Page 1 - CougarBoard

📌 Y's Guys live stream today at 6:00 PM with Ty Detmer, Mark Durrant

Sponsor

8:00am

Article: BYU fans reveling in No. 9 Cougars' 8-0 start. But how far can it go? View

[KSL]

1:27pm

question bing copilot gets wrong for me - Alice has 13 Brothers and 10 Sisters

franklyvulgar

1:25pm

Glad to see that AI isn’t ready to take over the world yet

BYU Sportz Fan

1:31pm

My main reason for optimism:the trenches

BYU '80

1:25pm

It seems Utah's O line is weaker than historically, and the D line, while stout

NOCAL_YFAN

1:29pm

Speaking of...ranking the rivalry losses during our decade of misery in terms of

royal_blue

1:20pm

What a brutal decade. No wonder we’re all traumatized.

Captain Rex

1:22pm

I'm glad we got the monkey off our back in 2021, that should give our program

OnEMoReTrY

1:23pm

The two most true statements in the world:

TerpCoug

1:25pm

If both BYU and Utah just play to their averages, it will be a blowout win. I

cougarbob137

1:20pm

Article: Will BYU make the College Football Playoff? Here’s what national media are projecting for the Cougars View

[Deseret News] https://www.deseret.com/authors/ryan-mcdonald/

1:20pm

Cougarboard lied to me. Most said it would take a few years at least to compete

caretoomuch

1:19pm

UCF was only our second conference road win ever. It blows my mind that …

BluesBrother

1:22pm

Chiefs add a pass rusher

Archaea

1:19pm

Andy Reid is a genius

BYU Grounds

1:25pm

Reid and Spags make a good combination

Archaea

1:31pm

Hot take: the AJ Dybansta "crystal balls" are not an accurate assessment of

Tricky

1:18pm

247 still doesn’t have any crystal balls for him. Where are you seeing this?

allaboutthegainz

1:20pm

Fair point. I'm using the term "crystal balls" more loosely and just talking

Tricky

1:21pm

On3 has BYU as leader at 30% confidence level...

VinnyBYU

1:30pm

Are you guessing this based on limited information?

jvr7

1:27pm

Very limited information. Based only on what I've read online.

Tricky

1:29pm

Whenever I read Dybantsa, I hear it in Hot Rod Hundley’s voice in my head.

Malcolm Reynolds

1:29pm

Can someone find the clip where player Kalani does the perfect celebration @UofU

BigBoyCoug

1:17pm

It's my sig

ProvoY

1:31pm

One positive about the upcoming game

Archaea

1:16pm

No turnovers = win

MajorZeus

1:19pm

The last time I was optimistic before a BYU/Utah game, Curtis Brown proceeded

Garn

1:13pm

RE: The last time I was optimistic before a BYU/Utah game, Curtis Brown

oxcoug

1:17pm

Blog: TV Info, Kickoff Time Revealed For First Big 12 BYU/Utah Rivalry Game View

[KSL Sports]

1:12pm

Everyone is scoring a touchdown these days

TNT

1:10pm

Except for maybe these guys.

jollaksentie

1:15pm

The day the squirrel went berserk.

realtall

1:16pm

LJ Martin player comp?

SV72 Sale

1:09pm

If I remember correctly it was the 84 season he set the record.

specsauce

1:10pm

'84 baby! Great feats were accomplished that year

SV72 Sale

1:15pm

Roger Craig

WJCougar

1:11pm

That's actually not bad.

oxcoug

1:12pm

They even look alike:

gangbusters

1:21pm

Eddie George. Same number too

whoneedscorners?

1:12pm

That's actually slightly better

oxcoug

1:19pm

Forget the rankings. No one will play us as tough as UU.

ninja math

1:07pm

Kyle wants this game. He will pull out all the stops. They will be super

Ironhide

1:10pm

Lots of sneaky uncalled penalties. He's the master at teaching it.

Soupie

1:12pm

Kansas vs KSU on the road last week

BYU '80

1:12pm

Why can't BYU be as hungry for the win and plan just like Utah.

WJCougar

1:13pm

Because we just typically don't and won't, that's why not.

Mitty

1:16pm

Rankings have nothing to do with it. The ewets are currently playing poorly and

basman

1:14pm

They will use their late substitution delay tactics to get BYU to burn timeouts

jdub

1:14pm

I think it will be low scoring....the best defenses are head of us in the Conf.

outback747

1:15pm

They also have the best overall defense ranking in the B12.

CascadeBYUFan

1:25pm

I don't care about BYU vs Utah past history. I care about what's happening this year. BYU could've overlooked..

greatbam 1% better everyday

1:06pm

Great … you just gave them bulletin board material…..🤷‍♂️

BYU4eVeR

1:18pm

Really? "We're a better team" is "bulletin board" material? lol...ooooook

greatbam

1:24pm

Blog: Bowl Projections for No. 9 BYU After Win Over UCF View

[Cougs Daily]

1:05pm

BYU needs to make sure Utah can't steal signals. I'm convinced that stealing

byusage

1:05pm

Byusausage speaks the truth.

gangbusters

1:05pm

Wouldn't three former KW assistants know thier stealing tricks?

Mister P

1:12pm

Sign stealing doesn’t force the QB to make bad decisions

BYU '80

1:13pm

If true I'm sure the staff is well aware.

rad dawg

1:19pm

Throw up those sign signals at random….

BYU4eVeR

1:21pm

As BYU prepares for the rivalry game, I'd like to say I miss Ute CBers who normally are posting on the board,

SierraCoug All-American

1:05pm

Were they all swept off? Guess that is pretty nice

MrSandman

1:07pm

More like slunk away

cajuncoug

1:09pm

No need to defend Utah on here anymore. It's ugly, could get uglier if they're not careful.

TFL

1:08pm

RE: No need to defend Utah on here anymore. It's ugly, could get uglier if they're not careful.

kccougar

1:17pm

All this board hand-wringing about the utes has to be

BlueFever

1:02pm

I'm confident it’s already been posted but deserves multiple reposts for quality

ordinary tri guy

1:01pm

Song on point. Sure shot is top 3 BB song

txblue

1:06pm

that was fun

Cougarclaw

1:07pm

Sports can be a crazy ride sometimes and teams have to be ready for when

Crowd Factor

1:00pm

Next week will be 54-10 revenge. I can feel it in my bones.

cougar4life55

12:59pm

55-9

Benfica1

1:00pm

Kalani is too nice to let score get to that point.

oryguncoug

1:00pm

I thought 54-10 was one of the least painful defeats. I didn't even care after

royal_blue

1:02pm

Most points allowed by Utah this season is 27. Would love to crush that

txblue

1:04pm

Utahs def isn't likely to give up more than 24 pts, but given our defense has 14 interceptions by 11 players

kccougar

1:09pm

Is utahmanami.com down permanently? Or was it another URL? I want to know

HandwovenBox

12:59pm

Riseandshout.net

Icelandic Cougar

1:00pm

1887 days

rad dawg

1:06pm

Playoff predictions…

PortlandCoug

12:59pm

I do NOT want to play K state again.

Icelandic Cougar

1:00pm

Maybe BYU can repeat history vs Utah the last time BYU was ranked 9th in the AP

DJROSS Food Fanatic

12:58pm

55-7?

Littlerich

1:04pm

Why are tickets so expensive for the Utah game? Not much under $200. Is it

UNLVcougar

12:58pm

Yep. Just wait. There will be plenty of tickets available a few days before the game.

CrimWalCoug

1:00pm

BYU fans needs to collectively decide to wait

Viva Campeche

1:02pm

Makes zero sense to discount tickets this early.

rcbyufan

1:04pm

Article: Taysom Hill returned from injury and then had a vintage performance View

[Deseret News]

12:58pm

Ouch. I'm gonna guess getting crushed by a healthy Taysom hill stings.

KCFan85

1:22pm

I don’t think the IRS goes after tax cheats as aggressively and persistently as my kids school district cafeteria goes

Mike Honcho All-American

12:58pm

At least your school lets you know how much you owe w/o making you guess.

Longseason

12:59pm

Tell them to take it out of your property taxes.

John Doe

1:02pm

I got you. What's your Venmo?

Odysseus

1:08pm

I think after the first text I'd pay it so they'd stop annoying me.

O Gaucho

1:20pm

State of CO just went to "free" lunch for all kids at elementary school. It's

Mitty

1:29pm

Good omen - I have a prior commitment out of town on Nov 9

oohYeah

12:57pm

Utah is the Dwight Schrute of the B12. They take every opportunity to remind you

Shawarma

12:55pm

I'd say they're more Ryan. Dwight is actually a good salesman and wins awards.

Mostlyaccurate

12:58pm

RE: I'd say they're more Ryan. Dwight is actually a good salesman and wins awards.

jollaksentie

1:00pm

RE: I'd say they're more Ryan. Dwight is actually a good salesman and wins awards.

John Doe

1:03pm

RE: Utah is the Dwight Schrute of the B12. They take every opportunity to remind

TheHop

12:58pm

RE: Utah is the Dwight Schrute of the B12. They take every opportunity to remind

Shawarma

1:16pm

*Todd Packer

foofcoug

12:58pm

Toby. And the Big10 is Pam.

byubyu

12:59pm

Grizzlies are extremely dangerous. It's no wonder the pioneers killed them

TNT

12:54pm

Or maybe at the time all their wives were demanding grizzly skin shoes.

UNLVcougar

12:56pm

Why are women so expensive?

TNT

1:04pm

Supply and demand

UNLVcougar

1:10pm

Or they mistook them for people from Arkansas.

BE-WHY-YOU

1:10pm

RE: Or they mistook them for people from Arkansas.

Mister P

1:21pm

RE: Or they mistook them for people from Arkansas.

BE-WHY-YOU

1:27pm

The women were just trying to get their husbands killed for insurance money

Cougarclaw

1:29pm

The pioneers killed them out of jealousy.

Mister P

12:57pm

the Lewis & Clark party's journals explained that they killed one when attacked,

JimmyZ

1:00pm

TNT has never had bear so he cannot comment

TNT

1:05pm

obviously you've never eaten bear. I would imagine if you were starving bear humps would taste delicious

BYU Grounds

1:05pm

Their expedition was extremely well provisioned. Not sure their taste buds were

JimmyZ

1:06pm

Agreed. They ate well. Look up their favorite meal: white pudding!

El Paso Coug

1:19pm

White Pudding = Oatmeal and fat Barf

BYU Grounds

1:24pm

Grizzlies almost killed a few members of the expedition as well.

El Paso Coug

1:09pm

Guest surprise motivator for Utah pregame?

Forbidden Fruit

12:52pm

Ferrin B12 ST Player of the Week

Blue Ridge

12:51pm

I coulda sworn Lassiter had one

LeonMarek

12:53pm

We have some stars, but they aren't as bright as many others in the league. We

SoBlueitHurts

12:59pm

Ute fans making enemies in high and low places. Before the Utah-Houston game,

Archaea

12:51pm

RE: Ute fans making enemies in high and low places. Before the Utah-Houston

TheHop

12:57pm

Hey utah, the big 12 called, everyone hates you.

fredy

1:05pm

Good to see United cleared the path to finally hire a good coach to solve all their problems

Joe Banks All-American

12:51pm

A lot is wrong there, but Ten Hag wasn't helping the players

Archaea

12:52pm

Here we go

jxncoog All-American

12:49pm

Go back to California you weirdos.

Busting Coveys

12:50pm

#squirrellivesmatter

Nakedbootleg

12:53pm

All I have to say is they must have pretty good lives that they can focus on this

txblue

12:57pm

I know that person in the link.

jxncoog

1:01pm

jxncoog right now

Longseason

1:02pm

photo by who?!

cougstyle

1:15pm

HAs anybody talked about the rivalry

Crowd Factor

12:46pm

There should be a sports term for when you beat a team so badly they fire their coach or coordinator.

Conan Best Poster on CB -JD Power

12:46pm

It's called 'The Manny Diaz'

macdizzle

12:46pm

So the underappreciated Chiefs overcame adversity and defeated the Raiders again

Archaea

12:45pm

What is wrong with politics and news is also what has become wrong with Sports news

darkcoug Underperforming

12:44pm

Let's not forget ESPN desperately trying to pump up the WNBA

COUGND

12:50pm

What will our offensive and defensive lines look like next year? Seems like we

Lifer

12:44pm

Etienne, Keim, Jatta and Pay are the only SR OL on the roster. Pay is covered just fine with Mitchell (So). Gonna have

valcorger

12:52pm

After watching Scream last night

TNT

12:43pm

I still follow the Saints, just because Taysom is hanging around, so I'm a bit fed up with Allen. He's not a great head

ChinaFan All-American

12:40pm

Their playoff chances are pretty nil at this point

TNT

12:42pm

It's that old saying: If you have no QB's you have none

byuTX

12:44pm

Get outta here. When did they start using that saying?

TNT

12:51pm

October 12th, 1902

Gunga Galunga

12:54pm

I think there are bonuses if Taysom plays too much that may prevent them from

ordinary tri guy

12:50pm

Yep, and they’re in salary cap hell already

TouchdownCougars

12:53pm

There is no point or upside in having Taysom play QB at this point.

RealTaysomHill

12:53pm

I don't care if you're right. Your logic is not what I want to hear!

ImRonBurgundy?

1:13pm

ESPN should offer a GoFundMe-like donation page for every game where fans can buy down the number of commercials during

BYUnerd All-American

12:40pm

Why not just start the game an hour or so late and skip halftime/commercials?

Denver Cougar

12:44pm

Commercials breaks at the game are way worse than at home, so anything to make the in-game experience better. Also,

BYUnerd

12:51pm

I still don't understand why they don't do more in game commercials. Those I

byubyu

12:45pm

I went golfing at 1 pm on Saturday. Finished at 3 and started the game. Skipped

JAGA97

12:45pm

Even without spoilers doing that ruins the game for me. I know it's weird, but

spidercoug

12:59pm

I end up skipping snap-to-snap and miss a lot of the build up between plays

Kajdin

1:03pm

Can someone explain this to me. If KSU, ISU and BYU are all 11-1 how would KSU

Mostlyaccurate

12:39pm

Head to heads don’t count unless all the participants played each other

arcawley

12:40pm

So what is the tie breaker?

Mostlyaccurate

12:40pm

Vibes.

Baylorbears11

12:50pm

in that case it would proceed to win % against common conf opponents

Coog4Life

12:52pm

I've heard (yep, no hard data on this) that the Team 1 is decided by common

AFewThoughts

12:56pm

If BYU ends 11-1 and doesn't make the CCG, and then the loser of the B12CCG has

Big12Yfan

12:42pm

Fair point. Hadn't thought about that.

Mostlyaccurate

12:43pm

The committee has historically not punished the loser of a CCG.

CougarTwins

12:49pm

I am trying to remember but didn't a team go through without being in CCG

Big12Yfan

12:53pm

I believe it's happened multiple times, especially with the SEC.

CougarTwins

1:00pm

I believe lowest CFP ranked 11-1 P4/5 team is like #7

bythenumbers

1:26pm

First the 3-way tiebreaker scenario is applied, which either ISU or KSU will win

BYUCLA

1:03pm

ARod is an excellent OC when he has a mobile QB...which makes getting Slovis

macdizzle

12:38pm

Not sure if the issue last year was QB mobility or O-line play

Cougs'16

12:40pm

Yep no running game put all the pressure on the QB, Slovis was in his first year

NOCAL_YFAN

12:44pm

Did they have better mobile QBs that were ready to sign ? Idk I don’t

Polecat

12:40pm

If Coach Woods had come one year sooner, Slovis would have had a much better year.

CopperLix

12:40pm

Robbins would have done awesome.

LeonMarek

12:42pm

To be fair, last year I believe they all thought the OL would be better which

1984coug

12:41pm

Just need a QB who can keep the defense honest in an RPO and can scramble, but

NOCAL_YFAN

12:41pm

Slovis ran a 4.55 40. I don't know what Roderick was thinking

Ironhide

12:42pm

ZW, Jaren, and Jake are gamers. They have a competitive edge that Slovis never

blackandblue

12:44pm

I do think the OL was the biggest problem.

macdizzle

12:45pm

Slovis went 5-3. Not sure why we are bagging on him. They did it with smoke,

SoBlueitHurts

1:08pm

The most baffling aspect of Arod's tenure has been his inability to recruit

CougarCanuck76

12:46pm

NIL $$$

LeonMarek

12:47pm

The answer to this has got to be NIL. BYU has been in the running for top qb

byusage

12:55pm

It’s really not hard to figure out: NIL. BYU isn’t throwing the bag at a top

Junior Deputy

1:08pm

You buried the lede here. What’s this about arod taking over playcalling in ‘20?

All-American

12:53pm

He actually took it over in 2019 Boise St game.

rcbyufan

12:57pm

According to whom? I've heard fans repeat this but never knew where it came from

All-American

1:28pm

Slovis and Robbins would have been very good with a good O-line. We didn't give them nearly what we usually have.

CalGTR

12:55pm

In fairness, doesn't everyone prefer a dual threat QB now?

ldssdl

1:18pm

Problem is, as we have seen many times with other QBs, often dual threat really

SoBlueitHurts

1:25pm

Top 10 recent

Site Statistics

Today

Yesterday

Currently Online