Comments about ‘BYU football: Rested and ready to return to notoriously hostile Laramie’

Go Beat the POKES, then. . . the LOBOS, then the FALCONS, then the UTES! Then, go to VEGAS and BEAT Probably OREGON ST.

Somehow, some way, a Ute fan is about to say something really stupid about BYU, further displaying their little brother syndrome.


Ladies and Gentlemen:

Little brother....

I guess our chances at a great year are gone. But. . . we still have a shot at another good 11-2 season. I agree with the first poster. It's hard to say who we would end up playing in the Las Vegas Bowl, assuming we win out and TCU goes to a BCS Bowl. Oregon St. would be a tough, tough opponent. I think it would be a nice test and a good win if we got to play them and win.

This just needs to be another good year so that we can decently pave the way for Jake Heaps and Co. to come in and finally be the guys to take us to the BCS. Not necessarily this next year, but in the years to come.

Go Cougars!

I am reading an article about BYU football, and what do I read? BYU players talking about the Utes. BYU fans commenting about the Utes. This story is about the Cougars!! Quit bringing up the Utes!! It has nothing to do with them!! Geez.

Obsession: you're reading an awful lot into a couple of comments that reference Utah. Who's really the obsessed one here?

Regarding BYU FAN @ 9:46:

First, you're probably just a Ute troll. But, just in case, BYU is not going to play in Vegas again this season. It could happen, sure, but no matter how they finish, the Vegas Bowl has pretty much said they are going with another team, if at all possible. And BYU will welcome it. Both parties are ready for a break after four straight years together.

I thought this article was going to be on the poor sportsmanship of the Wyo fans. They should be in the WAC, not the MWC. They should be greatful that BYU, TCU, Utah and Air Force would travel there to play. My local school, UTEP, was left out of the MWC. They have the same quality of sports knowlege and sportsmanship as Wyo. My vote is to throw them out and pick up Boise State

... it was only a matter of time until some Cougar fan brought up Jake Heaps. Sheesh, you people need to at least let the guy put on a BYU uniform before you start piling on all the expectations, realistic and unrealistic alike.

FYI: Heaps' team lost a couple of games and lost in the first round of the state playoffs, though to an unbeaten squad. And blasphemy though it may be around Provo to say so, Heaps threw four interceptions in nine games. Hey, INTs happen when you're a QB. Detmer threw a few himself.

My point: Anyone expecting The Next Peyton Manning (especially the full-blown pro version) in Cougar Blue will have a good, LONG wait. Heaps is still human--AND he still has to win the nod over Riley Nelson. Don't give him the Heisman quite yet.

I won't complain if Heaps leads the Cougs to the BCS, should that happen. But it'll take more than a star QB to get there. (Consistently tough defense, for one thing?) So I also won't scream for Bronco's head if he decides Nelson's earned the job next year.

Nearly every comment mentions the Utes. Why? Are we Ute haters or Cougar fans?

Hopefully it's not your typical November Laramie weather on Saturday. That could be worrisome for the Cougs.

Holy crow Wayne. How we would like to dump Wyoming or CSU for a Boise State...

Vegas probably wanted to see a team from the conference would win their bowl game. I am still upset at Mendenhall for only using 6 of the 15 scheduled practice times the Vegas Bowl committee arranged. It didn't help when he and his players didn't show up for our pep rally. Small wonder BYU wasn't invited back , no matter what their record is. Cougar fans are always jumping ahead , we still have games to play yet, Wyoming could surprise us and Air Force is never a given.

Famous quote: I'd rather be a loser from Utah and live in Utah, than a winner from Wyoming and live in Wyoming. At least he was correct on that assumption!

I don't believe BYU should be ranked at all. Two losses at home, and blow outs as well. Then the coach says maybe we weren't prepared as we should be.
If you play TCU AND FSU how much more motivation do you need to be prepared as possible?

Reading some of the post it looks as though BYU has already beaten Wyoming, Not so fast, Utah had a tough time with the Pokes at home and I can see BYU falling to them and Air force, No this isn't a UTE fan Either, Just don't count the games before they are played.

True Blew has it right. We still have games to play. BYU has the potential to beat every team still on the schedule, but they always struggle with Utah and Air Force is doing some good things this year. We need both offense and defense playing together and doing their best in all the remaining games, instead of just having half of our players showing up for a game. Go Cougs! Show us you really want to win the rest of your season.

Thanks for coming, drive safely.

Don't speed, you'll get ticketed for 10-15 over unlike the SLC metro area.

Cougars gonna get spurred by the Cowboys.

Halls a joke, start getting quotes from Pitta again...

"Anytime you go to Laramie in late October or November, it's always adventurous," said coach Bronco Mendenhall. "You just prepare for the best. You really can't overemphasize it. Otherwise it can interfere with your execution and the mindset of your team. You just go up and play."

What in the world is Mr. Mendenhall talking about? What is "it?"

When is the national championship game that BYU is playing?
Is there an airport rally to send the team off?

Why are our fans bringing up the utes?

I agree Wayne, BSU needs to be in the MWC. What is taking Craig Thompson so long?

re: Speaking of Obsessions: I'm pretty sure Heaps lost in the state championship game because his team's defense couldn't hold after he threw for three touchdowns. The other loss (+2 or 3 of his 4 interception on the year) was to Oaks Christian, a very good and nationally ranked california high school team with several D-1 commits. I'm not one of those fans that worships the ground that Heaps walks on, but I'm appropriately excited that he's joining the program and I think you should at least get your facts straight if you want to reduce expectations.

In other news, good to see BYU back in the top-25 after their first week out in over two years. Hopefully BYU can roll to a 10-2 season and beat up on whoever they get stuck with in the Poinsettia/Vegas bowl (I know thompson said BYU wouldn't go to the Vegas bowl again this year, but when has Thompson ever known what he's talking about?).