The BYU Cougars are 1-0 after they blew out the Southern Illnois Salukis 41-13 Saturday night at LaVell Edwards Stadium and Jake Hatch said that his takeaways after his film review lead him to the believe that this is a BYU football program that is ready to surprise folks in the Big 12 Conference as they showed their resolve in beginning the season with a dominant showing.

Jake then talked about the latest Football Percentage Index numbers as they improved their chances of reaching a bowl game as well as improving their odds of upsetting the SMU Mustangs Friday night when they take on SMU in an ACC-Big 12 clash and Kalani Sitake will be looking to show that Brigham Young University (BYU) is a force to be reckoned with.

Finally, the show wrapped up with some BYU recruiting news as a pair of teammates from Maple Mountain High School in Jag Ioane and Uhila Matekitonga Finefeuiaki Wolfgramm as they got a start on the 2027 recruiting cycle along with notes on the results over the weekend for BYU women's soccer and BYU women's volleyball over the weekend.

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