Feed Unga, it’s been a week
4 November 2009
Quinn Gooch
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With Harvey closing in on Mr. Curtis Brown’s all time rushing record, let’s feed the next all time leader. Not only is he closing in on the record he’s the Cougars best player -and the conferences best back. I know some are shaking their heads. Yes, the Cougars have talent at the tight end position, but their touches are minimized by down distance and situation. When is it a bad time to turn around give the ball to Harvey…except for maybe 3/4th and long? Who know maybe our Offensive Coordinators has some crazy draws up their sleeves.
Am I just imagining things or did Curtis break the record against Wyoming?
I could be up in the night with the Wyoming comment, but I need some validation. Or someone set me right. Also I just saw that Dontrell Moore from New Mexico is the MWC rushing leader with 4,000+ yards. Who has the odds on Harvey being able to break that record?
Curtis broke the record against UNM in 2006. He needed like 38 yards, and he broke off a 50 yard TD run on his first carry (or one of his first carries) of the game.
Do you think he will be around next year? I dont see him making it in the NFL unless he goes as a FB but he has little experience as one so maybe he does come back and have a shot.
Curious to hear your thoughts.
4973 yards is what Dontrell racked up… thats gonna be pretty tough for Unga to make up considering he is under 3100 right now with 18 games left (if he plays all this year and next year plus in two bowl games). That means he needs to average a little over 100 a game to get there.
Who knows we will have a new QB next year so we might need to rely on him more but that also means teams can key on him more.
If I’m not mistaken, Curtis Brown broke the record against New Mexico. If Unga stays for his senior year, I think there is little question he will break Moore’s record. Thanks for a great blog.
Playing any game with the goal to create stats is bad for the game and makes the stats artificial and unrespected.
If it’s there, give it to him I agree, but don’t change game plans to generate stats. Winning the bigger games would be the highest priority.
Maybe something could be done to change “Maxes” interception and Fumble stats. Aren’t they kinda high ?
I do respect, Coach Widdingham for having the fortitude to make a change (mid-game) no less. Utah is a better team for BYU to defeat with the change.
I’m sorry if the HONESTY hurts.
I’m just tired of the losses that are blamed on every thing else.
The QB needs to be the MAN…
Curtis broke it on a long run – like 50+ yards – against New Mexico. Straight up the gut untouched.
I was at the UNM game when Curtis broke the record. Some guy a few rows up had a sign that said “Yards left for Curtis Brown to break the record” with a rolodex type set of numbers. I think he started somewhere in the thirties. One of the first few plays of the game Curtis ripped off a 60 yard TD run, and the guy flipped all the numbers then set the sign down. It was a perfectly good waste of a sign.
No kidding…When is it ever a bad time to give the ball to Harvey? So, why doesn’t he get the ball 20-25 times a game? I hear people say, BYU is a passing team, whatever. They have a bruising blocking fullback, they have the best back in the league, and more than adequate, in fact, very good backups, i.e., depth. So why not run, run, and run some more?
I’m still mad about last year’s panic in SLC when BYU went away from the run so quickly and put it all on Max to throw against 8 and 9 in coverage, and mad about this year against TCU. I’m not saying they would have won that game, but it would have been different if TCU would have been forced to bring their LBs up to stop the run rather than sit back and double team Pitta. But they knew BYU would panic and give up on the run.
One of my favorite BYU games is the ‘96 beat down of Utah where Jenkins and MacKenzie each ran for something like 200+ yards and BYU, with Sarkesian at QB, threw a total of 9 times in the game. It was a physical beating they put on the utes. Man, I’d love to see more of that this year. Especially since they have the talent to do it.
Attu AK:
Ditto! Could not have said it better myself. To me that is on coaching. BYU is built around what the offense is giving them, if Utah is playing the circle defense then run the ball. I heard many comments from Ute coaches last year that they knew they were giving the run but weren’t concerend because our coaches would not consitently take advantage of it. I hope it changes in the future.
AH that’s right the UNM game, I remember it know. Thanks, that game was a fun one…close but not too close, some fourth down drama. I liked those games.
Agreed on the “Feed Unga” sentiment. Possession passing down the field is great and all, but it seems like there is nothing more demoralizing to a defense than not being able to stop a running back for a full drive. In many cases the defense may never recover from being dominated on just one drive. I was hoping this might be the case as we opened the TCU game. Seemed like we were driving by feeding Unga on the opening drive and then on a 2nd and 2, the coaches decide to pass. Hall was sacked, setting up 3rd and long and the rest is history. Give Unga the ball.
I could only hope and pray that our offensive coaches have some “plays” up their sleeves.
Since that is very unlikely, I agree, do what works, and Unga WORKS! He doesn’t fumble (in a previous post comment, someone mentioned that nobody bashes on Chambers, but I may be the first to cringe when he gets the ball, even though I really want to trust him) and he’s consistent. Wyoming could be an excting day for him…the team definitely needs a little pick me up after the last game.
Anyone else also aching for some more Pitta?
Seems like every time we lose a game, the #1 fan criticism is that we should’ve run the ball more. I love seeing a good ground game as much as the next guy, but I don’t think it is a panacea for all our offensive woes. BYU has been and always will be a passing team first, that’s just who we are. Having said that, if Wyoming proves unable to handle our run game then we gotta feed the beast.
Excuse me, but when don’t you run a pass on 2nd and 2? It’s a “free down.” What’s inexcusable is that Max got sacked, and that’s the players, not the coaches.
Sure Harvey could have easily converted on that down. But that’s hindsight in view of what happened. Nobody should be criticizing a coach for calling a pass play on 2nd and 2.
I think John Beck moved up to number 2 in passing at the Wyoming game. Maybe that’s what you’re thinking
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