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TODAY AT BYU FOOTBALL CAMP: Volume 3 - Dance moves and more punches

In order to give you all the hottest of all fall camp hot takes, we're going to dedicate all of our resources (freelance graphic designer) to breaking down the daily video footage provided by the good people of BYU Football Video. Since very few of the practices are available to the public, we're using these little gems to unearth what is really going on behind the scenes at fall camp.

By Jake Welch
Thank goodness the team is done with this river rafting nonsense.
Thank goodness the team is done with this river rafting nonsense.
@BYUrecruiting

After a completely useless (and potentially dangerous) day off, the Cougars are back at it. Thankfully we have some actual football related film that we can break down. Let's get to it.

0:00 - 0:03 - ORANGE SUNGLASSES?
I'd like to tell you all about Harvey Langi's technique here but I can't see anything else in this clip but the trainer bro with the Macklemore haircut and orange-framed sunglasses. Last time I checked BYU's colors were blue and white. If he wants to wear that garbage, I'm sure the people of Boise will take him in because heck they'll take just about anyone. Upon further review, it looks as if he is wearing a matching orange bracelet or I'm colorblind and that's a LIVESTRONG band. If it's the latter, someone please let Breklonn (lets get real, we know there's a good chance that his name) know that while he was on his mission in 2013 Lance Armstrong admitted to doing copious amounts of drugs and he can take of his bracelet off now.

0:03 - 0:05 - WHAT IS THIS THE BYU FOLK DANCE TEAM?
Did I miss something because it sure looks like Julianne Hough took over for Coach Tujague. That being said our boys in blue do look quite graceful. I give them a 8.2 out of 10. Ului Lapuaho wasn't quite in synch with the rest of the team but this is by far the best version of the "whip and nae nae" that I have seen all summer.

0:05 - 0:07 - MOUTHGUARD
Why do we keep having issue with our equipment? First it was Adam Hine running around without his helmet and then the whole team decided to ruin their Nike-issued sneakers by taking them in the Provo River. Now Travis Tuiloma has clearly forgotten to wear his mouthguard because it's still in his facemask. We need our equipment management team to step it up.

0:07 - 0:09 - PUNCHES????
DEAR TOM H. YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE MIAMI BEACH BRAWL INCIDENT BASED ON THE 37 PIECES OF MAIL I HAVE SENT YOU THIS OFFSEASON BUT AFTER SEEING THIS CLIP OF FRED WARNER PUNCHING THINGS, I'M CONCERNED THAT YOU DIDN'T TAKE MY LETTERS SERIOUSLY. IF WE ARE TEACHING OUR PLAYERS HOW TO HIT THEN BY GOLLY THERE IS GOING TO BE A FIGHT AFTER EVERY GAME. PLEASE FIRE COACH MENDENHALL IMMEDIATELY AND HIRE ANDY REID. I'VE HEARD WOULD QUIT HIS NFL JOB FOR A GIG AT BYU. IT'S TRUE BECAUSE I READ IT ON COUGARBOARD. YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT SOMETIME.

0:09 - 0:11 - FIELD GOAL UNIT
Oh cool, let's just cut away from the footage of the field goal unit before we can tell if the ball will go through the uprights. Clearly this is a sign that our placekickers are struggling and everyone should panic. Why else wouldn't they show us the rest of the clip? I honestly can't think of any other reason so I'm going to stick with logic here and assume that we're going to miss 67% field goal attempts and half of our extra points. And that's the best case scenario.

0:11 - 0:12 - MORE DANCE?
Really quick shot here of Bronson Kaufisi and Graham Rowley showing everyone the appropriate distance apart people should be while participating at a church sanctioned dance. As my dad used to say, you can't get into too much trouble on the dance floor as long as your arms are fully extended. Good job guys.

0:12 - 0:15 - HARVEY'S ABS
After watching this clip a few times I feel like I need a new diet and exercise regimen.

0:15 - 0:18 - MITCH RUNNING THE BALL
As mentioned in our first video analysis, Mitch looks like he was born to be a running back. I don't want to go into too much detail here but the fact remains that Juergens has never fumbled the football in practice (at least according to these :30 second video clips) and he's averaging like 44 yards per carry. That number will likely drop once we start playing some real games (my realistic goal is 27 yards per carry) but I'm still high on this kid.

0:18 - 0:22 - PASSING ATTACK
While most people giving analysis here would be happy with back to back completions for touchdowns, I'm not all that impressed. If LaVell were still coaching the passes would have had tighter spirals, the receivers would have run crisper routes and we would probably be playing in the Big 12. I'm not upset or anything I just think that things could be better.

0:23 - 0:26 - BRONSON HUGS
This is a pretty weak tackle when you consider what he did to Kelly Olynyk on the baseball court. Let's see more of that.

0:26 - 0:30 - TAYSOM FOR PRESIDENT
That rollout pass across his body just solved multiple inner-city education problems in New Jersey and helped create 3.4 millions manufacturing jobs in the Ohio River Valley. Let's get this guy on the ticket.

Catch up on all the next-level analysis of BYU practices:
Volume 2 - River rafting is dumb
Voume 1 - Homicide and forgotten helmets

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