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[Lyons in the Sea of Red.]

Memphis announced 6 suspensions from the brawl. If BYU has any less than that, well. That'd be a bad look.

[IvoryTorpedo]

Memphis announced 6 suspensions from the brawl. If BYU has any less than that, well. That'd be a bad look.

Not really, when the brawl was precipitated by 5 or 6 Memphis players jumping our center.

[IvoryTorpedo]

From a BYU board:

 

"Koroma will not be suspended. According to @byupractice who seems to be pretty dialed in, Nacua, Takitaki, and Dye are suspended for that game and Langi is suspended for half of the game."

 

Koroma - starting C

Nacua - starting FS

Takitaki - not on depth chart

Dye - 2nd string RB

Langi - staring MLB

 

 

Takitaki is not on the 2-deep only because of his suspension. His suspension is not related to the brawl, but to an on-campus theft incident and has previously been announced.

 

Nacua's suspension is pretty clear by the depth chart, too, as one of the starting CB's has been removed from the FCB depth chart and listed as Nacua's backup at safety; he will be starting in Nacua's place on Saturday.

[GSG]

 

Memphis announced 6 suspensions from the brawl. If BYU has any less than that, well. That'd be a bad look.

Not really, when the brawl was precipitated by 5 or 6 Memphis players jumping our center.

 

 

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

 

Thought I'd throw this our there. I've never embedded or added a video so hopefully this works if not maybe someone can follow the link and do it for me. GBR!!!!!

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn1IWESXpsw&feature=youtu.be

 

That's good enough to retire the Hitler "Downfall" format.

[Guy Chamberlin]

A bit off topic, but is this a good place to discuss Jimmer Fredette's defensive liabilities?

[Minnesota_husker]

I'm an alum of both BYU and NU and follow both teams, and I'm not from Utah or Nebraska. Before moving to Nebraska I swore I'd never live in Nebraska, but when my wife and I did, we loved it, and I'd be happy to move back again. Biggest downside to Lincoln is no mountains anywhere close. Anyway, the people we met in Nebraska were some of the best, kindest, most sincere, family oriented, people I've met in my life. Just an awesome community. In many ways Provo is very similar to Lincoln, and in many ways the people are similar and share similar goals.

 

I think it's been too long since any football has been played, so everyone has resorted to playing the game in a silly Internet thread, where after months of football starvation people are a bit on edge. In my time in Nebraska, most the fans I met would never be condescending to another team ("best fans in America" I heard), and most of the BYU fans I know don't assume the world is out to get them and that anything BYU athletes do is justified by some poor behavior from other teams or fans.

 

The fight in December was ugly and embarrassing. It's also frustrating that Bronco hasn't shared whether or not there will be any suspensions. I think it's comical that the BYU guys on this thread continue to suggest no one on the BYU side did anything wrong. The BYU fanbase would crucify the University of Utah football program if their team got in a fight and it appeared no one was going to be held accountable. Likewise, it's absurd for "unbiased" Nebraska fans to claim to know exactly what happened (no one does who wasn't on the field) and to take the high road. It's pretty easy to point fingers and be objective when it's not the team you're emotionally and financially invested in. My guess is that if the Huskers were in a fight and the coach determined that some other course of action was appropriate to pay penance (e.g. community outreach, or who knows), Husker fans would defend our coach and program. I don't know what suspensions we'll see Saturday, but historically Bronco has been over-the-top with his insistence on accountability and trying to develop men and not just athletes (almost to a fault), so I think it highly unlikely he just lets something slide without some sort of punishment. Whether anyone outside the program knows about the punishment is a different story.

 

I love both teams, and I love the communities that support both universities. I'm hoping for a hard fought close game, no injuries, and for crying out loud no stupid fights or cheap shots. I hoping that interactions between BYU and NU fans Saturday leave both fan bases with a positive impression of each other. And I hope that between now and the game the arguing over how each school should run their programs stops. The insults stop. Let's talk football and celebrate the end of a long offseason!

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What a great, thoughtful post.

[HuskerBowhunter]

 

Thought I'd throw this our there. I've never embedded or added a video so hopefully this works if not maybe someone can follow the link and do it for me. GBR!!!!!

 

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gn1IWESXpsw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn1IWESXpsw&feature=youtu.be

This just might be the best thing I have ever seen on here! Might actually break the internet!

[Apathy]

Bronco on the fight suspensions:

 

"The suspensions, or the issues, happened so long ago, and quite frankly if it were up to me completely, I am not sure you can punish the kids more than they have already been punished, in terms of the scrutiny," Mendenhall said. "What are we going to do to them now that is going to make more of a point? So I am not the only one who makes the decisions in this case, but as far as I am concerned, with the attention and what the players get, and rightly so at BYU, I don't know what else needs to happen for them to have learned their lesson. It is hard for me to watch, but we will move forward whenever this game is over."

So in other words BYU is nervous about Nebraska and wants to play their good players at all cost

[zoogs]

The scrutiny is punishment enough? Ha, oh my.

[THIS_IS_Y]

Just thought I'd leave this here:

 

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I can't wait for the game to start. Saturday can't get here soon enough.

[ScottyIce]

Just thought I'd leave this here:

 

 

I can't wait for the game to start. Saturday can't get here soon enough.

Did Melvin Gordon transfer to BYU or something?

[Stumpy1]

Just thought I'd leave this here:

 

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I can't wait for the game to start. Saturday can't get here soon enough.

You don't need to rub it in much. It still haunts us to this day. Good try though

[RedDenver]

Just thought I'd leave this here:

 

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I can't wait for the game to start. Saturday can't get here soon enough.

Some totally different team beat us badly. Not sure that helps BYU much. I could go find a video of BYU getting trounced, but why bother?

[ScottyIce]

 

 

Just thought I'd leave this here:

 

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I can't wait for the game to start. Saturday can't get here soon enough.

Some totally different team beat us badly. Not sure that helps BYU much. I could go find a video of BYU getting trounced, but why bother?

Hey Look! Here is you losing....http://www.christiantoday.com/article/mormons.could.be.expelled.from.brigham.young.university.for.losing.faith/51217.htm