2025-26 College football season

[fishonjazz]

That’s a great analogy for what happened. And I definitely want to see those two rb’s get more carries. They both looked good.

Last year Utah’s offense was so bad I wasn’t looking forward to the byu Utah game. Thought Utah might get blown out, but was wrong about that. This years byu Utah game should be a blast.

Ya I think both teams should be pretty close and be pretty even. The key here is the BYU QB imo. We all have no clue if he will be ready for that game this season. He didn't impress me with his passing ability in game one. Though he wasn't asked to do much either but I saw too many balls that were off target.

Game being at BYU at night helps BYU (those night games are wild) but Bear probably won't be ready for that game, this season, imo and if I'm right about that then I give Utah the edge.

 

[prodigy]

It was night and day from what we saw from Utah last year on the offensive end. My brother texted me - Utah...playing offense. Am I on drugs!?

 

[fishonjazz]

It was night and day from what we saw from Utah last year on the offensive end. My brother texted me - Utah...playing offense. Am I on drugs!?

On the other hand in game 1 last season the utes put up 49 points and over 500 yards.
Against SUU but ya.

 

[fishonjazz]

I just watched The Cut (highlight video BYU puts out for each game) and learned some new info.
The crowd against Portland State was the largest crowd at a BYU game since 2009 vs TCU.
BYU averaged more fans per game than any other team in the big 12 conference last year.
Will Ferrin (kicker) made a 56 yard field goal which ties the all time longest field goal in BYU history. Apparently Ferrin wanted to commit a false start and lose 5 penalty yards so he could attempt it from 61 and hold the record solo. Coaches told him no.
His 56 yarder definitely would have been good from 61 FWIW.

 

[prodigy]

Will Ferrin (kicker) made a 56 yard field goal which ties the all time longest field goal in BYU history.

Interesting, I expected it to be longer considering the altitude right? He'll probably kick a longer one this season. same with Utah's kicker who kicked a 63 yarder in high school.

 

[fishonjazz]

Interesting, I expected it to be longer considering the altitude right? He'll probably kick a longer one this season. same with Utah's kicker who kicked a 63 yarder in high school.

Ya I was surprised that 56 was the school record. I wonder what the average school record is in college football.

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[fishonjazz]

Interesting, I expected it to be longer considering the altitude right? He'll probably kick a longer one this season. same with Utah's kicker who kicked a 63 yarder in high school.

I think Utah kicker made a 50+ yarder against UCLA. 52 I think? Only a freshman right?

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[Miggs]

FWIW Utes fans, I listen to Todd McShay’s podcast. He and his partner (who played OL at Richmond where McShay went as a qb) LOVE two OL on the Utes. The one is a top ten pick…but iirc, I think McShay’s partner said he LOVES the other kid too and at one point said they’re the best two OT in the country. Maybe it was hyperbole or maybe he just meant the best pair of OT’s in the country. But yeah, you could have a good team this season.

 

[Miggs]

BYU won 69-0 vs maybe the worst team in all of college football. Bunch of crazy stats..... Portland state had negative 3 rushing yards for the game. BYU had 468 rushing yards.
53 total yards vs 606 total yards.
But the craziest stat to me is that BYU played 77 dudes in that game.

Oh and BYU kicker has made something like 80 PAT's in a row and 18 field goals in a row including a 56 yarder in this game that would have been good from 60 easy. He might (I mean no way to know) be the best kicker in the country.

Fun, albeit stupid game.

Funniest thing is the true freshman BYU QB new nickname. Quote from the Portland state head coach after the game: “I watched him during pregame because I was hoping that his height wasn’t right or his weight wasn’t right,” Barnum said after the game. “Then I looked at his *** and then his legs. He looked like a goddam centaur."

So some people are now calling him "The Centaur" lol

That’s freakin great. The Centaur. I watched highlights of him from HS. Definitely had insane legs. Looked short though. Maybe 5’11”-6’1”. How tall is he? It’s the Polynesian kid, right?

 

[fishonjazz]

FWIW Utes fans, I listen to Todd McShay’s podcast. He and his partner (who played OL at Richmond where McShay went as a qb) LOVE two OL on the Utes. The one is a top ten pick…but iirc, I think McShay’s partner said he LOVES the other kid too and at one point said they’re the best two OT in the country. Maybe it was hyperbole or maybe he just meant the best pair of OT’s in the country. But yeah, you could have a good team this season.

This is what most people are saying.
Utes coach says it's the best o line he ever had (he has been their coach forever) and pretty much every person across the country says they are a top 5 o line in the nation.

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[fishonjazz]

That’s freakin great. The Centaur. I watched highlights of him from HS. Definitely had insane legs. Looked short though. Maybe 5’11”-6’1”. How tall is he? It’s the Polynesian kid, right?

He is 6'2".
White parent and Thai parent iirc.

He barely even passed the ball in game 1 and didn't play a single snap in the second half. What I did see of his passing left me underwhelmed and a little worried.

Should learn a lot more about him against Stanford though I think BYU wins by 20+ in that game.

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[fishonjazz]

Felt like the BYU offense looked like crap last night. And they won 27-3 with a crap offense and covered the spread against a (bad) P4 team. Being disappointed in the team after a dominating game that covered the spread is hopefully a good sign for the season overall.

Defense has allowed ZERO rushing yards through 2 games (if you go back to the bowl game against Colorado last year then it's 6 rushing yards in their last 3 games lol). 3 total points.

Kicker has now made 22 field goals in a row. School record. NCAA record is 30 in a row. Wouldn't surprise me if he breaks that record. (Not sure the exact number but he has also made like 80 extra points in a row or something like that)

Offense needs to improve a bunch for a special year, and it should considering that the QB is a true freshman, bit the defense and special teams should win quite a few more games by themselves.
Bright spots for Bear are zero turnovers through 2 games and he simply ran over a linebacker last night, who squared up and hit Bear with all he had, on his way to a rushing TD. Kid is big and strong.

Now an early season bye week and then their first road test.

So far so good.