Colton Potter

BYU went 11-2 last year. Stumbled a little down the stretch but bounced back incredibly well from a 5-7 first year in the Big 12. BYU had high expectations, projected to be a top 15 team entering the preseason but lost their quarterback in August and turned to a true freshman at QB who joined the team in May. Way too much was put into the loss of Jake Retzlaff at QB by people outside of BYU. Bear has certainly exceeded expectations and is a big reason they are 10-1 but the biggest reason is because BYU has a GREAT TEAM. Balanced, efficient, well-coached. The obsession from the committee on blowing horrible teams out and losing close games to good teams is asinine. BYU has played a lot of really good teams this season. I would contend it is more impressive to go 10-1 against BYU’s schedule than 9-2 against Notre Dame’s. Losing to the two best teams on your schedule shouldn’t be rewarded. BYU went 1-1 against the two best teams they played. The Tech loss was bad but why does Alabama get a pass for a loss to Florida State but BYU doesn’t for losing to the No. 5 team in the country? Oregon gets credit for wins over Penn State and Iowa because we thought they were good at the time. BYU gets knocked because of close wins to Arizona and Iowa State because people thought they weren’t great. BYU has a top 5 resume in the country. Sure they aren’t a top 10 power rated team but let’s reward teams that over perform, not teams that under perform because of “eye test” and Vegas and power ratings. Assuming BYU beats UCF, BYU is a playoff worthy team regardless of what happens in Arlington and it is ridiculous that isn’t a given.

BYU should have jumped offside on purpose on 2nd and 1. Would have saved a timeout

Bear's stats in wins over ranked teams compared to losses to ranked teams: Completed 65% of passes in wins --> 60% in losses 3 TD/2 INT in wins --> 1 TD/3 INT in losses >85 more pass yds per game in wins >30 more rush yds per game in wins 4 rush/rec TD in wins --> 0 in losses

In each of Utah's two losses to ranked teams with Dampier at quarterback (vs Texas Tech, at BYU), Dampier has: Attempted 35+ pass attempts Has thrown an INT Less than 75 rush yds & 0 rush TD

In last year's ranked vs ranked matchup in Provo... Bear: 13/22 166 pass yds 1 TD/0 INT 64 rush yds 1 rush TD Dampier: 20/36 244 pass yds 2 TD/1 INT 64 rush yds 0 rush TD BYU won 24-21...advantage Bear

Bear Bachmeier and Devon Dampier have each played against 5 ranked teams as starting QB's at BYU and Utah and have pretty similar stat lines in those games: Bear: 63.4% comp 203.6 pass yds 4 TD/5 INT 23.8 rush yds 3 rush TD 3-2 record Dampier: 60.1% comp 185.0 pass yds 4 TD/6 INT 87.8 rush yds 5 rush TD 2-3 record

No. 9 BYU at No. 3 Utah on Saturday will feature two dynamic quarterbacks and good chance the team that gets better QB play will win the game THREAD

"Have to be in the same pod to be compared head-to-head" is just so stupid. YOU MADE THE PODS. Putting this guy in front of a camera is the worst thing the committee can do each week.

Notice not a single SEC team is ranked lower in the CFP than they are in the CFP...hmmm who is running the playoff again?