Coaches high on diminutive Logan
Our BYU football story in today's paper, written by Martin Renzhofer is about cornerback Brian Logan and how teams such as Colorado State have noticed his 5-foot-6 stature and are picking on him, especially near the goal line.
Here's a link to that story.
Generally, BYU coaches and players have praised Logan's play, saying he is an upgrade from their starter at the position last year, Brandon Howard.
"Not only tonight, but just in how he has played in the first four games. I thought he has played very well," coach Bronco Mendenhall said after the CSU game. "Tonight, he had a few pass interferences, and certainly was tested, but he battled I think from beginning to end, and that's all I can ask.
"We can work on the execution, we can work on his technique and everything else. As long as he is willing and will play hard, which he did. So I thought it was still a positive performance."
Mendenhall said the trade-off for Logan's lack of height is his tackling ability.
"There are some guys that are short and play big, and I think to this point he has. He is an excellent tackler. He just needs to play with a little bit better leverage so he can track the ball and time his jumping better. And he was trailing or at least even, so he wasn't able to elevate and that is when you are not very tall, that's a problem."
Defensive end Jan Jorgensen was quoted in the article, but here's more of what Jorgensen had to say about Logan:
"An example [of what Logan adds] is his open-field tackling. Guys get the ball over there in the flat, and that little guy comes over and he will lay them out. He doesn't let them get yards. Which is something we haven't had in the last couple of years.
He also does a good job being physical with the receivers. Receivers don't like to get touched. They like to go out there and run around and do whatever they want. And he does a very good job of getting in their head and getting them frustrated."
Here's a link to that story.
Generally, BYU coaches and players have praised Logan's play, saying he is an upgrade from their starter at the position last year, Brandon Howard.
"Not only tonight, but just in how he has played in the first four games. I thought he has played very well," coach Bronco Mendenhall said after the CSU game. "Tonight, he had a few pass interferences, and certainly was tested, but he battled I think from beginning to end, and that's all I can ask.
"We can work on the execution, we can work on his technique and everything else. As long as he is willing and will play hard, which he did. So I thought it was still a positive performance."
Mendenhall said the trade-off for Logan's lack of height is his tackling ability.
"There are some guys that are short and play big, and I think to this point he has. He is an excellent tackler. He just needs to play with a little bit better leverage so he can track the ball and time his jumping better. And he was trailing or at least even, so he wasn't able to elevate and that is when you are not very tall, that's a problem."
Defensive end Jan Jorgensen was quoted in the article, but here's more of what Jorgensen had to say about Logan:
"An example [of what Logan adds] is his open-field tackling. Guys get the ball over there in the flat, and that little guy comes over and he will lay them out. He doesn't let them get yards. Which is something we haven't had in the last couple of years.
He also does a good job being physical with the receivers. Receivers don't like to get touched. They like to go out there and run around and do whatever they want. And he does a very good job of getting in their head and getting them frustrated."
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This could be a close game ATS, 23.5, and the O/U 64.5.
My pick ATS: Utah State and Under.
Wish the game was on here, you never know though, maybe some TeeVee exec will slip up and we accidentally get to watch.
Kind of cheating, but what the hell, I pay my comcast bill, I should get this game at least on the BYU channel.
Now that could make me a convert, show all the BYU games on that cult channel, wow I never thought of that, just call it religion, ya all know that thar thing, Freedom of Religion?
Utah State, dangerous very dangerous.
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