Write it down: the Cougars WILL go undefeated this year. Utah will keep it close in the first half, but BYU will come out with a dominating win. They'll beat Washington by 7. They'll beat TCU by a touchdown. Not a single other game will be decided by less than 10 points. They'll beat UCLA by 14.

BYU will average 37 points per game. The defense will give up 17 points per game. BYU will end up with a #4 ranking.

Don't argue with me; I picked Kansas to win the tournament and I was right. Just don't look at the rest of my bracket...

BYU_rocks wrote:

It's good to know that the barometer of BYU's success is handily beating Utah every year. I thought we were way beyond that mentality!

I have to agree. Utah has only one game circled EVERY year. Only one school has had its logo put in the uranals at Utah. For some reason they get up for the game and give the team a serious run for the money.
I think it is very likely they go undefeated. Bronco has already put the mantel of loss in the minds of all the other MWC teams. It is the OOC teams that will be the true test.

Of the 10 on the list, I think BYU can compete and win against all of them. If you don't believe that then look back at 1990 when BYU beat the best team in America with less pure talent than is presently wearing blue and white. Plus, I give this team the edge over ANY previous BYU team in terms of offseason training. Our guys are outworking every other school in the ncaa. As for Ohio State, I have to give them props. They should win the NC this year. They will have more first round draft picks after next season than most schools will have picks (and in many cases candidates). They have a lot of talent and should go to USC and beat them. The rest of the Big 10 should be in the Little10 conference. They could invite ND and then they would be 11 again! I think Wisc goes BCS bowling and gets busted.

I think Ohio State will be 2008's Hawai'i, but their big loss to a top BCS team will be at the Rose Bowl in September (USC by 20). But, since the Big T11en is guaranteed a BCS spot, they'll end up in the Rose Bowl (again) and lose (again) (Pac-10 team by 14). Maybe it'll be against USC, (again).

The Washington match will be the most difficult of the season because it is in Seattle and there will be little to no film to help in preparations, followed by the games at Utah and TCU.

I agree that UW will be tough. We should get a good idea of their capability when they play their season opener, a conference game, against Oregon. That opener will keep them from thinking much about BYU until after that game. Hopefully they'll have to open up the playbook big time for that first game so BYU doesn't run into any Tulsa-like surprises.

UW has a tough schedule but they host all three OOC opponents (BYU, Oklahoma, and Notre Dame). With BYU sandwiched between Oregon and Oklahoma, UW may actually look past us, which could be a good mistake for BYU.

Conosticator wrote:

The Washington match will be the most difficult of the season because it is in Seattle and there will be little to no film to help in preparations, followed by the games at Utah and TCU.

I agree that UW will be tough. We should get a good idea of their capability when they play their season opener, a conference game, against Oregon. That opener will keep them from thinking much about BYU until after that game. Hopefully they'll have to open up the playbook big time for that first game so BYU doesn't run into any Tulsa-like surprises.

UW has a tough schedule but they host all three OOC opponents (BYU, Oklahoma, and Notre Dame). With BYU sandwiched between Oregon and Oklahoma, UW may actually look past us, which could be a good mistake for BYU.

Good info on Washington's schedule.

BYUtx wrote:

I think Ohio State will be 2008's Hawai'i, but their big loss to a top BCS team will be at the Rose Bowl in September (USC by 20). But, since the Big T11en is guaranteed a BCS spot, they'll end up in the Rose Bowl (again) and lose (again) (Pac-10 team by 14). Maybe it'll be against USC, (again).

(I'm really just throwing stuff out for fun. I don't really think OSU will be as bad as UH last year.)