Jim Mora compares Tanner Mangum to Johnny Manziel

I believe that they will be.

Wrote Matt Hayes of the Sporting News: “If BYU wins at UCLA and keeps winning over the next six weeks, no one will have a better win by the time the CFP selection committee releases its first ranking on November . 3″.

But in the incredibly likely event that the Cougars don’t pull off a similar miracle, their running game will ultimately fail them-they mustered only 204 rushing yards in their first two games combined, and 72 of those yards came from Hill, who is out for the season. Nobody has been more valuable to the defense than outside linebacker Deon Hollins, who has been a force in the opponent’s backfield this season.EXTRA POINTS 1.

It’s really hard to do that this week because the storyline as 10th-ranked UCLA (2-0) takes on 19th-ranked BYU (2-0) is this collision of true freshman quarterbacks – Rosen and Tanner Mangum.

One of the most intriguing aspects of every college football season is the young stars that emerge and play an integral role in their team’s success.

None is bigger than the Crimson Tide’s hankering to avenge last year’s 23-17 loss in Oxford. That’s just the laws of nature.

As we all saw in Week 1 versus Virginia, Josh Rosen is an exceptionally smart quarterback for his age, and he’ll rebound nicely against the Cougars. Those are men playing at BYU.

“I’m not looking to settle, and I get bored easy”, Mendenhall said of the Cougars’ aggressive scheduling approach, which also includes a November trip to play Missouri in Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium.

Saturday’s game in Provo should provide a more potent offensive challenge for Boise State than Washington did.

The Bruins were so overpowering last week in Las Vegas that it got boring and seemed slow, leading some of the partisans to conclude the lads weren’t performing well enough. The junior, whom head coach Bronco Mendenhall called his best defensive player, injured his knee in BYU’s season opener and will be out for at least another month. If you have any more input or thoughts, please add them in the comment section below.

The 2015 Cougars will go down in BYU history as one of the most unforgettable teams ever. But I knew, as his backup, that I had to be ready to go. “I’m just like everyone else, probably”. Then when something bad happens you have to kind of start that over.

He wasn’t flawless on the road against the Rebels, and his accuracy (22-of-42 for 223 yards, with one touchdown and one interception) wasn’t the stuff of Heisman legends. Our red zone scoring efficiency has been good, our red zone touchdown efficiency needs to improve. BYU typically runs a 3-4 defense, so only three guys start on the line.

What makes this upcoming game so unique is we have two freshman quarterbacks going against each other in a battle of top-20 teams.

Rosen was playing out of his mind to kick off his collegiate career, throwing three touchdown scores, just over 350 yards, and not a single interception.

Agin, coach Mora gave Scout the simple synopsis.

“I’ve seen some of [Rosen’s] highlights and he’s a very good quarterback”.

“He’s got a certain maturity to him”, Mora said of Mangum. So far in this season BYU Cougars has 31.0 scored compared to UCLA Bruins’s 14.3. But the thing that set Edwards’s teams apart was that (a) they won games, and (b) they were fun as hell to watch.

UCLA’s secondary hasn’t been tested much in the first two games; that will change drastically on Saturday when BYU comes to town.

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