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BYU football: TCU's defense ranks first in nation

From espn.com:
1. Texas .990
2. Alabama .959
3. Penn State .885
4. USC .758
5. Texas Tech .726
6. Oklahoma .714
7. Oklahoma State .712
8. Florida .662
9. Utah .638
10. Georgia .612
11. Ohio State .591
12. BYU .573

Hope all of the Texas Cougars show up and make it a "home" game for BYU.

This is the game that our talented O-line will need to earn their pay and prove that they can establish the run. TCU's the best in the nation against the run only allowing Oklahoma 25 net yards rushing. TCU did, however, allow 411 yards in passing against the Sooners.

If BYU can establish the run, then it will break the will of the Horned Frogs, and cause them to doubt themselves. BYU has the O-line hosses up front to do it, now they need to get'r done!!!

THIS may well be the toughest defense BYU will face all year. Doing well at TCU will go a long way with the naysayers, pundits, and BCS elites.

GO COUGS!!!

If TCU managed only 13 points against CSU, can it really expect to score enough points to beat BYU, without its starting QB even if the game is an overall defensive struggle?

This Utah fan says no.

BYU 20 TCU 10

Keep the streaks alive until Nov. 22nd. Go UTES!!!

The loss is inevitable for the kittens. They have only won games against teams that have losing seasons, in fact their closest game was against a team that has zero wins. Impressive, ha ha. I am not even close to convinced that they are contenders, but pretenders, they have earned that title and owned it for years. High expectations and low achievements is the BYU motto.

Best of luck to the Cougars. I'll listen to the game sometime Friday afternoon here in China, a few hours after it ends. Thank KSL for its great podcast.

To be honest, I'm worried about this one, guys.

For a first-ranked defense, TCU sure bombed defensively at Oklahoma. Not buying it.

Isn't it a change that BYU is actually ranked higher in the polls than their #12 unofficial BCS ranking listed in the comment above. I imagine the AP and coaches polls will gravitate towards the BCS rankings in the next few weeks after the official BCS rankings start coming out. Hopefully a win at TCU can be forthcoming and that would likely help BYU's BCS ranking significantly. Good luck Cougars!

I've got a few horned frog alums on my street and we have been jawing about this game for some time. I hope my cougs represent otherwise I'm going to be out a few loaves of homemade bread and a gallon of chocolate milk. But if they represent, I won't be mowing my lawn for a few weeks! I'll be at TCU and hopefully "rising and shouting" because we're scoring.....I have a feeling if the cougs win it will be by less than a touchdown and if TCU wins it will be by at least 17. Go COUGARS!

What a great match-up opportunity for the Cougars. I don't see a problem outshining what the Sooners were able to do on the ground, as well as possibly through the air. BYU will rise to the challenge and break out their "A" game for this one, but the challenge is there for TCU to finally take the Cougars down. If the Cougar Defense comes to play, as they should, there will be smiles in Provo and some angst in Fort Worth and SLC. Go Cougars.

There will be a lot of us at the game cheering on the cougars!!!!!

Go Cougars!!!!!!!!!!!

...that utah fans are so excited about the "mock" bcs rankings, even though everyone knows, including ute fans, that they are a joke and biased. Yeah, they give utah a better ranking so get excited ute fans because that's much more important than:

passing yards
rushing yards
total offense
points scored
points allowed
sacks given up
quarterback talent
rush defense
receiver talent
tight end talent
wins
offensive line

...all of which BYU is superior to utah. But hey once again these stats don't matter because it's all about the wins and loss's right ute fans? Hate to burst your bubble but the team who has the best qb play has won EVERY utah BYU game in the MWC. You might want to start worrying about stats utah, because BYU is hands down a better team, but only according to the facts (basically every statistical category this season)

At the end of the year which looks better to a national audience, an undefeated BYU team or a one loss to Oklahoma TCU?

Obviously there is a lot of football left to be played and neither scenario is likely to happen, but it is an interesting question.

will help raising BYU's SOS. It's definitely toughest opponent by far. It will be the second toughest opponent of this year.

Good luck!

If OK works its way back up to the poll from 1-3, for example, then on BCS poll, a one-loss TCU will be better than undefeated BYU (and even undefeated Utah). TCU would have beaten both top-10 BYU and top-15 Utah.
The question is would that be enough for TCU to make BCS as the first one-loss team from non-BCS conference?

SoCalUtahFan

You made me laugh. Thanks.

SoCalUtahFan

Sorry said the Cougars have earned and owned the title of pretenders for years. Does that include the previous two years?

BYU by 21 over TCU
BTW both Collie and Harline are still open! Just remember that my friends up north.

You must be putting me on! Stephen F. Austin on the schedule?...Who is this silly sports columnist? The isn't any team in the MWC who can lay claim to any significant stats. The only game TCU has played to compare with BYU is New Mexico at New Mexico, a 26-3 win. That tells me BYU is in serious trouble, simply because the Y is not a good roadie team, and they don't run scores up on New Mexico, because of coaching ties with Bronco. If the Y cannot shake off their mediocre offense woes of the past 2 games, they will fall to a silly TCU team. The MWC teams are just like a lot of teams across the country.....they schedule nobodies, which does not help the attitudes of the players....that they have to suit up against good teams to improve. The MWC is a joke....including the Utes. However, I am a BYU and a Utah fan and hope for them both to be undefeated until after their showdown game on November 22.

BYU may get out of this TCU game by a whisker tomorrow. If the Y is serious about national consideration, they will blow out TCU.

I'm a lifelong Cougar fan so don't accuse me of being a big Yewt troll--I'm not.

But the fact is that BYU has struggled offensively (see UNM & USU) games and, even though the point total has been tamped down, struggled numerous times on third and long in the UNM game--they could not stop the "potent" UNM offense on numerous third and long situations.

I see this game as a big, and probably first real test, for BYU's "vaunted" offense and defense.

In the end, if I was a betting man (I'm not) I would bet money on TCU in this one. They have the means, motive (we've beat them two years in a row and are the defending champs) and opportunity (they're at home, we're not). TCU 24, BYU 14.

That won't be an issue since in order to have an undefeated BYU team you would have a TWO loss TCU team!!