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It is too bad Utah had to ruin this for us

Projectoor

11:25am

This might be one of the better AP ballots out there

unctoothman To extract or not to extract..

11:25am

if you are paying member of Cleveland.com maybe?

4mack

11:27am

I like our chances in the quarterfinal..

JohnnyComeLately Token Native

11:23am

Not if we get Boise... Jeanty is insane

BYUFootballisBack

11:24am

Agreed. He's the best player in College Football right now

Jamaalthegoat

11:25am

RE: I like our chances in the quarterfinal..

creameryon9th

11:25am

The best part is that it will be a home game. Make it a night game and the crowd will be on fire.

KingDave

11:25am

It’d be in NY6 game

HimmerFredette

11:27am

Texas would beat us by three scores

Ron Mexico

11:25am

Generous

Deleted

11:26am

Watching the Alabama/ Georgia game last night proved one thing on my mind….

BYU4eVeR

11:22am

College football playoff rankings (week 5)

PortlandCoug

11:22am

ESPN FPI probability of winning the B12

kccougar VABL

11:21am

Iowa St looks really tough. Glad we avoid them and Colorado.

TADOW

11:25am

Touchdown, Taysom!

Ungoy

11:21am

Power right all day for the saints on the goal line.

RexIdaCoug

11:21am

Which B12 team hands BYU their first loss??

eyebleedblu All-American

11:18am

Alabama

LiveY'r

11:19am

Booo.

OmahaThunderCoug

11:19am

They aren’t going undefeated. But I’m struggling to pick a game where I can say “yep, this is the game we lose “

eyebleedblu

11:23am

Base on BYU football history, pick the most obvious win left on schedule and spot them 2 touchdowns before the game.

Bob Vance

11:25am

It's hard to win every game, but every game is winnable this year

BYUFootballisBack

11:26am

Alabama will keep it close with us through 3 quarters and then we will pull away to win it all.

TADOW

11:26am

I just realized that it’s not that Utah fans are stupid. It’s that they are misled into believing fantasies by Whit.

5150man All-American

11:17am

No, they're stupid

Knee Brace

11:19am

They also feed into the Pac12 media/ranking propaganda

YOHONOMOTO

11:21am

Rose was so much the #2 QB last year that they didn't even put a green jersey on him during camp.

kccougar

11:25am

Would you rather play Arizona or ISU? Game is at home.

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY All-American

11:17am

ISU

CougfromtheSouth

11:17am

Arizona

tacallaway

11:20am

Tough run Taysom. First hit 3 yards behind the LOS, but bounced out and gets the first.

cruiserhead Truly Addicted User

11:16am

I started Tyler Conklin instead of Taysom. Serves me right.

SoCalCoug

11:18am

He’s about to take the snap from the 2 yard line

cruiserhead

11:20am

And he got the TD 😁

cruiserhead

11:21am

Just passed the BYU Football truck in Moab.

OmahaThunderCoug

11:16am

All is well. Hal.

Knee Brace

11:16am

Intro to the upcoming ESPN 30:30

TADOW Intervention Needed

11:15am

What if you could be on a roster for 8 years and never play your rival

Longseason

11:19am

The team is playing on house money at this point

Big12Yfan

11:14am

Nope. You don't get to hop on the hype train

I'mYourHuckleberry

11:16am

Nah there is room for everyone, even the doubters! All aboard!!!!

AZPTCOUG

11:23am

It’s safe to say byu is bowling.. will beat houston

1984coug

11:17am

This field should be outlawed

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

11:13am

Boise State was the gateway drug. #clowncollege

DirtyWater

11:15am

RE: This field should be outlawed

cougarfan84

11:15am

I don’t think anyone had Sam Darnold being a top 5 QB on their card for this season.

RdF3 Inactive user

11:11am

Great pickup by the Vikes… Kirk who??

Lekker01

11:22am

Shaheed 🤦‍♂️ fumbled the punt after trying to catch it inside the 5. TD Atlanta

cruiserhead Truly Addicted User

11:10am

That was one of the dumbest plays I’ve ever seen. NEVER fair catch a ball inside

Duke Silver

11:11am

Haha Jets.

cruiserhead Truly Addicted User

11:06am

Que paso?

Gunga Galunga

11:11am

Garret Wilson fumbled.

cruiserhead

11:12am

Utah fans pissing on their precious (hideous) QB fills my soul with joy.

Icelandic Cougar

11:06am

19 in coaches

CougarGuy84

11:04am

Utah is #18

2FarGone

11:07am

Imagine that, little ole us ranked only one spot behind big bad Utah

missourijok

11:11am

It’s really such an honor to be ranked next to them. #seriouslysoblessed

All-American

11:18am

Link?

WhyaskY?

11:12am

Good luck to everyone today except the Bucs, Chiefs, and Commies

DKN

11:02am

Not a Washington fan at all....but will cheer for them to keep winning.

WJCougar

11:04am

I have little hope for the Eagles today

Belboz

11:18am

Has this been posted? Influencer bets 10K on BYU knowing nothing about

EQD2

11:02am

Ummm…

m0resn0w

11:13am

Hey…look at me…everything I do is cool.

Cthack1

11:19am

What a sad list of legends (aside from Alex Smith, that guy is awesome)

Knee Brace .5 Deviation Thunder

11:01am

I respect Rising’s grift. He’s draining all the NIL from used car money.

Mjolnir

11:05am

I admit I never had the Pac12 Network so I haven't watched Rising play very much. The few times I did watch him,

Byron McNertney

11:10am

Think Riley Nelson with worse hair and less guts

Knee Brace

11:13am

Those legends were not able to milk donors for millions

johnnybyu

11:17am

RE: Those legends were not able to milk donors for millions

Knee Brace

11:19am

Wynn and Wilson Hahahaha

deliciousmocha

11:20am

That right there says it all. The rest of the college football world be like

5150man

11:23am

Chris Murray's ballot should be counted a few times more.

spidercoug

10:58am

Makes a lot of sense

AF Cougar

11:01am

BYU has the #2 best resume so far.

Mr. Scoobs

11:02am

The projections I've seen predict BYU at 19.

cougarfan84

11:02am

Everyone has moved BYU up more than 3 spots except for McMurphy. I have also

spidercoug

11:05am

I bet a lot of voters last week didn't watch the KSU game

tacallaway

11:05am

This guy gets it. Through 5 weeks, you have to judge on what was done on the

Cougblau

11:10am

Our WRs have had more drops this year than in recent memory. Even Lassiter was dropping easy catches. Wonder why.

Haysom Till All-American

10:57am

I thought maybe velocity and arch have something to do with it

YOHONOMOTO

11:05am

Throws a lot behind receivers but when he changes arm angles he seems to...

icecougar

11:15am

BYU actually has a fairly impressive resume & based on results deserves top 10

PortlandCoug

10:57am

Only two teams ahead of us are 5-0

AF Cougar

11:00am

I do not get the UCF love.

TheDash

11:01am

College football is about matchups, UCF has the athletes and coaching to exploit

PortlandCoug

11:03am

If you say so.

TheDash

11:16am

I’m fine avoiding the hype in the media for now. Come end of season, hype away.

It's A Bowling Ball

11:08am

FPI has BYU at #2 in Strength of Record. #10 in net efficiency. But #34 in

cougarfan84

11:10am

We don’t do current results in CFB rankings. We do historical results and how

YOHONOMOTO

11:26am

Do we know where the med school will be located?

DodgerCoug

10:57am

I suspect the old Provo High

Uno Doctoro

10:58am

Rexburg

foofcoug

11:00am

President Reese has said publicly it will be located

CrimWalCoug

11:01am

Yes, but isn’t that kind of tautological? Wherever it’s built is part of the campus.

TwinsRight

11:05am

How many actually believe that Cam Rising will ever play another game? Would it be smart to interrupt Wilson's learning

DJROSS Food Fanatic

10:57am

I hope that he does, it makes Wilson mad so he transfers to byu

ballen

10:58am

I don't see Wilson transferring to BYU.

WJCougar

11:00am

I'm on the side that is fine without that distraction

DJROSS

11:00am

I don’t either. I think he’s gonna be very, very good though.

ballen

11:01am

I don't know that Utah is the place he can become very very good.

WJCougar

11:08am

I hope he does and they lose a game and have to figure out a different reason

fattycoug

11:06am

Then sit behind Retzlaff for a year?

WorfoSAUR

11:12am

No way can you have a 4-1 unimpressive Utah, ahead of a 5-0 BYU

Bigcouggy2

10:55am

Honestly does not matter. We beat Arizona and we will continue

Don Carlton

10:58am

But Utah blew out OK St. 22-19

WJCougar

11:01am

BYU doesn’t do well with high rankings. I say keep them low. Better for results

bluebrotha

11:03am

Preseason bias is real.

johnnybyu

11:23am

Losing 9 straight to Utah really changed our optimism about the rivalry but

roadrash

10:53am

*9

foofcoug

10:55am

Thanks I gave them to much credit

roadrash

11:05am

Yeah. You don't sound superstitious at all....

byujacob

10:55am

RE: Yeah. You don't sound superstitious at all....

roadrash

11:02am

If it was at home I would feel better about it.

cougarfann888

10:55am

I suppose that's my point, back then we'd be confident despite the venue

roadrash

11:01am

That game is always nuts with turnovers and weird calls.

Jay_L

10:57am

They haven't beaten us since 2019. How many current players at BYU have ever lost to Yewtah?

HarlemCoug

11:00am

Sam Vander Haar is a cool customer & a gamer. Nice to have his confidence & demeanor punting. His

CLCougar Truly Addicted User

10:52am

Fixed link..sorry

CLCougar

10:54am

Very likeable guy. Became a fan in the game, but a bigger fan after that interview.

SinkingQuffa

11:07am

Whittingham/Rising are just abusing Utah fans at this point 😂

machete

10:51am

RE: Whittingham/Rising are just abusing Utah fans at this point 😂

Samsonite

10:52am

Problem is that quote is from August 2023

DiamondMo

10:52am

Really close = next year

BYU '80

10:53am

“But he said he wouldn’t do it again and he’s sorry!”

NOCAL_YFAN

10:53am

Utah fans are looking forward to improved tackling

kccougar VABL

10:50am

It's great to be talking about a conference title race, conference standings.

Madam Pattirini

10:44am

Since BYU has exceeded every pre-season expectation of mine so far, I'm just drinking blue kool-aid and enjoying any W

HuskerFan2 Known to cause cancer in CA

10:43am

The analyst last night for the Utah game had no hope for the Utes.

WJCougar

10:42am

I had the same thought

Dahlerbill

10:44am

You'd think a coach of a team not built to come from behind would kick FGs

ryebrye

10:46am

It was Osweiler. That is a good take. He has other horrible takes

BYU '80

10:46am

Utah is flawed in team construction. They have mediocre/bad WRs.

Adwight

10:48am

But I heard Singer is the top WR in the world from several Ute buddies.

Haysom Till

10:50am

He is pretty good. Was at Zona. Did nothing at SC

BYU '80

10:52am

Oh he’s good. I’d take him. But our group of WRs is better.

Haysom Till

10:54am

He did have 9 catches for 150 yds last night 🤷🏻‍♂️

texbird33

10:52am

He’s very talented.

Haysom Till

10:54am

At this point it's clear that the only reason a recruit would pick Utah over BYU

Gustav

10:40am

Or the #1 rationale for the existence of the school... they hate MOTCOJCOLDS

tony

10:43am

Whits pitch to LDS kids....you can get the LDS experience without the Honor Code

WJCougar

10:57am

That's the pitch to the parents. The kids that go to Utah from what I've seen

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

11:01am

Someone explain this to me. ESPN's computer FPI ranking ghosts BYU who is 5-0

tony

10:40am

My guess is it confused SMU and BYU.

tony

10:46am

the programmer built in bias

Count Cougar

10:46am

Said this before, but a BYU grad worked on this

bythenumbers

10:49am

Don’t know, but I will be writing a strongly-worded letter to the FPI committee

Nikomedes

10:49am

Yeah notre dame at #7? Nah. Model is dumb.

HRCougar

10:49am

Did anyone predict this?

byujacob

10:52am

FPI depends heavily on past success, with a large emphasis on the prior season.

Bartimaeus

10:52am

Doesn’t FPI rankings ultimately predict what it feels the end of the year

BYUheaven

11:02am

FPI is not a ranking system

bythenumbers

11:14am

FPI still has prior year performance/preseason bias baked into it. This is

cougarfan84

11:19am

BYU #19 in coaches poll

ZuluBlue

10:39am

BYU should be 17 and Utah 18

conetah

10:40am

You’re discounting the Cam Rising factor

Beggar

10:40am

I know this is a joke but totally feels like there is a cam rising effect.

conetah

10:45am

Since we still play them head to head, don’t care

BeyondTheMark

10:42am

Utah still overrated

Samsonite

10:40am

And Arizona unranked… pollsters are morons.

Samsonite

10:46am

Especially looking at Okie St who also should have lost to Arkansas

BYU '80

10:49am

I’m just so happy that these polls are irrelevant now.

royal_blue

10:45am

When does the playoff poll come out?

gmoney7

10:46am

Idk like week 8 or something

royal_blue

10:49am

Looks like after week 10 actually (nov 5) so right before holy war

royal_blue

10:50am

OSU still receiving votes?

CougarCanuck76

10:45am

Wow. 13 of the 24 (not counting BYU) were powerhouses back in my teenage years

BleedCougarBlue2

10:48am

Ranking KState behind Utah just isn't fair. And where KState goes — we gotta stay in front of.

SinkingQuffa

10:48am

Utah hi/lo 10/18, BYU 19/NR...so, did Sitake vote and rank Uath above BYU?

Uno Doctoro

10:54am

This is hi/lo ranking for the season, not among voters in this week’s poll

eoscougar

10:56am

No respect for the Big12 it seems, 2 undefeated teams highest rank 16, yes I

BYUFootballisBack

10:56am

Yep. Insuring that our conference play only amounts to one playoff qualifier. ACC will get 2... & 3 before we get a 2nd.

SinkingQuffa

11:01am

That fake punt call took some courage. It wasn’t a great idea

Kale

10:39am

Because of excellent blocking

A Drew Aitch

10:49am

It totally stunted their momentum, which I think was really needed at that point.

HugoStiglitz

10:55am

The whole point of a fake punt is to run it when it's "not a great idea."

shoganai

11:04am

Like the Boise game?

Kale

11:10am

That was a big win for BYU.

Oregano

10:38am

Winning but being outgained like we have in both Big12 games does not inspire

NOCAL_YFAN

10:48am

Assume the loser of the Big12 championship game has 2 losses... do they make the college football playoff? Anyone read

HarlemCoug Intervention Needed

10:37am

Seems like it’s set up to keep big 12 and ACC at 1 bid

Beggar

10:39am

Only way a 2 loss big 12 team getting in is if they win the ccg

1984coug

10:39am

It would depend but probably not most years

byuTX

10:39am

I think we’ll get 2 most years but it depends on the ACC 2nd & Notre Dame

CaliWG

10:55am

this is kind of what I'm thinking. My worry is that we see the SEC with 5 and the Big12 with 1.

HarlemCoug

11:00am

Yeah the SEC getting 5 is both absolutely ridiculous & totally possible

CaliWG

11:09am

Imo I believe all 11-2 P4 teams get in (there aren't usually 12+ of them)

BYUFootballisBack

10:58am

I'm too lazy to do the math, but is it possible for 5 SEC teams to finish with 3 losses or better? I'd worry that a 3

HarlemCoug

11:15am

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