Devin Durrant was at BYU for 2 seasons and then left on a mission to miss the

Jul 19, 2024
8:53:23pm

cwilke1 All-American

80-81 season when Danny Ainge led BYU to the elite 8. Perhaps if he hadn't gone or went on a mission a different year, then that 80-81 team could've gone to final 4 or championship with another All-American type player in Devin Durrant on the team.

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Time

What are the biggest what ifs in BYU sports history?

HimmerFredette

Jul 19, 8:37pm

'96 Washington debacle.

BYUtka

Jul 19, 8:40pm

Whitt signs with BYU

HarlemCoug

Jul 19, 8:43pm

I don’t think the Covid March Madness team would have won more than

PortlandCoug

Jul 19, 8:44pm

I guarantee that team would have not only made the Final 4, they would have won

BYUtka

Jul 19, 8:49pm

RE: I guarantee that team would have not only made the Final 4, they would have

HimmerFredette

Jul 19, 8:50pm

GUARANTEE!

BYUtka

Jul 19, 8:51pm

RE: GUARANTEE!

HimmerFredette

Jul 19, 8:52pm

Covid team would have been lucky to win one game in the tournament, even though

44C

Jul 19, 10:17pm

RE: Covid team would have been lucky to win one game in the tournament, even

BYUtka

Jul 20, 9:53am

That team was so good. I think they were a little spaztic, but if they were

Alan Schaefer

Jul 20, 4:23pm

Brandon Davies not kicked out

TLCougar

Jul 19, 8:46pm

This I can agree with this, losing Davies was a major blow

PortlandCoug

Jul 19, 8:53pm

yup - offside call on Cameron Tucker for her goal against Florida St. in

cwilke1

Jul 19, 9:02pm

Without question Davies is the biggest what iff

44C

Jul 19, 10:19pm

Davies for sure. Women's Soccer Team got jobbed in the NC game.

slatecoug

Jul 20, 12:01am

This one #1. Best BYU team all time. NC almost guaranteed. Finals for sure.

ImuaKahuku

Jul 20, 2:34am

Shawn Bradley plays more than one year.

Cougar Junkie

Jul 19, 8:48pm

Kicker makes fg as time runs out in 79

claw

Jul 19, 8:49pm

I still sting from that!! Means that I am officially an old man

cosmos son

Jul 19, 10:54pm

Devin Durrant was at BYU for 2 seasons and then left on a mission to miss the

cwilke1

Jul 19, 8:53pm

That's a scenario we should ponderize on...

BYUtka

Jul 19, 8:57pm

Healthy senior year TH/JW with a talented D if Bronco/Anae stayed one more year

cougfanz

Jul 19, 9:17pm

Lebron James plays 1-2 years at BYU as he'd been considering doing instead of the NBA.

byujacob

Jul 19, 9:19pm

Marty Haws missing the layup. I always wondered how far we would have gone that

rebelCoug

Jul 19, 9:19pm

The 1980 BYU football team scores at least 20 points below it’s season

AF Cougar

Jul 19, 9:20pm

Chris Collinsworth

GFCougar

Jul 19, 9:32pm

Or if he could make a free throw in NCAA tourney

zerome4sooners

Jul 20, 4:51am

I think you are thinking if his little bro Kyle. But yes that was a bummer too

GFCougar

Jul 20, 8:39am

You’re right

zerome4sooners

Jul 20, 3:44pm

Pretty much all the screw jobs by refs over the years

BlueWand

Jul 19, 9:47pm

Which not the biggest, certainly a big one that still gets me thinking

LeonMarek

Jul 19, 9:57pm

Coastal Carolina! Really, nobody has mentioned that yet?

andrewg3

Jul 19, 9:57pm

Coastal Carolina? No idea what you are talking about. I'm positive we've never

BYUtka

Jul 19, 10:04pm

we got manhandled, and there were roughness penalties that were never called

44C

Jul 19, 10:21pm

BYU wins that game easily if the officiating crew wasn't from the Sun Belt Conf.

slatecoug

Jul 20, 12:06am

What if they call basket interference on Ralph Sampson in the elite eight and

ledfoot

Jul 19, 10:12pm

Another great what if?

44C

Jul 19, 10:20pm

Tyler Haws waits one more year to go on his mission and plays with

Undefeated

Jul 19, 11:53pm

No Lisfrank injury for taysom against Nebraska in 2015 and they go 12-1.

Undefeated

Jul 19, 11:55pm

BYU scores 16 more points in 1985. Repeat!

Ski-U-Mah

Jul 20, 12:42am

What do you think our 2020 football record would have been without

Alan Schaefer

Jul 20, 1:27am

UCF and Boise State were both good teams, today's version of BYU would lose.

andrewg3

Jul 20, 3:56pm

Bradley’s knee gets ruled down. Taysom makes the 2pt conversion vs Utah.

Crowd Factor

Jul 20, 2:42am

Johnny Linehan takes it 108 yards for a TD in the BSU game

CougarTail

Jul 20, 6:00am

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