Brigham Younger Cougars quarterback Jacob Conover (17) appears to go in Logan on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
Jaren Corridor was named BYU’s beginning quarterback for the opener towards Arizona a 12 months in the past this week, and did nothing all through your entire 2021 season to lose that position, except for sustaining some accidents that brought about him to overlook three video games.
There's positively not a beginning QB derby in Provo this 12 months, and after Saturday’s scrimmage at LaVell Edwards Stadium, it feels like there is no such thing as a doubt concerning who will enter the video games if, or when, Corridor goes out like he did final 12 months and in 2019 when concussions sidelined him a few instances.
Third-year freshman Jacob Conover is Corridor’s clear-cut backup.
“I feel we seemed actually good, particularly Jacob Conover, who had an incredible day as we speak. His (throws) had been wanting superior. Tight spirals. And our operating backs had been hitting the holes arduous. I feel collectively we put collectively only a nice drive the primary drive we had and had been capable of maintain it going by the entire scrimmage. So it was enjoyable.” — BYU receiver Chase Roberts.
Head coach Kalani Sitake, receivers coach and passing recreation coordinator Fesi Sitake and receiver Chase Roberts all praised Conover after the scrimmage by way of Zoom. The scrimmage was not open to the media.
“I feel we seemed actually good, particularly Jacob Conover, who had an incredible day as we speak. His (throws) had been wanting superior. Tight spirals,” stated Roberts, after being requested how the offense carried out.
“And our operating backs had been hitting the holes arduous. I feel collectively we put collectively only a nice drive the primary drive we had and had been capable of maintain it going by the entire scrimmage, so it was enjoyable.”
From varied reviews, it sounds just like the offense bounced again nicely within the 80-play scrimmage — tackling was allowed in about half the performs; others had been “thud tempo” through which ball-carriers weren’t taken to the bottom — after the protection largely dominated final week within the first scrimmage.
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“We had like three or 4 touchdowns as we speak, so we had been wanting good,” Roberts stated. “It was superior.”
After lacking observe Thursday as a result of he was not feeling nicely, Corridor bought in 30 to 35 performs Saturday with those, Kalani Sitake stated.
The top coach stated a “good quantity” of established gamers had been held out on either side of the ball, however declined to call all of them.
Beginning free security Malik Moore stated ones went towards ones, twos went towards twos and so forth. He referred to as it an “total good scrimmage” as a result of “everyone bought good, high quality work,” however he didn’t weigh in concerning which unit bought the higher hand.
“I feel total, our protection is wanting actually good, and so is our offense,” Moore stated. “We at all times kinda steadiness one another. Generally the offense will make performs, and subsequent factor you recognize we are going to make performs or get a three-and-out or one thing.
“I feel the protection is taking part in actually, very well, and we're all wholesome and able to go. So yeah.”
Kalani Sitake stated he was happy with the scrimmage total precisely two weeks away from the opener on Sept. 3 at USF (2 p.m. MDT, ESPNU). He stated the Cougars will return to LES for one more scrimmage on Tuesday, then name fall camp a wrap.
Preparations for the Bulls start in earnest on Wednesday, though some game-week kind work has already taken place.
“The important thing for us is simply getting our group prepared and getting our depth chart fashioned and sinking the reps into the blokes we expect are going to be useful for us and our depth going into the sport,” Sitake stated.
“In order that was kinda what we wished to get accomplished as we speak. … FRom what I noticed as we speak, I'm proud of our group. We are going to simply need to maintain working the following couple weeks and prepare for the sport.”
Sitake stated loads of the give attention to Saturday was on figuring out which backups and third-stringers will make the two-deep chart, and in addition which guys will journey.
“I believed we completed that as we speak,” he stated.
His cousin, Fesi Sitake, agreed, saying there are nonetheless a couple of first-string depth chart points to straighten out, however for essentially the most half Saturday was concerning the twos and threes.
“Up up to now in camp, there have been rather a lot moments the place we've been stagnant as a second group,” Fesi Sitake stated. “At the moment I believed they took an enormous soar. I believed the second group was the spotlight of the day, actually environment friendly at shifting the ball, stepping up, making performs, executing, taking part in clear soccer.”
Particularly, Fesi Sitake identified the play of operating again Miles Davis, who's competing with Lopini Katoa, Jackson McChesney and Hinckley Ropati to be Cal switch Chris Brooks’ main backup.
All of the backup RBs bought a good quantity of reps.
“Miles Davis is somebody simply generally, together with as we speak, the identical factor — each rep he will get is so good for him, and he continues to enhance on these,” Fesi Sitake stated. “He made a pair runs as we speak the place he was simply hitting the outlet with confidence. He's simply somebody that continues to emerge as extra reps come his method.”