So we discovered this year that our defensive starters are good but the backups aren’t. Surprised?

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Sep 27, 2021
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So, let me see if I understand this correctly. Because we are 4-0 and just won a game we can't be worried about the

bag All-American

9/27/21 6:55am

Play calling questions are fine. Existential questions about the staff are not.

dYrtbYkerYder

9/27/21 6:57am

Thank you, Dr. Questionology.

CougarMandias

9/27/21 1:08pm

So we discovered this year that our defensive starters are good but the backups aren’t. Surprised?

Indy Coug

9/27/21 7:04am

I'm not necessarily surprised, no. But I guess I can't be a little disappointed in that?

bag

9/27/21 7:04am

To be honest, a little, yes. Keep hearing about all this depth we have now

gmj81

9/27/21 7:13am

And what Starter that played looked "good"?

Coug

9/27/21 7:26am

Someone needs to tell Kalani he’s just being a pansy for worrying about the D in

Junior Deputy

9/27/21 7:05am

I'm excited for this to be posted every day until we lose

Hotlanta

9/27/21 7:17am

My problem is that people are either ignorant or not watching the game

Blueto

9/27/21 7:30am

Just so you are aware a 4 man front is still a passive bend but don’t break

kotacoug

9/27/21 7:32am

? Just so you know no one runs a five man front.

Blueto

9/27/21 7:35am

Lol Obviously the point was lost on you. Carry on

kotacoug

9/27/21 7:46am

You actually made my point very succinctly. The complaint is a moving target.

Blueto

9/27/21 7:55am

The complaint isn’t against the ‘front’ lol.

kotacoug

9/27/21 9:28am

I don't pretend to know more than the coaches and I would never claim they should

bag

9/27/21 7:43am

You say it didn't work on Saturday but it kind of did. Part of the strategy is

fattycoug

9/27/21 8:00am

My frustration is it seemed that the USF QB almost always rolled out to his

FabLabCougar

9/27/21 9:27am

I don't know if that's easy. Commit the LB to one side and then people are

fattycoug

9/27/21 10:24am

So he still didn’t blitz or add extra pressure against a frosh qb

BYU '80

9/27/21 10:53am

He did. Watch the game.

Blueto

9/27/21 11:00am

I was there and watched. Rare blitzes

BYU '80

9/27/21 1:40pm

He did. It just wasn't super effective. Partly due to injuries/new positions, QB

fattycoug

9/27/21 11:26am

Yeah, we had the QB dead to rights several times and he got away... The blitz

jcase16byu

9/27/21 1:58pm

Been thinking about this. It's not the "concern" for the defense. It's the igno

Incentivize

9/27/21 7:35am

Which of yesterday’s POTD posts you’re referencing say we can’t be worried about

Abe Froman

9/27/21 7:39am

It's the "we suck", "fire tuiaki", Refusing to recognize that injuries play a

fattycoug

9/27/21 7:51am

OK, I would agree. But I guess I just don't see a whole lot of posts that are saying those thing. Maybe I'm missing

bag

9/27/21 7:54am

There was a lot of it during and after the game. But that's a pretty bad time to

fattycoug

9/27/21 8:01am

Fact is he played better against us (qb) than he did against Florida A&M

BYU '80

9/27/21 1:41pm

Worry all you want.

Benfica1

9/27/21 8:25am

I stopped after the first two sentences and the answer is you're correct.

HONOMO

9/27/21 8:55am

100% correct: you don't understand it

ColoSpgs

9/27/21 8:59am

The issue is that people just use Tuiaki as a punching bag

Machiavelli

9/27/21 9:13am

Agree the Tuiaki attacks have become unnecessarily vicious. The D had played

Forzaitalia

9/27/21 9:19am

I believe Tuiaki has coached the defense to 15-1

NYC and Japan

9/27/21 9:29am

Look at yards per play and efficiency ratings. Not good

BYU '80

9/27/21 1:43pm

This point has been beaten to death. You can cherry pick whatever stats you want

Machiavelli

9/27/21 4:03pm

No, you can worry about the defense, just don't post Fire Tuiaki because of 1

palangi

9/27/21 9:14am

I literally haven't seen one 'fire tuiaki' post this year... maybe I'm on CB

gmj81

9/27/21 9:41am

Look after the Arizona game.

Benfica1

9/27/21 10:04am

You must have CarolinaCoug ignored

Machiavelli

9/27/21 10:05am

Spend 60 seconds scanning this search result and you’ll be up to speed.

Abe Froman

9/27/21 10:45am

Just me or are most of those an army of responders shouting down the handful of

gmj81

9/27/21 10:56am

Some of them certainly are, but scroll through a few pages and you’ll see plenty

Abe Froman

9/27/21 11:00am

I went back a few pages and it seems like all but Carolina Coug were sarcastic

tony

9/27/21 12:38pm

I can’t make you see what you are determined to pretend doesn’t exist.

Abe Froman

9/27/21 3:38pm

Do you realize how much backups were called on to play because of injuries

byucougs9

9/27/21 12:49pm

Yes, I realize this. It's understandable that USF is better than our "B" squad, but not getting even one stop in the

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