BYU football needs an article written that states emphatically that what BYU is doing is not unprecedented. It's not even unprecedented for it to happen at BYU.

Lavell Edwards isn't just a "respected coach", he's a Hall of Fame coach. It's not just that Kalani considers Edwards a legend, he is objectively a college football legend.

To describe the 1984 national championship as BYU's "only" national championship, diminishes what kind of accomplishment that is. Not many programs have even one national championship in football. So to have "only" one, is a really big deal.

The final line of the article is maybe the worst of all. "After all that waiting, who now can deny BYU belongs." BYU didn't just sit there waiting for an invite. They were a power program, forced to sit on the sidelines of major college football because of location, religious discrimination, and, for a long time, lack of movement within college football conferences that would have allowed for expansion to include BYU. Not to mention the existence of a viable partner to come to a major conference with them if they were invited (thanks Utah, for being such a crap program for so long). Once Utah did get to a place where they were as lucky to get an invite to a power conference as Mark Pope was to get the HC job at Kentucky, they did everything they could to undermine everything BYU tried to do and stab them in the back.

BYU is where they belong (they got that part of their final line correct). And this is the start of the nation really seeing what BYU can truly be capable of in both major sports. We've competed for an won national championships in the Olympic Sports for a long time. With NIL, larger budgets, and the commitment to sports at BYU at every level, there is nothing BYU can't accomplish.

But Saturday is pivotal. We HAVE to win, and preferably we win by multiple scores. This game is as pivotal to our football future as losing 54-10 was back in 2011. That kept Utah's program alive and set us back years, and (justified or not) showed a separation between BYU and Utah that unfortunately proved pretty much true over the following decade. That is what's on the line this weekend. A loss is devastating. A win keeps things going. A statement win, by multiple scores, does immeasurable good for our program for years to come.