Perfect Week

Well I missed last week, but anything I could have put on my list happened, with the exception of TCU losing to OU. I believe that game alone will keep BYU out of the NC game. Sorry Cougars. Not that I don't think they could compete, they can, but the MWC is still wrongfully perceived as a weak conference. TCU winning and then us beating them would make BYU look better than any Big-12 team, if OU won the conference championship which is likely. Here are the big games for the Cougars this week that aren't in Logan...

1. Root for the Ute! - Yes, we must root for the Runnin' Utes tonight! If they beat OSU, and we can beat UT, there is NO WAY that USC jumps BYU in the polls. THIS IS HUGE! Put on your red for one day Cougar fans...

2. Pitt upsets USF - The Bulls are getting a lot of national attention and have climbed within a few spots of BYU. Hopefully the overlook a 3-1 Pitt team and revive the "Big LEast" conversation again.

3. Texas loses to Colorado - This is highly unlikely, but TX is on the road and the two games after this saturday...Oklahoma and Missouri! Colorado "upset" a WV that somehow re-emerged in the rankings, but then got spanked by an average FSU team. (Thus proving, how bad the Big East really is)

4. KSU shocks TTU - This is even less likely than #3, because KSU has not played anyone even though they have a 3-1 record...but neither has TTU. They are on the road, against a team that at least knows how to win a football game, which is more than can be said of their previous opponents.

5. Ohio State loses to Wisconsin - Voters are going to be quick to forgive OSU's loss to USC if the Trojans keep winning and OSU continues to look re-born with Pryor running the show. A Wisconsin win makes UT look even better considering they beat Mich, who beat Wisconsin, and would really cast a dark cloud over the Big-10. However part of me wants OSU to win out because the voters wouldn't put a one-loss OSU team ahead of BYU mostly because of OSU's inability to play well in the big games. (especially if UT beats Oregon State, who beat USC, who beat OSU) The perfect scenario is OSU losing this game in a tight one, and then beating upstart PSU at home in a few weeks thus dropping them a few spots.

I really don't think 2-4 are likely. The Wisc/OSU game is a toss up, and either way is not a huge deal. Even if OSU wins out, as long as UT beats Oregon State, there is no way voters take OSU or USC over BYU...

I've never been such a huge UT fan! (only for about 3 hours this evening!)

As a side note...BYU cannot let all this press and NC talk get to their heads. They cannot come out flat. They need to POUND Utah State. This is almost a lose/lose situation for BYU. Unless they kill them, it won't look good. Utah State is perceived as one of the worst CF programs in the country and anything less than a 30-40 win will be move the Cougars down in the polls.