Time For Offensive Change?

At what point does it stop being business as usual? One could only assume when Jaime Hill was let go it was a warning shot across the bow to the rest of the staff. On the season it seems the lifeless cougs are still searching for its offensive identity its heart and soul with a 2-5 record.

Apparently, one cougar fan couldn't hold back any longer wasn't satisfied with the lack of offensive production on the season as well as during the TCU game. The fan shouting "Come on BYU offense play like the defense. Come on you guys play like the defense!". Yes, the alumns, donors and fans in the seats came to see a show and on the year its simply not there. Fans don't want to see something vanilla. They want something special.

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Of the 120 teams ranked in the nation the jerseys in blue currently only rank 107th in total offense. The cougs also unfortunately rank 115th in scoring offense only averaging 14.71 on the scoreboard. Bottom line the coug offense isn't producing any special stats right now. At what point does Robert Anae's offense finally start stretching the field and putting points on the board? In saturday's game against TCU only two passes were caught by the receiving corps. Yes 2. That's it. Only one to a wide receiver and the other to a tight end. The cougs spent over 20 years finding and building upon their identity of being a throwing team. You can't be something you aren't. It simply doesn't work.

In 2009 the cougs finished as the 11th ranked scoring offense in the country. The jerseys in blue in 2007 were 25th in total offense. Back in 2008 the passing was the 6th ranked passing offense. Whether its dropped passes, making gametime adjustments, poor execution, recruiting, bad coaching, or something else something has got to give. With the cougs goin independent and scheduling teams as Oregon State; Texas, Central Florida, West Virginia, and Georgia Tech in the future the coaching staff and those jerseys in blue must begin to raise the bar a hecukva lot higher. Stats like what coug fans have seen will continue to chalk up losses against teams like that. A teams offense in a single year just doesn't simply fall off the map. Something has happened. Changes must be made soon whether formal or behind the scenes to address whatever it might be ailing the cougs. To put things into perspective the jerseys in blue must begin to produce and are in a must win situation for each and every game the rest of the season. Otherwise cougar fans, alumns, and donors can forget even possibly a Humanitarian Bowl.