A healthy RN would've been just fine with the defense those BYU teams had.

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Sep 26, 2020
12:01:20pm

byubyu All-American

We saw time and time again that the backup wasn't any better than Nelson.

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byubyu

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I'm trying to recall the details of the Riley Nelson comeback vs.Ut. St. in 2011

zerigke

9/26/20 11:44am

One of the worse things to ever happen to BYU football.

RH84025

9/26/20 11:46am

I could probably use any of the available reactions on this post

DieHarder

9/26/20 11:50am

Riley was decent to good when healthy

83MtCoug

9/26/20 11:59am

A healthy RN would've been just fine with the defense those BYU teams had.

byubyu

9/26/20 12:01pm

He couldn’t even throw a spiral. Mendenhall just loved him cause he was tough

RH84025

9/26/20 12:03pm

"He couldn't even throw a spiral."

Coop

9/26/20 12:23pm

Clueless. When healthy his arm wasn't bad. He saw the field very well.

SinkingQuffa

9/26/20 7:08pm

Yeah, he'd have been fine had he not broke his back

BYUCougarsFan

9/26/20 12:11pm

If he coulda learned to throw a ball away now-&-again he coulda

SinkingQuffa

9/26/20 12:38pm

James Lark natl champs with our D that year. Riley 2 pick sixes every game.

happyhiker

9/26/20 1:57pm

What did Lark do against anyone not NMSU?

kooogar

9/26/20 6:48pm

All qbs struggled vs sdsu. Riley in one play picksix. Nmsu great pass d all year

happyhiker

9/26/20 8:35pm

Sitting in the end zone at ND, I can still see the awful throw to a wide open Hoffman. So bad. Would have been a score.

dadofkhec

9/26/20 12:11pm

I was also in the opposite end zone of the direction he was throwing it...awful

RH84025

9/26/20 12:12pm

I was also in that endzone. Nelson missing wide open Hoffman haunted me foryears

Hooda88

9/26/20 12:24pm

A slip. It happens. Overall, Riley played very well that game.

SinkingQuffa

9/26/20 6:45pm

Exactly. We missed out on the jake heaps we saw at Kansas and Miami

Ojiisan

9/26/20 12:15pm

Not really

I'mBatman

9/26/20 12:16pm

Your beef is w Bronco for not recruiting better QBs then, he was the best option

JackStack

9/26/20 12:37pm

Um...he saved our season.

SinkingQuffa

9/26/20 12:52pm

Riley was decent when healthy, but there were two issues.

Archaeovagrant

9/26/20 2:06pm

RE: One of the worse things to ever happen to BYU football.

84 natlchamps

9/26/20 3:02pm

Nonsense

shakarocks

9/26/20 4:13pm

Would’ve been cool if he threw a spiral. Or threw to wide open receivers.

Gerald-DeGroot

9/26/20 6:32pm

Oh give me a break.

chazen

9/26/20 8:04pm

Heaps was benched. Riley came in and slopped his way to victory

Crazy Joe Davola

9/26/20 11:47am

RE: I'm trying to recall the details of the Riley Nelson comeback vs.Ut. St. in

d-coug

9/26/20 11:48am

RE: I'm trying to recall the details of the Riley Nelson comeback vs.Ut. St. in

JollyGreenGiant

9/26/20 11:50am

The TD pass that was thrown to a perfectly covered receiver, yet somehow popped

SandYFan

9/26/20 12:05pm

To be fair, even if it wasn't caught, it was gonna be PI

rggee

9/26/20 12:11pm

On the long play that got them down the field I’ve always wondered if Jacobsen

JollyGreenGiant

9/26/20 12:14pm

It definitely was intended for McKay, it just died like a wounded duck lol

rggee

9/26/20 12:17pm

Same thing happened to us vs. Tennessee last year

BlueBlitzkrieg

9/26/20 12:20pm

RE: I'm trying to recall the details of the Riley Nelson comeback vs.Ut. St. in

84 natlchamps

9/26/20 3:05pm

RE: I'm trying to recall the details of the Riley Nelson comeback vs.Ut. St. in

arizonacougarfan

9/26/20 12:01pm

Riley threw terrible pass after terrible pass that somehow was completed.

SandYFan

9/26/20 12:03pm

Heaps was the starter. Half the team wanted Riley as their QB...

WJCougar

9/26/20 12:04pm

Yes the team supported Riley but

I'mBatman

9/26/20 12:18pm

Riley outperformed Heaps in practice and everyone on the team knew it. There

Thrill

9/26/20 1:09pm

*led to the transfers.

CougarScrub

9/26/20 1:47pm

Busted: I confess

Thrill

9/26/20 1:53pm

How did you get a picture of my badge?!?

CougarScrub

9/26/20 2:15pm

BTW, I agree with your take on Riley. One of the receivers from that era served

CougarScrub

9/26/20 2:23pm

Yup. Good call.

84 natlchamps

9/26/20 3:08pm

Lark did good when he finally got his chance

OutsideObserver

9/26/20 1:54pm

I was on call at work, and got called in during the last drive. I was so upset

Squeegee

9/26/20 12:10pm

The team was kind of laying down in the first half...

icecougar

9/26/20 2:00pm

Nonsense

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