BYU a BCS buster???

[Cali Coug]

I am of the opinion that our two toughest games this year were in week one and week two. BYU easily dispatched Arizona. Now we have to see what they can do against UCLA on the road, a much tougher test.

IF they get past UCLA, it is hard to see who could beat them. Tulsa on the road doesn't scare me, particularly after watching their first game (not impressive to say the least).

TCU looks good on defense, but they played Baylor who is simply terrible. Think Utah St. but in the Big 12. After watching the TCU game, I am not afraid of them.

Utah looks plain awful.

CSU will be good, but I think Wyoming could be our toughest game after UCLA. On the road in Laramie- could end the BCS run. That said, BYU CRUSHED them last year, and Wyoming isn't THAT improved. BYU should win.

AFA? UNLV? SDSU? All lousy.

Our schedule has us set up for a BCS run if we start off 2-0. And I think UCLA is beatable. We get Tonga and Hooks back, Hall has a game of experience (and will play against worse DBs than what he saw against AZ and did well against). Unga is for real. The defense is fast and furious.

12-0? Let me say, I think it is a real possibility. Barring any future injuries.

And, to really take the heat from the many Ute fans on here, if BYU goes BCS bowling this year, next year looks outstanding to make some REAL national noise. Next year's team could be the best at BYU in over a decade. Combine that fact with a high preseason national ranking, and it could be magical.

Am I drinking the cool aid? Maybe, but it tastes sooo good at the moment!!!

[All-American]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

I am of the opinion that our two toughest games this year were in week one and week two. BYU easily dispatched Arizona. Now we have to see what they can do against UCLA on the road, a much tougher test.

IF they get past UCLA, it is hard to see who could beat them. Tulsa on the road doesn't scare me, particularly after watching their first game (not impressive to say the least).

TCU looks good on defense, but they played Baylor who is simply terrible. Think Utah St. but in the Big 12. After watching the TCU game, I am not afraid of them.

Utah looks plain awful.

CSU will be good, but I think Wyoming could be our toughest game after UCLA. On the road in Laramie- could end the BCS run. That said, BYU CRUSHED them last year, and Wyoming isn't THAT improved. BYU should win.

AFA? UNLV? SDSU? All lousy.

Our schedule has us set up for a BCS run if we start off 2-0. And I think UCLA is beatable. We get Tonga and Hooks back, Hall has a game of experience (and will play against worse DBs than what he saw against AZ and did well against). Unga is for real. The defense is fast and furious.

12-0? Let me say, I think it is a real possibility. Barring any future injuries.

And, to really take the heat from the many Ute fans on here, if BYU goes BCS bowling this year, next year looks outstanding to make some REAL national noise. Next year's team could be the best at BYU in over a decade. Combine that fact with a high preseason national ranking, and it could be magical.

Am I drinking the cool aid? Maybe, but it tastes sooo good at the moment!!!

It's too early for that kind of talk just yet, of course. I'd say that on Friday, most fans would have rated TCU, UCLA, Utah, and UofA as the hardest games, in that order. Arizona was clearly not as tough as was anticipated, but who can say whether that was because they were worse or BYU better than had been thought.

Bottom line: 1-0 is still a ways off from 12-0. Best thing I heard from yesterday's press conferences was Stoops' line about BYU not caring about media, but going out and winning.

[MikeWaters]

BYU was favored against Arizona. BYU is not favored against UCLA.

[DirtyHippieUTE]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

Am I drinking the cool aid? Maybe, but it tastes sooo good at the moment!!!

You're not supposed to talk about stuff like that... You'll jinx it...

Assuming everything goes your way, how bad to you think the SOS hurdle will be for a MWC team this year?

Did Boise finally wake people up?

Honestly, I would love to see a BCS busting BYU... As long as they win... If they lose it's just another excuse for BCS teams to write off non BCS conf. teams.

Utah - Boise - Byu? Suddenly the west would be getting some respect.

[RockyBalboa]

The problem is the 2 Non-BCS teams to bust the BCS were both ranked in the pre-season polls before the first game.

BYU is not. And that would be quite an unprecedented mountain to climb because rankings fit into the BCS formula now.

Still I think it's too early to talk about any BCS Buster....however 08 and 09 could be VERY special seasons.

[FMCoug]

Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

The problem is the 2 Non-BCS teams to bust the BCS were both ranked in the pre-season polls before the first game.

BYU is not. And that would be quite an unprecedented mountain to climb because rankings fit into the BCS formula now.

Still I think it's too early to talk about any BCS Buster....however 08 and 09 could be VERY special seasons.

It is way too early to tell. But that would be interesting to see how it played out if we were in fact undefeated. That would be a 22 game winning streak. Seems that it would be hard to keep us out. But you could be right. Which hammers home the point that pre-season polls suck in 10000 different ways.

[DirtyHippieUTE]

Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

The problem is the 2 Non-BCS teams to bust the BCS were both ranked in the pre-season polls before the first game.

This BLOWS my mind... How is it that some pre-season guess at the quality of a team could possibly keep an undefeated team out of the BCS?

In theory, they could keep ANY team out of the BCS by just leaving them out of the rankings early on...

[FMCoug]

Originally Posted by DirtyHippieUTE

This BLOWS my mind... How is it that some pre-season guess at the quality of a team could possibly keep an undefeated team out of the BCS?

In theory, they could keep ANY team out of the BCS by just leaving them out of the rankings early on...

I think the first rankings should come out after Week 4.

[All-American]

Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

The problem is the 2 Non-BCS teams to bust the BCS were both ranked in the pre-season polls before the first game.

BYU is not. And that would be quite an unprecedented mountain to climb because rankings fit into the BCS formula now.

Still I think it's too early to talk about any BCS Buster....however 08 and 09 could be VERY special seasons.

BYU got up to 15 last season, with no votes for rankings after week three. It is hard to believe they wouldn't get up past 12 if they went 12-0 in a season wherein they beat two PAC-10 teams and a respectable TCU when they started the year with votes.

[Mormon Red Death]

Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

The problem is the 2 Non-BCS teams to bust the BCS were both ranked in the pre-season polls before the first game.

BYU is not. And that would be quite an unprecedented mountain to climb because rankings fit into the BCS formula now.

Still I think it's too early to talk about any BCS Buster....however 08 and 09 could be VERY special seasons.

If byu went undefeated they would be playing in a bcs game