I am a bit concerned about the BYU game

kwhitt will need to prepare like he did for the UofM game a few years ago. The challenge is how do you motivate a Ute program that has beaten the zoobs for eight years in a row.

I just don’t see how a Ute recruit from FL or TX can get real excited to play a religious school from provo utah.  It’s going to be a challenge.

I share some of the concern, however, I like the fact that we will be back to full strength and I think Ludwig will come prepared with some wrinkles no one has seen before. I also think that, for whatever reason, we always play better in RES south. 🙂

Serious question. How is BYU going to score points ? Zach Wilson is coming off of shoulder surgery. He is good. But still hasn’t proven to can consistently move the ball against elite defenses. They have new RB. But do you really think they are going to run against our DL ? they have only 1/2 receivers who can maybe get space. JJ, Lewis, Guidry will look them up. This game will come down to one thing, turnovers. I can see TH trying to do too much and causing stupid TOS. This is one game where I hope Whitt just tells Ludwig to line them up and run Moss,green,Henry etc. run clock and do be super conservative. BYU does not have the horses for 4 quarters to compete. The game will be close. But If we do that we win like 17/20- 10 or something. But I’m fine with that. Air it out against the pac and the rest of the league. BYU will be good this year prob 7/8 wins. We don’t and shouldn’t get cute with them. If we keep it simple we win easily just not comfortably.

Remember, there are 4 guys on our roster who should be collecting NFL money right now. They chose to come back because they knew they could be a part of something special. I don’t see them allowing BYU to ruin that. They, along with the coaching staff will have the rest of the team ready.

And yeah, we’re not breaking every practice huddle with “beat BYU!” and our media day isn’t going to consist of players talking about BYU but I have no doubt that they have started prepping for game 1, even if it is just film study.

This team wants big things and they know they have what it takes to get them. They won’t overlook anyone. I fully expect them to be dialed in game 1.

Conversely, the Ute coaches also know their coaches very well too. I get your points though and they’re all valid.

Whitt said we will never lose to BYU again. That’s all I need.

I’m going to say something a little controversial here.  Let’s say BYU does win this game.  Who freaking cares?  Yes, Cougar nation will explode with happiness not seen since “Pandemonium in Provo” after they beat Oklahoma in 2009.  Meanwhile, Utah will prepare for what really matters, P12 games.

BYU’s entire season rests on this one game.  Players in the past have referred to this game as their “Super Bowl” and they spent an inordinate amount of time discussing the game at their media day.  Utah on the other hand, is the near consensus favorite to win the South again and compete for the P12 Championship.  This game is MEANINGLESS to the overall goal for Utah, which is to win the P12 and appear in the Rose Bowl.

I want Utah to win and they likely will (Utah will be favored by 6+ points going into the game).  But if we happen to lose to a team thirsty for a win after a decade – who cares?

Healthy. Returning starters on offense. One of the top D-lines in the country. We’ve got guys that can’t wait to tear into BYU. Anae. Covey. Bernard.

I think it’s GREAT to hear TDS chirp without much coming back from us. Quiet confidence. We know the program knows what’s being said.

Utah will win. However the 2020 season I’m not so sure. We lose a lot.

“They will know every move and every tendency.” Wil lthey? When we play them there will be NO film on us. Yes they can look at old Ludvig film, but I think there will be plenty of formations, motion, blocking schemes and such that they’re not expecting. Even if they are well prepared, I’ll still take our backfield against their D any day.

All I can tell you is there isn’t anyone in the program preparing for home games against No. Illinois or Idaho St. We have bigger fish to fry eventually but honestly who else would our attention be on? We can’t wait to play BYU in this spot. No one is intimidated by their atmosphere, no one is intimidated by their talent. We return 80% of the guys who played for a PAC-12 title and Rose bowl berth. They’ll run the same scheme this year as they did last year…we won’t. We have film as well by the way. So their QB watches film…so their coaches watch film…do you honestly think don’t? Do you really think we’ll look past them to Idaho St? We will be 100% ready for this game!

We have a Sr QB who runs the heck out of it and a Sr. NFL RB with high quality depth, plenty of options on the O-Line, the deepest WR core in years so whoever wins those spots in camp will be ready, 2 physical TE’s who can actually catch the ball.
Bowen is a freak at LB…big time and NFL caliber talent all over in front of him. Bernard is damn good as well. JJ and Blackmon will play in the league. Where will they hit us? The opposite corner? Their O-line is full of underclassman but somehow they’ll be able to dominate us up front…with literally 3 NFL guys out of 4 and Tupai and Tufua are NFL type players too.

All I can tell you is that their s**t talking has been heard. Talk all they want…we’ll show up and see what happens.

Things happen, turnovers happen but we win this game in this spot 9 1/2 out if 10 times if we play our game.

Enjoy the Summer…the boys are working hard

The only thing I worry about is injury. Especially if Utah starts pulling away and byu starts to feel helpless

I’ll wager chants of “Puntwig” will rain loud and clear…

Another factor that trends in their favor is that our depth is far superior to theirs but in the first game of the season depth is not a factor. Playing them the last game of the season usually gives us a significant advantage since their 2nd and 3rd teams are woefully inferior to ours.

Play BYU? Why would I not want to go there?

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/video-angry-byu-fans-hurl-trash-at-pac-12-officials-after-utah-loss/

Gawd there’s a lot of arrogant bastards on here. Brigham’s going to be a difficult game. Their Coach knows how to play defense vs Whitt. I see this game being close just like all the others and Utah fans coming away feeling uneasy about the season. Utah may blow it wide open if they can force turnovers, but the o-line needs time to gel and a new offensive system is going to create problems.