Cougars entering crunch week, defense making noise

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BYU head coach Kalani Sitake huddles the team together during practice session in Provo on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022.

BYU head coach Kalani Sitake huddles the group collectively throughout observe session in Provo on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. The Cougars open the season Sept. 3 at South Florida.

Jaren Wilkey, BYU Photograph

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A BYU defensive participant readies himself for the snap throughout observe Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Provo. The Cougars’ D has acquired a lot reward throughout fall camp.

Jaren Wilkey, BYU Photograph

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This can be a week of whittling down a depth chart, solidifying place competitors and making a preliminary journey checklist for the journey to Tampa Bay to face South Florida on Sept. 3. In different information, the BYU athletic division introduced a brand new NIL useful resource for its athletes, profiting from digital NIL alternatives. Examine this in Jay Drew’s piece right here.

Listed below are a few of our soccer camp protection tales:

  • Objective met: no turnovers in first scrimmage (Dick Harmon)
  • What opposing coaches are saying about Corridor, different QBs (Ryan McDonald)
  • What are Sitake’s priorities in Week 2 (Jay Drew)
  • D and O neck-and-neck after first week (Jay Drew)
  • Silver lining to LB accidents (Jay Drew)
  • Former TEs describe risk of Holker, Rex (Dave McCann)
  • Why Roderick loves his no-name offense (Jay Drew)
  • What Vandy switch DB brings (Jay Drew)

Cougar Insiders predictions

Query of the week: Jaren Corridor instructed the media after a observe session he believed this 12 months’s BYU protection is one of the best he has gone up towards within the 5 years he’s been at BYU. Is that this legitimate or simply enthusiasm by a group chief?

Jay Drew: After I first heard Jaren Corridor say “Fortunately, our protection is without doubt one of the finest defenses I've gone towards in my 5 years at BYU” after the Cougars’ first scrimmage final Saturday, I discovered myself nodding in settlement. Upon second thought, I'm not so positive. So I’m going to chalk it as much as a revered group chief saying the fitting issues after a head-to-head encounter with that protection.

Why am I a bit skeptical of Corridor’s pronouncement? For starters, the Cougars don’t have quite a lot of playmakers on protection. There’s no Kyle Van Noy or Sione Takitaki on this group. Positive, there are some stable gamers corresponding to Keenan Pili, Payton Wilgar and Malik Moore. However no person strikes worry into the hearts of opposing quarterbacks.

Second, BYU doesn’t have an skilled robust security. Moore wants a succesful working mate. And third, I’m not satisfied that this group will have the ability to put collectively a ferocious move rush. Time will inform.

Dick Harmon: That is definitely a “present me” state of affairs. The final time we witnessed this group at a bowl recreation, an injury-riddled protection couldn’t get off the sector. Within the win towards USC, offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick stated he didn’t acknowledge any of BYU’s defenders. However I've just a little extra optimism for this protection as a result of the core linebacking crew is again and if Keenan Pili and Payton Wilgar can keep wholesome, I believe the entrance seven will have the ability to strain for a few causes.

Kalani Sitake stated his corners are the quickest since he’s been at BYU, which then allows quite a lot of man protection, a key in creating strain. I believe linemen Gabe Summers, who is larger, Tyler Batty, who's more healthy, Caden Haws, Earl Tuioti-Mariner and Atunaisa Mahe will be a part of John Nelson and Bruce Mitchell in giving BYU’s defensive entrance some appreciable measurement and extra athleticism. A sound rotation might maintain this group contemporary and efficient. BYU has sufficient speedy corners to alternate our bodies for an acceptable security to play alongside a proficient Malik Moore.

I do assume Jaren Corridor was genuinely throwing the D a bone in his quote as a result of within the first scrimmage the offense had a troublesome time scoring the whole session. He did communicate from day by day proof of his opinion and underscored it with what he noticed at scrimmage.

Cougar tales

With NFL preseason video games underway, listed here are some tales that contain former Cougar gamers: 

Plus, BYU introduced a LaVell Edwards Stadium enhancement that may cater to its company companions.

From the archives

From the Twitterverse

Additional factors

Fanalyst

Feedback from Deseret Information readers:

Since there was no P5 cash, recruits and high-paid coaches, why did the Cougs beat 5 Pac-12 groups?

The group dwelling on crumbs defeated these with the pot of gold.

— Worf

Heads are going to blow up over on CB (Cougarboard.com) within the echo chamber once they learn this headline and a few selection quotes concerning the protection.

When Jaren Corridor says that is one of the best protection he has confronted in 5 years at BYU — I want he had clarified whether or not that included opposing defenses or simply BYU defenses. That may make some heads explode if he meant together with opposing defenses. That may even explode heads of the haters that frequent this remark part!

— Cougarbib2

Up subsequent

Aug. 18 | 6 p.m. | Soccer | Cal State Fullerton | @Fullerton, California

Aug. 26 | midday | Girls’s volleyball | vs. Rider | @Provo

Aug. 26 | 4 p.m. | Soccer | vs. Ohio State | @Columbus, Ohio

Aug. 26 | 7 p.m. | Girls’s volleyball | vs. Duke | @Provo

Aug. 27 | 7 p.m. | Girls’s volleyball | vs. Washington State | @Provo

Sept. 3 | 2 p.m. | Soccer | vs. South Florida | @Tampa Bay, Florida

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A BYU defensive participant readies himself for the snap throughout observe Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Provo. The Cougars’ D has acquired a lot reward throughout fall camp.

Jaren Wilkey, BYU Photograph

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