With a good—or even serviceable—QB, Utah fields a really strong team. This isn't hard. We made a lot of similar excuses for the BYU teams without Taysom or with broken-back Riley Nelson.

Cam's definitely old, but there are lots of old players in CFB right now, due to changed rules and COVID exceptions. With so many BYU players going on missions, are we really the fanbase to engage in old player smack talk?

It's weak when ESPN announcers (or opposing coaches) say "Wow, this BYU player shouldn't be in college anymore; a kid from his same high school team has been in the NFL for two years, and this BYU guy has a wife and two kids and one more year of eligibility," and it's just as silly when we bag on Rising.