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BYU football's 'chunk plays' a critical measuring stick to success
It's all about gaining chunks of yardage. That's what the BYU coaching staff is preaching to quarterback Tanner Mangum and the rest of the Cougar offense this week in preparation for San Jose State.
On defense, it's obviously the opposite. Bend, but don't break. 'Breaking' often times means surrendering chunks upon chunks of yardage.
“I would really like the player who was responsible for the big play to tell his teammates, ‘That was on me,’ ” Mendenhall said. “So there’s a very clear message of, ‘This isn’t a dominant team or a play we don’t know how to defend. It was just simply me not doing my job.’ The rest of the guys know that. They know where to put that, what box to put it in their own head and we can move forward.”
Accountability is key in the BYU locker room. Check out what else he had to say at the Daily Herald.
