Southern Illinois was an FCS playoff team last year and beat Northern Illinois

Jul 26, 2024
11:44:12am

CameronG Starter

which is FBS. They also gave undefeated FCS Champ South Dakota State their closest game last year (17-10). Someone else on this thread mentioned they lost a lot of players from that team so maybe they're not as good this year. I guess we'll see.

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Southern Illinois was 4th in scoring defense and total defense in the FCS last year

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Jul 26, 9:16am

I don't think we'll lose but if Kalani treats it like he's treated the other FCS

CameronG

Jul 26, 9:24am

Kalani is 8-0 vs FCS by an average score of 43-12. Overall, BYU is 18-0 by an average of 48-10.

Indy Coug

Jul 26, 9:28am

Notice that I said the last couple of years not his entire career

CameronG

Jul 26, 9:50am

Kalani teams no-show more often than not, it's just now much more impactful playing in a P4. Haven't played a complete

byuTX

Jul 26, 9:30am

Maybe TT last year I guess? Seems like our O was still pretty bad, just TT wanted to give us turnovers

byuTX

Jul 26, 9:33am

The offense was good in the first half. It stayed in the locker room at halftime.

Indy Coug

Jul 26, 9:34am

OK yeah. Sub 300 yards, gave up almost 400 on D. So not a complete game. I don't understand why this is a thing under KS

byuTX

Jul 26, 9:34am

It might be because the fake punt master doesn't know how the game is played

Mitty

Jul 26, 11:16am

You expect a big win then.

Jeffacka

Jul 26, 9:31am

THere are so many fans who disagree with that idea, but I agree with you.

Belboz

Jul 26, 10:07am

Yeah we're the weirdos for expecting for the coaches to prepare the team to be

CameronG

Jul 26, 11:36am

What is the "culture" under this staff? Bronco could be weird but

gopman

Jul 26, 11:56am

I agree, I don't know exactly what the culture under Kalani is

CameronG

Jul 26, 12:17pm

Amen. LaVell went to the passing attack & Bronco emphasized "being

gopman

Jul 26, 1:40pm

I agree there was a clear vision under those two, I'm not sure what Kalani's

CameronG

Jul 26, 2:12pm

Isn't it obvious? It's all about watching the film

downtownchrisbrown

Jul 26, 3:05pm

Some people complained that Mendenhall alleged to treat every game the same way

Belboz

Jul 26, 3:03pm

Don't know much about So. IL. They on par w/No IL? If so we know what can happen

Forzaitalia

Jul 26, 11:20am

Southern Illinois was an FCS playoff team last year and beat Northern Illinois

CameronG

Jul 26, 11:44am

Agreed, but

IdahoCoug

Jul 26, 9:31am

It's not. But watch the staff accidentally prep for the wrong team lol

byuTX

Jul 26, 9:31am

It was just a dumb joke based on a player accidentally calling them Northern Illinois.

IdahoCoug

Jul 26, 9:34am

Oh man I missed that one lol

byuTX

Jul 26, 9:51am

They also lost the starting QB, the leading WR, the top two RBs, the two top

BYUfannonLDS

Jul 26, 9:34am

As in the past, this first game will give us an indication of how the year will

Mitty

Jul 26, 9:44am

I'm hoping we see 2001 Tulane or 2020 Navy instead of Portland State/Sam

gopman

Jul 26, 9:56am

And first games are often a very poor predictor of the rest of the season, based

basman

Jul 26, 9:56am

Not always. 1996 Texas A&M, 2001 Tulane & 2020 Navy showed

gopman

Jul 26, 10:26am

This is 100% correct. Yiu rarely see byu teams improve as the season progresses

Idacoug

Jul 26, 10:56am

BYU teams never improve through a season, only regress. Or at best stabilize

Mitty

Jul 26, 11:14am

Under Kalani that is true. Yes, injuries have been an issue but so has

gopman

Jul 26, 11:35am

The hallmark of KS teams are a lack of discipline, depth, and mental toughness

Mitty

Jul 26, 12:48pm

Mental toughness seems to be the biggest. Once we get "punched in

gopman

Jul 26, 4:41pm

Kind of amazing honestly we won 5 games last year when we had our OL literally

Mitty

Jul 26, 5:00pm

My guess is 20 points.

BlueFever

Jul 26, 9:52am

We'll do well against them unless one of the key talking points is about how our

downtownchrisbrown

Jul 26, 10:09am

Do they have NFL corners?

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