Tofa has been plagued by injuries

Climate change.

TriggerWarning

11/20/19 3:36pm

Is there a graph showing that or something?

Turn and Cough

11/20/19 5:14pm

RE: Is there a graph showing that or something?

Cougar TD

11/20/19 7:59pm

Utah gets most of the good LDS DL

Huge Manatee

11/20/19 3:36pm

Maybe Utah and BYU should combine forces

Pro Logic

11/20/19 3:43pm

The problem: Every player at BYU could probably survive at Utah. It does not

rcbyufan

11/20/19 3:54pm

Amen, even many LDS kids

chodilicus

11/20/19 4:07pm

Wait...Tafua couldn't handle BYU? I've never heard anything but that he elected to transfer to play football at the U.

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 4:11pm

Rumor is he didn’t want to work hard in class

puntersarepeople

11/20/19 7:26pm

If it's just a rumor, I'd prefer not to promulgate that across CB. Doesn't seem like it would do anybody any good.

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 7:51pm

I'm not saying he was booted or even did anything wrong at all

chodilicus

11/21/19 6:07pm

lol Tafua got home and the coaches who recruited him were gone.

Lip Gallagher

11/20/19 5:50pm

If Tooley could get to 265 . . .

puntersarepeople

11/20/19 7:27pm

Wasn't Buck listed at 6'5/6'6?

Lip Gallagher

11/20/19 8:09pm

I'd rather see Tooley at 240-245 and playing OLB in a 3-4 where he can rush

cougaman

11/20/19 10:09pm

My point is that BYU needs speed DEs and they could be 240

chodilicus

11/21/19 6:10pm

Or just go to a 3-4 where these guys can play a more natural position at OLB.

cougaman

11/21/19 6:29pm

True. A 240 pound Tooley would be sweet

puntersarepeople

11/21/19 7:28pm

Hear academics are easier and there’s more support staff

ZooBlue

11/22/19 7:11am

Not just Utah but the PAC12 has many top Lds DL

I'mBatman

11/20/19 4:42pm

BYu has a few Utah wanted. BYU doesn’t develop

BYU '80

11/20/19 5:16pm

Utah isn't doing anything special with their recruiting for DL.

Lip Gallagher

11/20/19 5:48pm

Not true. All starting DL's at U are 3 star recruits. BYU has

Coug Dude

11/20/19 7:22pm

I don’t think Tuiaki knows how to coach Ends. The whole DL plays like NTs

JollyGreenGiant

11/20/19 3:37pm

Seemed to coach D lineman ok when he was with the ewets. Must have forgot how?

basman

11/20/19 3:39pm

He only coached the yewt DL 2 years so it's hard to attribute too much to him.

JollyGreenGiant

11/20/19 3:50pm

If that's true, then how much impact does a coach even have?

basman

11/20/19 4:10pm

They have a huge impact

JollyGreenGiant

11/20/19 4:12pm

And they all have one move, bull rush

RenoCoug

11/20/19 3:47pm

Exactly

JollyGreenGiant

11/20/19 3:50pm

Also, they all seem to have the cardio endurance of a 70 year old who smokes a carton a day.

jpesk2

11/20/19 3:56pm

Bronco getting in love with slim OL was part of the problem. He needed those guys to run Go Fast Go Hard Go Punt

monkeycowboy

11/20/19 4:06pm

Wasn't he the DL coach for "sack lake city?" It's a talent problem, not a

Backcountry

11/20/19 4:17pm

Tofa and Leiataua were both well-regarded recruits

JollyGreenGiant

11/20/19 4:22pm

Tofa has been plagued by injuries

trom2foot3

11/20/19 4:27pm

Tofa wasn't a D-end recruit. Leiataua just hasn't lived up to the hype.

Backcountry

11/20/19 4:33pm

We don’t have any true rush ends

I'mBatman

11/20/19 4:44pm

True but you have to develop players

Coug Dude

11/20/19 7:31pm

injuries have plagued BYU. Here is an unpopular opinion though;....

claw

11/20/19 3:38pm

Not to mention Jorgensen.

Yohy

11/20/19 3:43pm

Frisch, Hoke, Denney, Keisel, etc

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 4:05pm

Hoke was a DT

TheLoanArranger

11/20/19 7:59pm

Correct, but I was responding to a post about "BYU's best D-linemen", not just the best DEs

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 8:23pm

RE: injuries have plagued BYU. Here is an unpopular opinion though;....

Lip Gallagher

11/20/19 6:43pm

I forgot about Schoonover and Hanna. Two other potential bodies that could be good at DE.

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 6:45pm

Scheme and coaching. Here’s a list of our DLine. We have talent.

SlantRoute

11/20/19 3:39pm

Why does everyone think there's a talent gap between Y and U?

Coug Dude

11/20/19 7:35pm

Three star is a wide rating

puntersarepeople

11/20/19 7:37pm

Thats just not true.

Backcountry

11/20/19 8:04pm

Word on the street is pass rush scheme also depends on DB talent/ experience

ZooBlue

11/22/19 7:34am

Narcs - hard to keep anything on the DL

bruincoug

11/20/19 3:39pm

It's the end of the world when you listen to William and Hans.

Mathew

11/20/19 3:39pm

Scheme.

cougaman

11/20/19 3:40pm

Playing a 3-4 scheme and dropping 8 into coverage on almost every single play

RalphWiggam

11/20/19 3:40pm

Schools with academic limitations generally struggle more with recruiting DLine.

Josef K

11/20/19 3:41pm

It's not hard to understand.... It's Tuiaki. It is a terrible scheme and use

Cougar TD

11/20/19 3:42pm

Bronco couldn’t recruit DLine either

Josef K

11/20/19 3:45pm

He coached them up, and he used his strength in recruiting LB to pressure the QB

cougaman

11/20/19 3:46pm

But they don't allow as many points as some other schools, and 2-3 games a year

cougaman

11/20/19 3:45pm

several of our best DE recruits have had career ending injuries early on

Cougforgood

11/20/19 3:46pm

Yep, Tuifua and Hinds were devastating losses

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 4:06pm

So seems like most thing it is coaching

chodilicus

11/20/19 3:59pm

Loss of Steve kaufusi

Boring

11/20/19 4:11pm

*Corbin and *Bronson

LifelongAP

11/20/19 8:50pm

There are zero every down 4-3 defensive ends on the team

donnerstag

11/20/19 4:11pm

This staff is in year 4-so isn't that their problem?

chodilicus

11/20/19 4:52pm

They sent their recruits into the mission field

donnerstag

11/20/19 4:56pm

They have Tyler Batty, Cade Albright, and Michael Daley in the pipeline but they're on missions or just recently back

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 5:18pm

Tyler Batty seems like the only potential new player that could make a difference next year, and he hasn't played a down

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 5:15pm

I like Freddy Livai who is redshirting

donnerstag

11/20/19 5:25pm

Is he going to be DT or DE though

cougaman

11/20/19 5:27pm

Not sure, but his film makes him a good DE candidate

donnerstag

11/20/19 5:50pm

I agree, and he has the speed. 4.5 at 250 lbs. I was just under the impression

cougaman

11/20/19 5:54pm

Wait, what? He really ran a 4.5 40 at 250 lb?

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 6:08pm

This was a quote about Livai

donnerstag

11/20/19 6:15pm

Fantastic. I've heard people say they are very excited about him but I haven't been familiar with him at all.

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 6:47pm

Fevaleaki

Lip Gallagher

11/20/19 6:27pm

What you think would happen to the average talent on the whole team if

ZooBlue

11/20/19 4:50pm

Yes a lot of doubt actually

stansburycoug

11/20/19 6:03pm

Attrition has been a major problem

donnerstag

11/20/19 4:58pm

This is most telling by far

Cougforgood

11/20/19 5:10pm

Did Lui end up at Boise State or is he elsewhere? Maybe not even playing anymore?

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 5:19pm

Weight?

puntersarepeople

11/20/19 5:21pm

Those look like 4-front DEs to me.

Lip Gallagher

11/20/19 5:59pm

All of this talk just reinforces my opinion that BYU should go with a more

cougaman

11/20/19 5:56pm

This season at least I think you’re right.

JollyGreenGiant

11/20/19 6:04pm

I think for the foreseeable future as well. Most of the DE I think are more

cougaman

11/20/19 6:13pm

None of these coaches have experience with that scheme at that at this level

stansburycoug

11/20/19 6:06pm

Well, I want a new DC anyway, so that fixes that problem. Bring on Poppinga with

cougaman

11/20/19 6:11pm

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spit_76

11/20/19 6:03pm

It's definitely not true about the height thing

donnerstag

11/20/19 6:10pm

RE: It's definitely not true about the height thing

spit_76

11/20/19 6:18pm

Did BYU really not recruit Pita T? I know it's been a while, but that's not at all what I recall of the situation.

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 6:12pm

He was a BYU commit, so the whole narrative is wrong

donnerstag

11/20/19 6:16pm

RE: He was a BYU commit, so the whole narrative is wrong

spit_76

11/20/19 6:20pm

RE: He was a BYU commit, so the whole narrative is wrong

spit_76

11/20/19 6:41pm

FYI

donnerstag

11/20/19 9:31pm

Coaching, that is the problem at that position

Heinz57

11/20/19 6:08pm

It's completely coaching. Most of our DL was heavily recruited.

Mojave

11/20/19 6:33pm

RE: It's completely coaching. Most of our DL was heavily recruited.

spit_76

11/20/19 6:43pm

And yet there line play has been better since he left

stansburycoug

11/20/19 6:58pm

RE: And yet there line play has been better since he left

spit_76

11/20/19 9:34pm

You think Idaho State has better talent than BYU

stansburycoug

11/20/19 9:57pm

Part of it has to do with the fact that BYU hadn't run a 4-3 defense since 2002.

Seasider

11/20/19 6:39pm

lack of talent

Zip

11/20/19 7:14pm

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Cougulator

11/20/19 7:29pm

I'm going to use 40 years a deep study on this one. Here it is....

blackshirts

11/20/19 7:54pm

Coaching is the obvious and painful answer

RUNBYU1

11/20/19 8:01pm

Agreed. They probably recruit better now but even when BYU was getting better

CougarBreath

11/20/19 8:15pm

They probably recruit better now then when?

stansburycoug

11/20/19 8:43pm

Utah recruits better at DL than us now compared to Whit's first few seasons.

CougarBreath

11/20/19 9:21pm

He s always developed his line 3 star guys with 4 and 5 star production

stansburycoug

11/20/19 10:06pm

I went to the remote and got to talk to Will Snowden and Hans Olsen

RoyalCoug99

11/20/19 8:46pm

Also frustrating because they both talk Kalani up every chance they get

stansburycoug

11/20/19 8:49pm

Seems to be coaching to me. I wouldn't be surprised to find that the primary

Ash

11/20/19 8:55pm

The other team’s OL

All-American

11/20/19 9:07pm

Our best pass rusher retired and our 2nd best is on his mission.

Adwight

11/20/19 9:08pm

What are the names?

Zip

11/20/19 10:08pm

Langi Tuifua and Michael Daley.

Adwight

11/21/19 5:34am

Albright is expected to be good too

puntersarepeople

11/21/19 7:13am

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