The BYU coaches finally pulled their heads out of their anuses and realized that you have to blitz to stop the pass. I chuckled every time I saw Bronco on an interview discuss his team's strategy as "if we execute, you can't stop us." That may be the stupidest coaching philosophy ever conceived. You can get away with that against poor MWC teams, but BYU's execution philosophy earned them humiliating loses to every competitive team they played last year. The game against Oklahoma was different. Instead of sitting back and waiting for BYU's perennially slow defensive line to put pressure on the quarterback, they utilized the only strength a BYU defense can possess: a talented line backing core. Year after year certain teams seem to be able to recruit much better talent at certain positions than others. Because I'm a football nerd, I know from watching high school recruiting films on rivals.com or scout.com that BYU usually gets good linebackers, quarterbacks, and offensive linemen. Utah usually gets good poly d-linemen, fast Dabs, and agile,but usually undersized WRs. BYU's DL is ALWAYS too slow to put consistent pressure on a QB, but by going with a 3-4 and using a blitz scheme that reminded me of the Steelers, they were able to confuse an inexperienced OL and make the most of their talented LBs. Those LBs were out for blood too. If you watch the game, you'll notice that the blitzing LBs didn't put up their arms to swat a pass when nearing the QB, they ran straight through the QB. It was only a matter of time before Bradford got injured considering how they were hitting him. Cue the X-Files music because here's a conspiracy for you: that tackle that injured Bradford was practiced. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4452318 That is the perfect tackle for injuring a QB. Lifting him in a way where he'll land on his shoulder and falling with all of your weight on top of his upper body. I wouldn't be surprised if BYU LBs were practicing tackles that would injure Bradford during the week (probably not directed by the coaches, but who knows). The guy who made the tackle didn't look at all surprised to see Bradford rolling in pain. I guarantee the players were giving him high fives after the game. Seriously, it's amusing to see a BYU defense get nasty. You can’t drink a Diet Coke or not shave for 2 days without reprisal at BYU, but trying to end a Heisman winner's football career is being "fully committed." Alright that was a cheap shot, but you can't deny that tackle was close to perfect.