His right shoulder pad hit him in the pelvis. Looked like a legal hit

Ultimately the biggest victory yesterday was that. No major injuries. We need

Schrodizzy

9/30/22 11:09am

I try to give kids the benefit of a doubt. Taysom was a long time ago and three

Big Daddy D

9/30/22 11:10am

Seemed pretty obvious his primary intention was not to get Jaren to the ground. Seems the refs didn’t think so either

coug16

9/30/22 11:13am

Big reason why I rather play Utah over USU. Utah is a proper villian USU is just

Kolobrdm

9/30/22 3:49pm

Not to mention Taysom's injuries were flukes and noway near intentional.

TheLoneCougar

9/30/22 11:15am

flukes? It was the same USU player that injured Taysom all 3 times...

icecougar

9/30/22 12:13pm

Go back and watch all three plays, there was nothing intentional about any of them. On the third one he jumped up and

TheLoneCougar

9/30/22 1:25pm

TO each his own, but I can't get there...

Jizosh

9/30/22 3:06pm

Watch the play, take your emotion out of it. It wasn't dirty by any objective viewer. Taysom isn't easy to take down.

TheLoneCougar

9/30/22 3:10pm

So I'm emotional and you're on the side of every objective viewer......

Jizosh

9/30/22 3:40pm

Yes, I posted the videos below. Ball is in your court.

TheLoneCougar

9/30/22 3:51pm

Yeah, bro. I’m amazed you can NOT call that a fluke.

Back2Blue

9/30/22 5:28pm

RE: flukes? It was the same USU player that injured Taysom all 3 times...

CharlottesvilleCoug

9/30/22 2:20pm

Everything You Just Said Was Wrong

CaptainAggie

9/30/22 8:57pm

I tried to reign in some of our ridiculous fans. I posted the clips below. Didn't know about Suite. That is awful.

TheLoneCougar

9/30/22 11:27pm

I’m confused. How does a player who injured our star earn reverence? Even if it wasn’t malicious?

JohnnyComeLately

10/1/22 9:55am

RE: I’m confused. How does a player who injured our star earn reverence?

CaptainAggie

10/1/22 11:42am

Disagree. Also you didn’t answer my question about you calling us to hold him in reverence..

JohnnyComeLately

10/1/22 11:43am

Have you seriously never met anyone anyone who’s suffered from cancer?

CaptainAggie

10/1/22 12:07pm

I just buried my mother in law yesterday who suffered from cancer. I don’t expect anyone outside of my family to revere

JohnnyComeLately

10/1/22 12:16pm

RE: I just buried my mother in law yesterday who suffered from cancer. I

CaptainAggie

10/1/22 12:42pm

Ok that last post was a little intense

CaptainAggie

10/1/22 12:50pm

Better than coming to another teams message board to chastise them and tell them to hold opposing player in reverence?

JohnnyComeLately

10/1/22 12:56pm

That post got weird at the end

Gustav

10/1/22 10:24am

rewatch the game where they broke his knee for a second time. Every time they

here's to hoping

9/30/22 10:15pm

hasn't just been Taysom, both Jaren and Baylor were knocked out of games...

icecougar

9/30/22 12:09pm

Stop perpetuating this, especially with Taysom. Video evidence is clear not a single time was malicious or dirty. Video:

TheLoneCougar

9/30/22 3:50pm

Did you see the hit? Obviously he was aiming for Jaren's knee.

SoValleyCOUG

9/30/22 1:25pm

I did see the hit.

530Coug

9/30/22 1:35pm

It’s become part of their team culture: injure BYU QBs. Good thing we don’t play

BlooCoog

9/30/22 11:11am

I'd be fine donating the wheel to a museum and calling it good

Kajdin

9/30/22 11:12am

We earned put it on display in the SAB and call it a series

pegushin

9/30/22 11:30am

You guys are hilarious. See ya never.

chochera

9/30/22 8:29pm

Our O-line was wet toilet paper in that second quarter. Jaren was scrambling

777

9/30/22 11:12am

I really don't think that's Blake Anderson's team culture. I think rivalry games

runnincoug

9/30/22 11:16am

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chilawcoug

9/30/22 4:44pm

did we pull Batty for his hit? Lapuaho for a groin punch?

runnincoug

9/30/22 6:05pm

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chilawcoug

9/30/22 6:15pm

Is there film on this from a different angle than the one on TV? During the

LeGrandBleu

9/30/22 11:18am

Yeah, I didn't see that at all either.

TheLoneCougar

9/30/22 11:20am

The angle being discussed is the blue goggle angle. You didn’t see it?

DiamondMo

9/30/22 11:22am

I’d be curious to see a different angle as well

530Coug

9/30/22 11:23am

Pretty sure Legas was the only one to lose a shoe

530Coug

9/30/22 11:22am

Max Tooley doesn't crank on his foot

BYU Grounds

9/30/22 11:36am

Are you actually a BYU fan?

ReggaeCoug

9/30/22 4:20pm

I probably have more hours invested in BYU athletics than most here…

530Coug

9/30/22 5:38pm

BigUte has more invested time into BYU athletics than many BYU fans too. What’s your point?

kalifi

10/1/22 10:57am

I mean as a former athlete and coach…

530Coug

10/1/22 12:40pm

They absolutely were ACL hunting

RockyBalboa

9/30/22 11:52am

Can anyone provide a link and/or time stamp for the incident?

sandiegocgrfan

9/30/22 12:01pm

Screenshot of the hit on Jaren.

530Coug

9/30/22 11:33pm

How about Batty slamming the USU RB's head to the ground twice. Was that okay?

ImaFBfan

9/30/22 12:52pm

If I remember correctly, the RB wouldn't let go of Batty's leg.

MogollonMtsCoug

9/30/22 1:21pm

Bonehead play by Batty

RockyBalboa

9/30/22 1:28pm

RE: How about Batty slamming the USU RB's head to the ground twice. Was that

BlueToTheBone

9/30/22 4:43pm

Yep. He should be suspended a few games.

SoValleyCOUG

9/30/22 1:23pm

Thankfully no one hurt on both sides, but I'm disappointed one of our lineman

gp232

9/30/22 1:48pm

My take on the hit…

530Coug

9/30/22 1:54pm

How would you explain Boren’s missile hit on Legolas?

byubananastand

9/30/22 2:18pm

Usus qb had been running all game

BYU '80

9/30/22 2:22pm

Still was a bad hit. My point was players make bad mistakes. Like…

byubananastand

9/30/22 2:33pm

What is Boren supposed to do?

BYU '80

9/30/22 2:38pm

I love it that Blaine Fowler called the penalty "baloney" after the game. He's

AF_Puma

9/30/22 4:21pm

Well if Blaine Fowler said it, argument over.

byubananastand

10/1/22 9:21am

Hit him higher. There’s a big window called the torso that is clean.

byubananastand

10/1/22 9:24am

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chilawcoug

10/1/22 10:54am

Both were fine hits then, on Jaren and on Legas.

byubananastand

10/1/22 6:04pm

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chilawcoug

10/1/22 6:09pm

First, he flipped because he jumped. Not sure how you take a plant leg

ReggaeCoug

9/30/22 4:21pm

Leg was firmly on the ground at contact…

530Coug

9/30/22 5:42pm

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chilawcoug

9/30/22 6:01pm

Just curious how you think this hit compares…

530Coug

9/30/22 7:37pm

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chilawcoug

10/1/22 11:00am

Great hit. Not high , not low.. prefect midline hit. Because it was a

BYU4eVeR

9/30/22 9:21pm

Someone hits Hall like that, CB erupts shouting USU is out to hurt our QBs.

byubananastand

10/1/22 9:19am

It’s a great hit on a running back coming at you. Not a QB with planted leg.

byubananastand

10/1/22 9:26am

I'm glad we won't be playing them for the foreseeable future

CharlottesvilleCoug

9/30/22 2:18pm

We’ve had our moments on field too (nut punches, dangerous blocks, etc).

canofpicante

9/30/22 2:20pm

To make it worse, after he did that, the crowd was booing and the player

Dwide_Schrude

9/30/22 2:31pm

The vicious hit on Legas was worse. Could have easily ended his season.

chochera

9/30/22 3:38pm

Viscous? It looked far worse than it really was. Legas popped right up, no limp, no shaking anything off.

TheLoneCougar

9/30/22 3:39pm

Point still holds. Hitting a QB's planted leg low is no bueno. 100% "viscous."

chochera

9/30/22 3:50pm

I haven't seen a replay, but was his leg planted? I thought he had jumped.

TheLoneCougar

9/30/22 4:23pm

Nope that’s the blue goggles talking

530Coug

9/30/22 5:46pm

I was at the game and couldn't see it clearly from me seats, as stated, I haven't seen a replay. Thanks for the pics.

TheLoneCougar

9/30/22 7:06pm

This screenshot of Boren shows how bad the hit was. 1) crown of head down; 2)

byubananastand

10/1/22 9:37am

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chilawcoug

10/1/22 9:46am

Interpret however you want. He hit him low below the waist on the leg.

byubananastand

10/1/22 9:55am

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chilawcoug

10/1/22 10:06am

Same with Jaren’s then. Cheer the good hit next time your kid gets smoked like

byubananastand

10/1/22 10:17am

I certainly don't think Boren meant to hit him when his leg was planted. There's no way that is done on purpose given

TheLoneCougar

10/1/22 10:22pm

Then give the USU player the same benefit of the doubt.

530Coug

10/1/22 10:29pm

I have not said anything about the USU player, one way or another.

TheLoneCougar

10/2/22 8:35am

It was not high thigh. It was crown of helmet to mid thigh. See the screenshots

byubananastand

10/1/22 10:26am

You are quoting 530Coug? Why even post? Didn't he already post?

kimdaddy35

10/1/22 10:33am

Oh no, two peeps have the same opinion. Does not compute in my brain that two

byubananastand

10/1/22 6:06pm

If you like someone's opinion then just give them a thumbs up. No reason to make a separate post quoting him in the same

kimdaddy35

10/1/22 10:34pm

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chilawcoug

10/1/22 10:51am

Terrible, dangerous hit. Flagged appropriately.

byubananastand

10/1/22 6:07pm

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chilawcoug

10/1/22 6:08pm

The rules expert explicitly said he’s fine with it being called a penalty.

530Coug

10/1/22 8:48pm

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chilawcoug

10/1/22 8:50pm

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chilawcoug

10/1/22 6:12pm

Settle down. He hit him on the hip.

deliciousmocha

9/30/22 4:19pm

It was not the hip. He wouldn’t have flipped if he hit him in the hip.

byubananastand

10/1/22 9:28am

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chilawcoug

9/30/22 4:43pm

His right shoulder pad hit him in the pelvis. Looked like a legal hit

Mot

9/30/22 9:34pm

You’d like to think that. Both hits were the exact same level: Vaughans’ and

byubananastand

10/1/22 9:30am

Which play are you referring to?

BYU-Laie

9/30/22 5:02pm

I bet USU fans are saying something similar after what Batty did with one

ldssdl

9/30/22 5:33pm

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chilawcoug

9/30/22 6:02pm

That’s why you have to go after their psyche and throw a shoe instead 🧠

WeekendWarrior

9/30/22 6:55pm

RE: That’s why you have to go after their psyche and throw a shoe instead 🧠

530Coug

9/30/22 7:25pm

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