Crowton was notorious for changing his mind last minute like he was playing NCAA

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Oct 25, 2021
4:43:00pm

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Crowton was notorious for changing his mind last minute like he was playing NCAA

Football on PlayStation. I talked to John Beck a while back. They had a Thursday game against someone and Wednesday, Crowton decided he wanted to add a trick play that he saw on Monday Night Football and the team only practiced the play maybe five times. It didn't end well.

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Forgive me for not knowing but what happened to Ben Olson

BYU TO THE MOON

10/25/21 2:24pm

Crowton’s teams started to suck

JOPE

10/25/21 2:26pm

Family was in SoCal, BYU went to heck in a hand basket while he was gone

NOCAL_YFAN

10/25/21 2:26pm

Coaching staff change while he was gone.

kccougar

10/25/21 2:26pm

Turned out he was a terrible QB we also sucked big time when returned

kotacoug

10/25/21 2:26pm

he had a lot of injuries. i don't know that he was "terrible" but

Beggar

10/25/21 2:28pm

He was an amazing 7on7 QB. It never translated to the college game

Yummy Tears

10/25/21 4:38pm

The Crowton era happened.

Sandstone Cougar

10/25/21 2:28pm

But he did beat the U when at UCLA so hero in my book

Joel Tilton

10/25/21 2:28pm

I don't know if it was ever really clear. During his Fr. season at BYU, he was

Thrill

10/25/21 2:29pm

The only story I've heard of "something" happening was...

Eddie

10/25/21 2:31pm

This is true, heard it from a direct source.

Jeremy

10/25/21 2:33pm

Crowton was notorious for changing his mind last minute like he was playing NCAA

Yummy Tears

10/25/21 4:43pm

Let's just say that every 5 star recruit BYU signed had nothing better than a 2-3 star career

Indy Coug

10/25/21 2:31pm

I think it was before Olson left on his mission... Against USU in 2002...

Coug

10/25/21 2:36pm

Crowton dropped the ball, he transferred and struggled at UCLA...

icecougar

10/25/21 2:51pm

Unfortunately, he went to UCLA which was also a mess. 59-0 happened.

The Y's Insider

10/25/21 2:59pm

Didn’t He QB a UCLA victory Against BYU

10/25/21 8:27pm

Yes, 2007 game at the Rose Bowl. We got the W against them in the LV bowl.

10/25/21 11:19pm

I served in Ben Olson’s mission

SurreyDad

10/25/21 3:13pm

I believe him bc missionaries don’t lie

TunaNoCrust

10/25/21 3:44pm

RE: I believe him bc missionaries don’t lie

Eddie

10/25/21 3:48pm

Knowing who you are talking about and hearing some of his thoughts on the matter

cougarfan84

10/25/21 9:29pm

I was mtc companions with Reed White

Sterlingcoug

10/25/21 10:11pm

Isn't hw the one that, when we didn't hire Whittingham, said he was going

oldrugger

10/25/21 3:59pm

No. Not even close.

YSMACK

10/25/21 8:33pm

I've heard it was largely due to what happened at the USU game as mentioned by

jreid191

10/25/21 4:14pm

He was an outstanding quarterback and started for UCLA - he had several injuries

BYUFootballRocks1

10/25/21 5:25pm

Even when he was healthy, his stats were never great.

Yummy Tears

10/25/21 5:45pm

I respect him for being true to his faith and serving a mission

BlueLine

10/25/21 8:51pm

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