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8:25am

Some Cougs ran unattached today

Joe Banks All-American

11:24am

Uncomfortable airline seats are a regular CB topic. For your consideration...

TailgateU

11:23am

AJ Dybansta - brief summary of what's NEW from On3 article today

VinnyBYU

11:23am

We need a pick six

LaVellIfIKnow

11:23am

RE: We need a pick six

Indy Coug

11:23am

Scoop and scores are incredibly rare.

TailgateU

11:24am

Can BYU sustain its improvement in both football and basketball?

Archaea

11:13am

Sustain? Who knows

CougarHut

11:16am

I think the level of competition is a lot better, and that lends itself to more volatility from year to year

Indy Coug

11:23am

The scenario of concern: losing to an Arizona school

xgbs

11:08am

That's a lot of thinking 🤔

Dark Forest Green

11:22am

Video: 5 things I want to see from 5-0 BYU when they take the field against Arizona! View

[Give 'Em Hell, Brigham] Jeff Hansen

11:05am

BYU women finish second behind Northern Arizona at Joe Plane ND

Archaea

10:52am

Lexy defeated Cherubet by six seconds. That's a statement.

Archaea

10:55am

Realistically need to cut off 1 second per 1K to be right with NAU on our 3rd-

BYU I Bleed Blue

11:03am

Just runners 4 and 5, plus nationals is a longer distance. Riley faded

Archaea

11:06am

For those that attended last night, did anything happen that impacted your

Archaea

10:50am

RE: For those that attended last night, did anything happen that impacted your

RGGeemer

10:52am

Exactly this. It was rah rah rah stuff all night.

CPAcoug87

10:54am

These are always a glorified pep rally. Fun for students but very little bball substance.

Soupie

11:03am

Who showed the most personality and engagement with the fans?

Archaea

11:07am

Egor. Jumped in with the students for power

spidercoug

11:19am

winning hearts and minds right there

VinnyBYU

11:24am

Is there anywhere around Utah Valley with decent pickup basketball on a Friday?

BYUCLA

10:46am

POLL: Jake Retzlaff TD Passes - Over/Under (13 Games)

BYUfannonLDS

10:30am

It depends on if we get a running game going or not.

2FarGone

10:34am

This offense can be lethal if we had a run game. Staying "healthy"

gopman

10:47am

If the running game gets going it will mean that Jake will probably throw less,

BYUfannonLDS

10:54am

It is possible that he gets 5 passing IDs against Houston alone.

Benfica1

11:20am

“Rising questionable for bye week”…………Manatee

44C

10:28am

I think he'll play.

DirtyWater

11:02am

Yewt boosters finally found the money they promised him?

BYUtka

11:17am

POLL: BYU Team Sack Total - Over/Under (13 Games)

BYUfannonLDS

10:28am

I think one of the reasons BYU is doing better than we have in the past is

paulb

10:25am

We went 5-0 two times in the last 3 years of independence

YIsForBrigham

10:31am

One was COVID, no? The other was a special year.

paulb

10:39am

SMU is looking like pretty big win rn.

xgbs

11:13am

I think having meaningful games through the whole season is a game changer

mudpupper

11:18am

Shaq on Mark Madsen

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

10:22am

RE: Shaq on Mark Madsen

WJCougar

10:25am

Only because he and Lamar Odom were never teammates

calvindyer

11:18am

A lot of people point to the Yewts and the adjustment period, building depth etc. when they joined the Pac 10-12-2-7...

Brisket Contributor

10:19am

I'm kind of there with you. But I think a lot of that talk is mostly just

rcbyufan

10:29am

We’ve had some years where we got off to good starts, got some hype and then

CougGolf

10:52am

"Holy War" No More?

JonnyB

10:16am

The Wasatch War.

Japan Coug

10:19am

It doesn't need a special name. It can just be "the Utah game."

shoganai

10:22am

BYU-Utah. That's all it needs to be.

VACOUGFAN

10:26am

The Crusade

g$

10:23am

Good vs Evil Game

Benfica1

10:27am

The Zions Bank Deseret Desert Duel Sponsored by Grandma Sycamore's

Mikey

10:27am

forgot to mention that it is presented by Rhodes Rolls

Cougar TD

10:33am

and brought to you by NuSkin

JonnyB

10:58am

I'm kindof partial to The Devout & The Diverse (mostly as TIC, finger-in-the-eye

JonnyB

11:00am

Someone should train an AI on all of Brigham Young's sermons and ask it to name

rcbyufan

10:33am

This is what ChatGPT came up with:

Japan Coug

10:36am

Utah fans would hate it because they are trying to distance themselves from the

CameronG

10:49am

I asked and it gave me this

JonnyB

10:57am

I vote for The In-State Game or the Separation of Church and State

CameronG

10:35am

I’m impressed ChatGPT made the connection a trophy could be carved with one half the tabernacle and the other half an

Bert609

10:36am

Wasatch Civil War

tamasiaina

10:53am

For what’s its worth I’ve really only heard people call it “the BYU Utah game”

BaseCoug

11:04am

I've always liked "Church vs. State"

eoscougar

11:06am

I said this earlier- but "The Rocky Relationship."

Courtimedes

11:12am

Ask it what would have more branding/marketing value.

xgbs

11:18am

POLL: Biggest reason for 5-0 record this season:

d-coug

10:14am

the Offseason individual development followed closely by Defensive Coaching.

BlueFever

10:23am

Familiarity on both offense and defense

UVCoug

10:56am

Previously unseen footage of Taysom Hill against the Longhorns

kansascougar

10:10am

I wish our first four games had a snap2tackle as well 😕

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY All-American

10:09am

UPDATED OFFICIAL BYU W/L percentages for the 2024 season

Nikomedes

10:08am

Over 50% chance of at least 8 wins?

XORCoug

10:10am

That will really screw up our plans to fire people.

Sea Chicken

10:13am

73.7% to be exact. I'm still betting on my 12.8% chance of 10 Ws.

Benfica1

10:13am

Ya, forgot to include 10-12. My mistake.

XORCoug

11:04am

(mandatory comment) 1.3% chance for 12-0?

paulb

10:22am

It should be higher: 2.137%

Benfica1

10:29am

I like the 12-0 option. I think I’ll go with that one, thanks.

Japan Coug

10:32am

Nuggets-Celtics in Abu Dhabi starting right now on NBAtv.

cougfanblue Assistant to the manager

10:06am

But it's October. Halloween is far way. Unaccepted

TNT

10:07am

TNT is unaccepted

cougfanblue

10:08am

Mods?

TNT

10:08am

RE: Mods?

gangbusters

10:10am

RE: Mods?

Referee

10:10am

Unbelievable. How did the ref miss that one?

TNT

10:11am

OUCH!! Personal attack by the Ref!! TNT needs to sell it more...

BlueKarma

10:15am

Even all of the typing is burning precious calories that could go to pinball

TNT

10:15am

DieHarder? Really?

TNT

10:10am

I think the winner of this game wins the Finals.

DieHarder

10:12am

This game is at least as meaningful as the mid-season tournament.

cougfanblue

10:15am

Celtics should stay there forever

TCuz

10:20am

It’s too early for NBA. Season shouldn’t start until Thanksgiving.

Japan Coug

10:22am

Wrong. After the Super Bowl. 3 month season. Excellent. We are in this together

TNT

10:23am

It doesn't start until April for me regardless

Mikey

10:26am

TNT must be down on the Jazz because this is depressing.

cougfanblue

10:26am

Not at all

TNT

10:27am

I don't even know you anymore

cougfanblue

10:28am

Texas has really opened his eyes to other things in life

TNT

10:29am

RE: Texas has really opened his eyes to other things in life

DieHarder

10:39am

Oh no. Nuh-uh

TNT

10:52am

Time for Russ to be Russ!

Huge Manatee

10:33am

The new Russ - 6th man of the year.

cougfanblue

10:44am

I will say, he is a much better player to have on the minimum than the max

Huge Manatee

10:47am

POLL: Better football team this year…

dryflyelk All-American

10:00am

Utah has not played any where near their preseason hype

2FarGone

10:03am

But......Cam!

WJCougar

10:06am

BYU is better than expected, and Utah not as good. Combined = BYU better.

RobAdams

10:09am

More data - Utah beat Baylor 23-12 at home. BYU beat Baylor 34-28 on the road

Doogal McCougar

10:15am

I think it’s a tossup but you don’t know what rising would bring.

blueaussie

10:04am

We have to play them in Salt Lake...they will be totally amped to beat us.

Plantagenet

10:05am

As always Kyle will overprepare & they will be ultra sharp vs BYU but will lose one game they shouldn’t before or after

byuTX

10:32am

Neutral field, 100 times? What is the record?

blueaussie

10:41am

I don't think we know the answer to that yet. We do know, however, that Utah sucks in general, even if they are good

jdub

10:06am

RE: I don't think we know the answer to that yet. We do know, however, that Utah

TheHop

10:08am

Utah is if Rising is healthy AND playing. They have a very good defense, but

RH84025

10:07am

If their O-Line can't protect Wilson

TheHop

10:09am

Voters finally voted for who Utah and BYU are and not who they thought they

ChiCityCoug

10:08am

By the numbers, BYU is the better team right now.

kccougar

10:08am

So far? BYU…

TFL

10:09am

I'll say this, its difficult to forget what Utah's offense looked like with Cam

CaliWG

10:09am

Yes, a machine against SUU and the 1st half against Baylor. How did BYU's offense look in the 1st half @ Baylor?

kccougar

10:12am

First thing I did was acknowledge the competition level

CaliWG

10:21am

Utah got one TD from a short field and another by blocked FG

WJCougar

10:27am

His last full season he lost 4 games 2 tds to 6 picks, their 4 biggest games (he

BYUFootballisBack

11:15am

BYU's offense is better right now. That puts BYU ahead in this poll.

Benfica1

10:24am

BYU is objectively the better team right now. But we don't play Utah for another

shoganai

10:25am

They look pretty close to me. I'd even say 50/50.

BlueFever

10:26am

Who'd you pick if it were 51% v 49%?

Benfica1

10:28am

Probably BYU because the team is hungrier and has more to prove.

BlueFever

10:32am

I feel like whittingham can properly prep his team with adequate hate and rage

Shut_up

10:30am

I would like BYU's chances of winning a lot more if we were effective at running

CameronG

11:24am

Hey mighty Quinn. What's up? Can you teach me how to Jimmer?

Run-DMT

9:58am

You've not seen nothing like the mighty Quinn.

gangbusters

10:07am

POLL: Utah…Rising?/Falling?

44C

9:55am

Well Rising isn’t there so …

HimmerFredette

9:56am

Who cares????

Blue for Life

9:56am

He's questionable for bye week

Huge Manatee

9:58am

Rising fell, again.

valcorger

10:17am

POLL: BYU 2023 vs 2024

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

9:54am

Wins?

brazilcoug

9:54am

No, points.

Indy Coug

9:55am

per game, total?

Huge Manatee

9:59am

Explain better. Poll fail.

Archaea

10:11am

Good gravy. Point spread

Indy Coug

10:24am

Ask me at the end of the season

zuko

10:07am

Fully healthy? Beginning of the season or at the end?

touchdownbyu

10:16am

Two nice things about BYU’s remaining schedule: 4 of the remaining 7 games are

Japan Coug

9:53am

4 home games, 5 games in Utah, only 2 out-of-state games. That is pretty big.

durandal

9:56am

Welcome to the P4. Just wait until we have seven home games every year.

paulb

10:28am

Don't have to play Colorado either...Its going to be interesting to see how the season shakes out

Adrielle

9:57am

Yes, avoiding them this year is also looking like a good thing now...

Japan Coug

10:01am

I am still making my decision on the Arizona game

2FarGone

9:58am

I had uu & UCF as BYU's only losses. Both look beatable. UCF will have played 4

Benfica1

10:35am

I guarantee you that the Utes and their fans will be up for that game in RES.

TheRefsStink

10:43am

Best song in a long time!

dmatt

9:53am

Love me a good country duet

trueblue04

10:00am

edited due to dmatt post below with: I like this VIDEO a lot more although both

rotorhead

10:07am

Huh. I’m certainly not complaining

DavisCoCoug

10:09am

she looks great in "remind me" but not so much "gonna love you"

rotorhead

10:15am

Do her lips look puffy to you? Or is that just the shiny lipstick that accentuates her lips?

Zenoch

10:08am

(edit due to DMATT info)

rotorhead

10:09am

She suffered a major injury and had to have 50 stitches and surgery

dmatt

10:17am

MY BAD - did not know; I withdraw my criticism

rotorhead

10:24am

Saw the title with Carrie but when I saw the video thought...no that's JLo!

BlueKarma

10:10am

See my reply to Zenoch

dmatt

10:19am

I’m shocked there’s a country singer named Cody Johnson. Can’t believe it.

pink22

11:08am

Have there been any analytics on "Bingo" ? Part of me thinks O-boards

C-dubb

9:51am

KY said that if he has it open Keba will just go back up and dunk on someone.

cougfanblue

9:53am

KY spoke about this.

CocaColaRecovery

9:53am

Exactly. Obviously an open shot at the rim is the best shot you can take. But

cougarfan84

9:54am

A 3 point shot after an offensive rebound is pretty much a practice shot.

Mostlyaccurate

9:54am

The analytics say that's the highest percentage 3 point shot.

StantonMac

9:54am

Kick-out threes after rebounds tend to be one of the highest percentage.

CougarBreath

9:58am

I think they should spell out B-I-N-G-O, but with alternate paths based on

ryebrye

10:34am

TNT's excitement for BYU basketball is off of the charts

TNT

9:50am

Crazy since KY hasn't coached a single game of CBB yet

Huge Manatee

9:51am

Not really. This is BYU's best recruiting class in the history of the program

TNT

9:51am

And it's probably not even close

TNT

9:52am

The talent is there for sure

Huge Manatee

9:52am

So, mission accomplished on TNT's goal of trying to remain positive?

Brandoblueblood

10:03am

Yes. Both football and basketball. He is a rock of positivity

TNT

10:09am

Can you provide a link to those charts?

hamaca

9:56am

No sir. That would require work

TNT

9:56am

Understood.

hamaca

10:28am

I expect them to win at least 20 games this season!

Nikomedes

9:56am

I know TNT was a huge fan of the Lone Peak pipeline, so this is saying a lot!!

Run-DMT

10:07am

what kind of charts are we talking about? Nautical, medical, financial...?

ryebrye

10:42am

on my chart your excitement level is still within accepted tolerances.

FuriousMonkey

10:51am

BYU biggest offseason question.

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

9:46am

Have we built the Natty case yet. That is the question.

Sparkling Delirium

10:29am

I volunteer to be in charge of that.

Archaea

11:16am

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