BYU Sports Guy » Basketball http://www.byusportsguy.com BYU Sports Guy - #1 Source True Blue Cougar Sports News Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:16:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.byusportsguy.com http://www.byusportsguy.com/wp-content/mbp-favicon/rugby.ico BYU Sports Guy Holy War Game Day http://www.byusportsguy.com/current-players/holy-war-game-day/ http://www.byusportsguy.com/current-players/holy-war-game-day/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:35:49 +0000 Tyler http://www.byusportsguy.com/?p=419 Post from: BYU Sports Guy

Holy War Game Day

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Holy War - BYU vs Utah

Today is it!!!
10-1 vs 11-0
Blue vs Red


This series has been very close.  Even in the days of BYU WAC domination, this game was almost always closer than you wanted it to be.  The last 10 out 11 games have been decide by a touchdown or less.


In college football, it doesn’t get any better than this.


Keys to the Game


Win the Turnover battle.  Max Hall has been spectacular, but has thrown some ill advised passes as of late.  If BYU can avoid turning over the ball, I think the Cougar Offense can out score the Ute Offense.


Slow down the Ute pass rush.  A key to Hall’s success will be to slow down the pass rush of Utah’s D-line.  They are smaller and quicker, and can hurry Hall into bad decisons.  However, BYU’s O-line has been pretty solid all year, and should be able to get the job done.


Get Pressure on Brian Johnson.  Ute offense has been inconsistent, especially when teams have gotten some pressure on Johnson.  The cougs haven’t excelled at that this year, and have played more conservative on D.  But today, they need to bring just enough pressure, to get BJ out of his comfort zone.


The Guru’s Guess
The Cougs have played big in big games (with the exception of TCU) I think the Boys in Blue hold the mental edge (Thanks to to consecutive last minute big play wins.)  The Cougs continue:35-28

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Haws in the House!

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Video on this Kid

I was impressed with the first video I saw of this kid. But it wasn’t on the basketball court. It was in a presentation by the LDS Church General Young Men’s Presidency. Tyler was serving as his wards Teacher’s Quorum President, and their meetings were video taped to show how to correctly work with Aaronic Priesthood Presidencies. Tyler stood up and took control as quorum president and ran things the way they should be run. I know, I know, when you put a camera on a group, they tend to step and and perform. I was assured, however, by Brother Burgess (another great Alpine, Utah name), and uncle to Sam Burgess, that this was how they functioned all the time. I was impressed with his leadership skills.

Numbers on the Court

His numbers on the court would also bare this out.

Points per Game: 21

Rebounds: almost 5 per game

Assists: 3.1

Steals: 1.5

Accolades

He also brings with him a long string of recognitions.

2 time 5A MVP

2 time 1st team All State

Deseret News Mr. Basketball for the State of Utah

Utah Gatorade Player of the Year

1 of 100 Seniors Nationwide invited to NBA Player Association Camp

Excited

Cougar fans everywhere are excited to see him follow in his father’s (Marty Haws) footsteps. I don’t ever remember a kid who has gotten so much fan attention for so long. Coach Dave Rose will be happy to have Haws in the House. I will be looking forward to seeing him on the hardwood in cougar blue!

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Haws in the House!

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