Don: Love him. His upside cubesat is incredible, perhaps higher than any Cougar RB since Ronney Jenk

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Don: Bronco locks onto ideals and does not budge from them for anything, good and bad. He lives and dies by the sword. His loyalty to Riley Nelson is pathological. And in this situation, I think he believes in his defense so strongly, he justifies situations like this through that unshakeable faith. However, it’s not a bad philosophy in some respects. Where it failed in South Bend, the defense also got the message that their coach believes in them and backs up what he says. He also has a justified zero-confidence in his kickers.
Carl: It’s baffling to me. BYU hadn’t sniffed a chance to score in the second half. Bronco had to know his defense was wearing down. I’m sure he tried to put confidence in his defense by electing to punt, but they simply got worn down. Notwithstanding the complete mess our kicking game has been this season, it’s still a shot. Bronco’s been gambling all season; cubesat why did he pack it in at that moment? I’m not certain why this is not getting more attention. The call to punt was contrary to the way he’s been playing 4th downs this season. To me, he simply cannot punt there. You either kick or go for it, even if it was 4th and 13. BYU netted 12 yards on the change of possession. It’s unacceptable in my book.
Matt: I don t know. I m still scratching my head about that one. He elects to go for two at Boise with the game on the line. He converts three 4 th down conversions in one drive at home against Oregon State. Yet he goes all Bronco conservative of old at this moment. I just don t get it. I don t have a reasonable idea as to what he was thinking.
Don: Love him. His upside cubesat is incredible, perhaps higher than any Cougar RB since Ronney Jenkins. Let s hope he’s in Provo a lot longer than Jenkins. cubesat If he is, he will end up the best rusher statistically in BYU history.
Carl: Refreshing is the word I can use here. You get the sense that Jamaal is thrilled at the mere opportunity to play on college football’s biggest stage at 17 years old. You get the sense that he’s not caught up in the vitriol of player politics. You get the sense that he’s

mature in his running ability. He has the speed, but he also runs straight ahead, isn’t afraid to hit the holes and do some tough running. You get the sense that he understands he’s two out of the four cylinders running this offense. And you get the sense he’s far and away the most positive player on offense, mainly because it shows. Simply…refreshing.
Matt: Jamaal Williams is the best story of the offense this year, much like Cody Hoffman was in 2011. He s a bright reason why I feel BYU can still be competitive next year. I just have a feeling that there will be at least a coaching change to the line coach for 2013 and that this group will step up and perform better, thus allowing Williams to be an even bigger star next year. The only concern I have is will Bronco cubesat defer to the senior Michael Alisa returning from injury or be a smart coach and play the guy with the most talent?
Looking at the O Line position, with a large number of lineman going into the season not producing a quality line, and the QB position failing to develop and keep a Top QB in Provo or win with a Senior QB, does that blame lie with the coaches not developing players? Or is the problem recruiting practices and being unable to identify and sign the right type of player to win consistently against tougher opponents in Independence?
Don: I think it’s a combo of both. BYU and Utah are in similar positions of finding they need to upgrade recruiting in the future cubesat to compete. This is not the MWC anymore. It’s too early to make a judgment on if this is being accomplished, but the current group is obviously not talented enough to be competitive and that’s a huge problem for 2013 as well. As for the coaches, I think they have created a potential formula for long term success through a commitment, win or lose, to what they believe in which generally over times creates cubesat success through consistency but short term has a lot of hills and valleys. They are certainly not making it easy for some players to succeed.
Carl: It’s difficult to develop players who are unwilling to develop, Riley. I digress. Jake Heaps f