Cougars Want To Get Physical

by ccmachine on Sep 2, 2009 1:29 PM CDT in Football

Jorgenson calls out Gresham and wants him to know that he's coming at him. Not really a good idea in my opinion.

I guess somehow the misconception that OU is a finesse team and doesn’t like to play physical ball is out there in the college football world. At least that’s what BYU thinks. They plan on, "punching the Sooners in the mouth." According to defensive end Jan Jorgenson the Cougars believe that if they’re physical and take it too the Sooners then OU doesn’t stand a chance.

"We’ve got to go out there and make it a game where it’s just a battle. If we turn it into a track meet, you know they’ve got great athletes and everything, I think we’ll be in trouble but if we go out there and punch them in the mouth and turn it into a street fight then you’ll see us take advantage of them and we’ll win that football game."

"The first drive is important for both sides too. The offense that goes out there, even if they don’t score they’ve got to drive that ball. The same with the defense, we’ve got to come out there and we’ve got to hit them. We’ve got to let guys like DeMarco Murray, Sam Bradford and Gresham know that we’re coming at them" – Jan Jorgenson, BYU Defensive End

Jan Jorgenson is from Helper, Utah population 2,025. What in the world could he possibly know about street fighting? Perhaps he grew up playing the classic video game. This game could get testy very quick and I’m not sure that I’d want to be anywhere near Jermaine Gresham after someone tried to man up and get physical with him.

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Maybe they should have watched the OU TTU game last year it was pretty physical.

"56,000 screaming crazies in The Jones rockin' as it has never rocked before" - Terry Bowden

If you not having fun....then your not playing the game right.

by texastfan on Sep 2, 2009 1:40 PM CDT reply actions

Jorgensen also said this:

“They execute very well,” he said. “There are a lot of teams around the country that have really good athletes just like Oklahoma. But they just execute. Sam Bradford runs that offense the way it’s supposed to be run, and he does an incredible job.”

BYU knows who they’re going up against. Jorgensen is the defensive leader for the Cougars and he’s just trying to get his guys motivated. There’s no disrespect intended…he understands that if they don’t get physical early they’re done for…

Vanquish the Foe, a BYU Cougars blog at SB Nation

by sroufe on Sep 2, 2009 1:54 PM CDT reply actions

Little Jan needs to understand something...

Jan might want to figure out that the TE he is calling out is bigger than him.

He might also want to figure out that they are about to play the University of Oklahoma, in Dallas, on opening in the Cowboys new stadium where 75% of our players are from.

He might also want to figure out that the last little, pass-happy team that talked trash early and thought they were going to play with OU after some media types hyped up their program was Texas Tech last year…65-21, and it was much worse than that.

Keep talking Janny, there’s a reason Gresham, Bradford and Demarco play for OU and are all at the top of the watch lists for National awards again this season, THEY ARE ALL THE BEST PLAYERS AT THEIR POSITION IN THE COUNTRY…show some respect.

by JE07 on Sep 2, 2009 3:47 PM CDT reply actions

Jorgensen knows

they are the best in the country, he’s not calling them out as much as he’s recognizing that if BYU is going to have a chance they can’t waiver – they have to come full-bore…

Vanquish the Foe, a BYU Cougars blog at SB Nation

by sroufe on Sep 2, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions

from where I sit in Ketchum, Ok

it sounds like serious trash talk to me. I don’t expect any athlete from any school to quiver and cower down, but show some respect.

However I think lack of respect for one another is a major problem world wide.

by scarab on Sep 3, 2009 8:13 AM CDT up reply actions

BYU . . .

. . . respects Oklahoma. They do. This kid saying “we have to do x to have a chance” is not a lack of respect, it’s a frank acknowledgment that they are severe underdogs for good reason. Note that he is saying if BYU does not play their own game and dictate tempo, they don’t stand much of a chance. I tend towards agreement. BYU lacks the overall team speed to compete with you guys. You’ll be surprised at how slow their defense is.

Besides, he’s a defensive tackle, what do you think he’d say? I believe the comment was so inoffensive, and there is so little suspense to this matchup, that some might be looking for things to get up about.

May the best team win, may the game be injury free. May all we football fans support our teams win or lose and be happy to enjoy the ups and downs, I mean: it is a lot like life, we ought to enjoy it. I’m just happy the long night is over and football season is here.

Cheers gentle plains people, and best of luck for a great Big-12 campaign. You’ve got something special there in Bradford, the only thing I don’t like about him is how badly I wish he was our quarterback.

by Aardvark on Sep 3, 2009 9:20 AM CDT up reply actions

Very Nice Post!

by ccmachine on Sep 3, 2009 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions

I have no problem with it

If you play d-line and you arent ready to punch somebody in the mouth….then you have a problem. All he is saying is he has to let OU know that he and his teammates arent scared. They need this to be a knock down drag out to have a chance…they dont want to try to beat us at our own game…thats all he is saying.

Safe trip for all the BYU fans coming down.

Boomer

by SoonerBoomer on Sep 3, 2009 11:18 AM CDT reply actions

Jermaine is out with a knee injury.

No prognosis but any knee injury to a player of that magnitude is going to hurt OU’s offensive game plan.

by scarab on Sep 3, 2009 1:42 PM CDT reply actions

Sad & Ironic how one of the primary players in this story is out

Ironic how this quote “We’ve got to let guys like…Gresham know that we’re coming at them” is no longer applicable. This is pretty bad news. We were all hoping for a good clean injury-free year. Already lost 2 LB’s and the only returning star-receiving threat.
OU will be fine against BYU without Gresham. At least they’ll be forced to try out new guys that wouldn’t have been tested otherwise. They may not score as much. They’re only 19 point favorites now! haha.
Hopefully Gresham will be back before the RRS.

by dave4ok on Sep 3, 2009 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions