The road losing streak in football baffles me. I don't know if it's just psychological or what, but it's frustrating. It seems we have a different problem every game. Against Arizona in '06, we couldn't finish. Against BC we had key turnovers and missed field goals. Against UCLA it was definitely turnovers (and a ridiculously slow start), and against Tulsa, it was lack of a secondary.

But I have faith that Bronco will continue to progress, like he has the last two years. hopefully a non-conference road win is the next thing to check off his list.

mormonrasta wrote:

kenj wrote:

Why don't bowl games count? They are on the road. If you count them then we have a 1 game winnig streak. You forgot the 2 game bowl winning streak. Go Gougs

Bowl games are neutral site games. Since both teams have to travel I don't count bowl games. The two game bowl winning streak is nice, but not notable as of yet. Those wins came against arguably the 2 worst bowl opponents BYU has ever played.

Record-wise, I agree.

I would throw in the '94 Oklahoma team and probably the '84 Michigan team, as well.

I'd say the 10 game winning streak in football. Longest in the country.

Basketball streak is a measly #2, and thats only at home.

If Majerus were still coaching the Pukes, I'd say the 45 game home win streak, but since he's been gone for 4 years, I'd go with the 11 game road MWC football win streak. That means they've beaten some very good teams on the road, such as Utah, TCU, and New Mexico.

The non-conference road losing streak ends this season since they play USU on the road, but it will end on the road at Washington before it needs to get that far.

The NCAA tourney streak is just a bunch of bad breaks of getting teams that either were underranked (UConn) or were streaky hot (Syracuse) or had home court advantage (Xavier). BYU deserved better seeds then, but didn't get them. This year, BYU has a very good chance of ending that drought. Freddette is showing he can penetrate off the dribble and the guard play is greatly improved from the beginning of the year (though not great by any stretch).

mormonrasta wrote:

1. The 45 game home winning streak in basketball.

2. The 11 game road MWC streak in football.

3. The 16 game MWC streak in football.

4. The 10 game winning streak in football.

5. The 9 game nonconference road losing streak in football.

6. The 7 game NCAA tournament losing streak in basketball.

It's amazing to me that BYU has so many streaks going on at the same time. The streak that I can't figure out is the nonconference road losing streak. BYU clearly has shown they can win on the road against good competition, but they can't close the deal against nonconference road teams? That doesn't make sense to me. That being said the streak I am most looking forward to ending is the NCAA tournament streak.

MajorCougar wrote:

I'm betting we close the nonconference road losing streak when we play (and beat) UW next year. I know it'll be tough, but I just have this feeling...

I have the exact opposite feeling. Maybe this streak is just in my head, or I'm having Don James flashbacks, but I don't like BYU's chances at UW. I think BYU can win that game, but I think the UW game is the most likely loss for BYU next year.

I think the road nonconference streak will end at USU.

I'd say it's Airwolf's continued failure to accurately predict BYU victories....