but asking just what people would think if they saw in August the graphic of BYU 9-0, and KU 3-6. Well, I feel compelled to toot my own horn from a text I posted August 13th in response to Icelandic Cougar predicting BYU would surprise, and go 9-3 (technically, he could still end up being right. But, I had just read Joe Wheat's article charting a possible win for BYU in every game - giving credit where it's due.

Regardless, my post response to Icelandic Cougar 8/13/24 was this:

I DISAGREE. 12-0!!! BABY!
Actually, Joe Wheat's SI article is a pretty interesting read for the blue-goggled, mid-august, hope-springs-eternal optimistic fan
(pessimists, disguised as realists, go sulk in your corner).

Anyway, Wheat's charting of a win in any game this next season makes some excellent points, but one he doesn't bring up is that
most of BYU's projected toughest games are home games (KSU#18, UofA #21, OSU #17 (revenge game), and KU #22 (another
revenge game)). That actually bodes well for BYU, and taken individually, I can definitely see BYU winning any one of those games.
Collectively, who knows. And apart from UU and SMU, all other 5 road games are teams that BYU should definitely beat on paper.

But both SMU and UU are also winnable. SMU, with it's poor showings vs P4 teams in recent years, on a team that is likely on par, and
definitely not above BYU on an overall talent level, with them being ranked, early in the season, is a prime candidate for an upset.

Now Utah, although I hate to say it, is likely the hardest game for BYU to win. They are at RES, UU is ranked high, with revenge in
their corner, having lost the last one to BYU, and hearing a lot about it for many months. And they do have talent. BUT......? BYU vs
UU holy wars are rarely blowouts, often decided by one or two key plays / bounces, Utah no longer has PAC12 refs to bail them out
(HUGE!!), has everything to lose (may play tight), has question marks on "D" after graduating some big stars, and Cam Rising hasn't
played, and hasn't been healthy in 2 years. Not only that, when he did play, his 47% of career passes within 10 yards of the LOS, and
likely limited mobility, make him suspect, and make Utah vulnerable also to an upset. This is especially true since Rising has given
BYU so much poster material to hang on the locker room wall.

So, I'm saying, "there's a chance...." in all games!! Go cougs!
So there it is - go ahead and "have some of what I am having!"


Anyway, there were at least some of us who really believed in our players, and could honestly (at least) imagine BYU having a magical season!
Hope they keep it going...one game at a time. KU up next - think revenge game BYU! They exposed us and crushed our hopes last year after a promising 3-0 start. Return the favor!