I thought Heaps looked just as good agains Ole Miss as he did against Washington, Air Force, and FSU last year. In comparison to Nelson, I thought Nelson out performed him in those early games.  I thought Nelson was the better quarterback, his injury silenced that debate. Heaps finished up the season strong, but look at who we played. He had a great bowl game, but look at who we played. Against good defensive team, he has not been that great. Sure you can throw in his stats against Ole Miss in the second half as proof he is better than the game showed, and I hope that the first half was just the jitters, but I worry it isn't. I mean the guy started almost every game last season-the deer in the headlights look should be gone. 

Against Washington Nelson was 11/17 for 131yds and 2td and 45yds rushing

     Heaps was  13/23 for 131 yds and 0td and 6yds rushing

Against Air Force    Nelson was 8/19 for 73 yds  and had 95 yds rushing. he produced both scoring drives in the first quarter but had no production the rest of the game

              Heaps was 2/6 for 19yds and INT. He was taken out of the game after the first quarter to many    fans dismay, but to this point he had been productive less.

Against FSU    Nelson was 1/4 for 1 yd an INT and 8 yds rushing. He was taken out of the game after halftime

           Heaps was 15/31 for 114yds 1TD and -61 yds rushing. He had no production the second half.

At this point the two qb are equal if not a bit of an edge given to Nelson after the Washington game. Nelson goes out with an injury.

Heaps production in week 4 vs Nevada. He was 24/45 200s yds with no TD.

Against USU in week 5 he went for 270 yds but No TD and 2 INT

SDSU no TD and 1 INT.

Against TCU he throws for 91 yds No TD and 1 INT.

Heaps finally starts getting some TDs agains 3-9 WYO, 2-11 UNLV, 1-11 New Mexico, 3-9 CSU, and 10-2 Utah and finally 6-7 UTEP. Essentially against teams with winning records Heaps records 2TD passes against Utah and FSU. Other wise he has been essentially unproductive.

Essentially I am asking you all, why is the fan base so adamant about starting Heaps over another qb. The idea that we play Heaps because everyone thinks he is so great is deceptive. It the whole Emperors New Clothes idea. Other than a great recruit and a great arm, I just am not seeing the greatness in Heaps to the hype he has been built to. He seems way to out of his place on the field. I get the impression he lacks something that time, age, and experience offer; which makes me wonder if Nelson or Lark isn't a better option. I do remember how inaccurate Nelson was last year, but that was with a bumbed shoulder.  Both were very comparable, except Nelson seemed to be the one getting us into the end zone last year. 

Now we take a look at Ole Miss. Hard to see how good they will be this year. But they were horrible last year and Heaps couldn't get anything done.  It seems like this is going to look a lot like last year. I expected a little more.

I would love for you guys to comment and steer me in the direction you believe I need to be headed. Bu I am just not on the Heaps bandwagon yet. I hope I am wrong, but if things go as they have in the past we won't see much offense until October when we start playing some poor football teams. The defense looks like it may be our saving grace this year.

While doing the dishes I started to make a mental list of all the wonderful things Thursday could mean. Here is what I came up with.

1-All those K. Walker fans who said if KW was in the MWC he would be putting up 30 pts a night too. Well now you have got your chance. Jimmer put up 43, 25, and 30 against SDSU. 

2-SDSU and BYU essentially play at the same time on Thursday. Which game will the nation watch? I think I know and thus proving why BYU's loss to the MWC is so detrimental. And also why I think we should be just fine as independents. Huge fan base.

3-While I think Jimmer Fredette is possibly bigger than Danny Ainge to BYU fans; winning this game will silence any doubters and eliminate even the need for comparison.

4-Win in New Orleans against Florida ought to cement NPOY for Jimmer

5-Win in New Orleans would be the biggest win in BYU history  and the makings of a cinderella run to Houston.

Feel free to add what else Thursday will mean. I am getting so pumped. I may have a  hard time sleeping tonight. 

It is times like these that many of us gringe when we think of the honor code at BYU. To think if only this could have happened after the season was over...

I hope Davies doesn't suffer too much. I am sure he feels he let his teammates down. That his name has been smeared in mud. 

But all in all Davies, like many of us, just made a mistake. BYU is more about souls than basketball championships and acted swiftly so that Davies could make recompense for his actions and repent. I think it is times like these that I am glad I cheer for the blue and white. I cheer for a university that keeps an eternal perspective. Which will be comforting come March.  Sure we won't have Davies, and if we lose in March I will find comfort in knowing that it was because the blue and white cares more about the eternal welfare of its players than the glitter it can line its trophy cases with.

GO BLUE and WHITE

 It has been mentioned we were very much a one many show. But after tonight I think it is clear that we aren't. It was really nice to see Jackson taking it into the paint and Collinsworth doing the same. I thought we played great defense down low. Davies is really starting to make his presence known. Great win! 

Loved seeing T. Willis getting school by Jimmer after all his trash talking before the game. I saw one drive where Jimmer blew by T. Willis on a cross over and  Willis actually grabbed Jimmer's jersey in desperation and ran behind him to the hoop.

Found this sweet stat on cougarblue forum by "addedupon". Very interesting and impressive. I think this says a lot about our team this year.

BYU’s basketball team has victories this year over 7 teams who now sit on top of their conference standings!

the list of lofty victims:

1. Utah State
2. St Mary’s
3. Vermont
4. Arizona
5. UTEP
6. Buffalo
7. San Diego State

In an effort to revitalize VTF....

First off it was an exciting game.  I don't know what happened there in the last 8 minutes. I think NM got a streak of luck. 4/4 from behind the arch for the freshman Snell, Jimmer goes 2/5 from the line, refs kept their whistles in their pockets, I am sure something else is missing.   Our offense sputtered and no one really stepped up when Jimmer got doubled and tripled. We really need another consistent player to put up big numbers when Jimmer gets the focus of the opposing team. 

Perhaps others have some insight on to us and what happened out there. Look forward to seeing how we bounce back. 

I had heard about the altercation that occurred between Steve Alford and Tavernari, but nothing solid. I think this renders some enlightenment on the altercation that occurred:

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