So?

Jan 6, 2025
12:18:45pm

shakarocks All-American

So?

No one is discounting BYU's part in the process. Again, we do not have to minimize their achievements to prop ourselves up.

If anything we should be sad we didn't bust the BCS.

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ute football has been a good over the past 20 years, but they haven't really

IceBlue

Jan 6, 11:58am

I agree with you. But neither has BYU

RGGeemer

Jan 6, 12:00pm

BYU fans aren't the ones acting like world beaters

machete

Jan 6, 12:02pm

We're acting ... or atleast I am ... acting like a season like this won't happen for a while again. sadly.

AsianCoug

Jan 6, 12:08pm

BYU's program is in a lot better place than we were a year ago, while winning 11 games will be

kimdaddy35

Jan 6, 12:10pm

BYU could be a better team next year and not win as many games. Schedule and

BlueTooth

Jan 6, 12:14pm

It certainly could. It could also be a worse team and win more games.

kimdaddy35

Jan 6, 12:23pm

I agree with you, but this was not about BYU.

IceBlue

Jan 6, 12:18pm

True, and many here see much of our last 20 years as mediocre, and we've spent

vagabonder

Jan 6, 12:29pm

The 2008 Sugar Bowl and beating Alabama was the height of the program

Future_Tacos

Jan 6, 12:02pm

That was an incredible win! I believe they won it in the trenches!

AFewThoughts

Jan 6, 12:07pm

It was huge to be #2. But to be fair, they have

IceBlue

Jan 6, 12:19pm

was Rising on that team too?

Pangare

Jan 6, 1:33pm

He was a junior

Future_Tacos

Jan 6, 1:48pm

To be fair, they won a Fiesta Bowl, also beat Bama to finish 13-0

cougarmeister

Jan 6, 12:02pm

They were BCS busters.

shakarocks

Jan 6, 12:03pm

*beneficiaries of the rule put in place after 12-0 BYU was snubbed in 2001.

cougarmeister

Jan 6, 12:13pm

So?

shakarocks

Jan 6, 12:18pm

Not minimizing anything, just pointing out that it didn't happen in a vacuum.

cougarmeister

Jan 6, 12:50pm

If they haven't done anything *that* special........

Goatnapper'96

Jan 6, 12:05pm

Two undefeated seasons, two P5 championships and four total BCS/NY6 appearances?

shoganai

Jan 6, 12:10pm

Agreed-we all need to pump the brakes on taking victory laps for one nice season

jwalk

Jan 6, 1:33pm

2 undefeated seasons in the last 20 years?

slatecoug

Jan 6, 2:39pm

Don’t forget they won their titles with four losses.

BYU '80

Jan 6, 12:13pm

Arizona State won the title

Belboz

Jan 6, 12:49pm

BYU tied for the regular season title

BYU '80

Jan 6, 2:23pm

I guess a title awarded by BYU '80 on CB amounts to something.

Belboz

Jan 6, 2:28pm

Put it this way. The glory runs for byu included a national championship,

ForzaPuma

Jan 6, 12:32pm

They were good enough to beat us most of the time.

rockhound

Jan 6, 2:45pm

They have been better than we give them credit for, but I get it.

Captain Stubing

Jan 6, 3:50pm

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