All Is Well In Cougar Town...For Now

Just as expected, BYU pounded San Diego State today 41 - 12. Although, some thought that the Cougars would struggle against even the worst team in the Mountain West Conference, BYU showed that they are still one of the best in the conference.

So, what did BYU do to be successful against this San Diego State Football team? To be honest, it didn't take much. San Diego State is just a bad football program that would have a hard time competing with a good high school team. Yes, they are that bad. The Aztec's missed plays, didn't execute and made dumb mistakes. On their first offensive play, the quarterback was lined up in the shot gun formation when without warning, the center snapped the ball. The ball hit the quarterback in the face and bounced off. BYU recovered the ball which lead to their first touchdown. They are simply that kind of team. Stupid mistakes, one after another.

With that being said, BYU wasn't given everything to win this game. BYU did have to go out and take the game by executing plays. Quarterback Max Hall had another amazing game. He was 25/30 for 317 yard and 3 touchdowns. That's a pretty good day for any quarterback. His receivers were running clean routes which allowed them to get some big plays. Both Collie and Reed (receivers) had big games.

It's hard to determine if the defense has improved much. They really only allowed 6 points the entire game. Late in the game, BYU put all of their second string players in who allowed the Aztec's to drive and score a touchdown in the last seconds of the game. It's hard to tell if the defense did any better simply because they were defending a sub par team. San Diego missed some wide open plays for big gains by dropping the ball or fumbling. I certainly have to give the BYU defense some credit for forcing some of those plays but I'm not convinced that BYU's defense is any better now than it was a week ago or even a month ago. It will be interesting to see what they do against Air Force next week. I don't expect much of a fight at Air Force either but I've learned that anything can happen so you never know.

All in all, BYU's performance was good today. I liked what I saw. I didn't see too many bone head mistakes out there. The anticipation and excitement for the Utah game is building up. Only two weeks away from the Holy War.