A Tale of Third Downs: The Key to Saturday
by Layton on Oct 20, 2009 1:18 PM PDT
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PrintLast year, TCU owned BYU on third downs, killing momentum and keeping the Cougars punting, and giving BYU it's worst loss (32-7) since 2005. TCU's all-everything, Jerry Hughes, dominated the game by making BYU miserably one-dimensional.
In 2006, a game I covered for the Daily Universe, the Cougars shocked TCU by ending the nation's best 13-game winning streak, due in large part to John Beck converting with receivers and Harline on long third downs (3rd and 5+)...
This year, BYU is protecting its own win streak: With a win Saturday, BYU would extend their conference record home win streak to 14 games; more importantly, beating TCU would give BYU two wins over top-10 opponents for the first time in school history and further their argument for getting into the BCS with one loss, as we've mentioned already
THE KEY TO THE GAME: The Cougars' offense is the best in the nation in third-down conversions 64.4 percent. However, the Horned Frogs' are fifth in stopping third-down conversions, limiting opponents to a 27 percent success rate. Whichever team holds true to its season-long character will--or at least should--win the game.
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I think Max has restored his confidence.
These last 2 games should have donw wonders for him in understanding his ability and the ability of the rest of the offense, especially his line. I was extremely impressed with his ability to read the plays. If they weren’t there he didn’t take them, instead he understood that running for 5 yards was better than forcing a ball into good coverage. I’m excited to see what he’s going to do on Saturday. Yes, TCU’s defense is no cupcake…. all the more opportunity to solidify him as one of the best ever at BYU (see earlier post about Max’s ranking in BYU history).
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