17/19 10:20am

Ute fans have literally become the exact thing that they used to hate. I cheered for Utah in the Alabama game, not sure

cowbellcoug

7/17/19 1:15pm

and also for TCU and Boise State...cheering for the little guy

jackryanslc

7/17/19 1:45pm

Yeah... that checks out historically. Kyle is known to be a terrible game...

icecougar

7/16/19 11:05pm

Not sayin' the Yewt D-Line isn't any good but

ethanator

7/16/19 7:44pm

Against SEC defenses he barely averaged more than 3 YPC.

displacedute

7/16/19 10:29pm

Then he will probably average MUCH higher than that

ethanator

7/17/19 2:29pm

Vision and patience.

studmuffin85

7/16/19 10:47pm

According to every yewt fan i know, it's because they weren't motivated...

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