Rivals

Scott Mitchell and Jason Buck are talking about their alma maters’ skipping out on a few rivalry games to play other opponents. It is reported that Utah will play games against the Florida Gators. As much as is pains Jason, he understands why the game doesn’t carry as much bang for Utah as playing an SEC team on the East Coast. BYU has scheduled games with Central Florida. Scott has his own ideas about why Utah is doing this and it is because of the Pac-12 needing an image change.

Head Coach Of BYU Kalani Sitake has had two big Power-5 wins already this season against Tennessee and USC. Some BYU fans say he should be given a contract extension right now. Others disagree and think he needs to do more to earn an extension. Scott and Jason talk BYU’s matchup this week. They take on the Washington Huskies. Jason Buck, a former Cougar, thinks BYU has a possibility of winning this because Jeff Grimes has shown improvement over the first few games. Jason and Scott agree that Kalani has a big heart and is good for BYU.

Number 10 ranked University of Utah head to LA to take on USC. The Utes haven’t won at the LA Coliseum in 103 years. Jason Buck thinks Utah will win because of how poor the coaching was against his alma mater, BYU. Clay Helton is the head coach at USC and his name is being thrown around as being on the coaching hot seat. The thing about the USC v Utah game that worries Scott is that USC always has amazing athletes whether they are well coached or not. He also says you never know what you will get a true freshman quarterback like the Trojans have right now. Scott and Jason talk about what Utah HAS to do to come away with a win.

Ranking low is usually bad but not for this one. Utah is 119th in the country for offensive snaps played. This benefits Utah as they head into a Friday game against BYU. Usually it would be a concern for coaches to have one less day of rest or preparation but Kyle Whittingham isn’t concerned about the physical rest because his team has slowed the game down so much to the point they are playing the least amount of snaps out of every Pac-12 team. 

Zach Dawe #99 and a defensive end for the Cougars threw his opponent's show during BYU’s game against Tennessee. We have our own former defensive end #99 Jason Buck who has some similar stories. Is it the position? Is it the number? Scott and Jason have a good laugh about this story but say he is lucky there was no penalty called on the shoe-throw.

BYU went into Knoxville and beat Tennessee in double over time. Jason Buck, former Cougar, said it was a very important, much needed win. The Cougars hit Tennessee at the right after they lost against Georgia State. Jason and Scott talk about the elementary level mistakes Tennessee made during the game. Scott talks about Zach Wilson’s key role for the Cougars. Someone with his talent can make a break at least two wins per season for a team.

BYU plays 24th ranked USC this weekend. The University of Utah plays USC the following week. Scott and Jason discuss how this game will impact the Utah v. USC game. Scott wonders if Utah playing an easier game against Idaho State this week is good or bad leading up to their first Pac-12 match-up. The consensus: Utah will get more advantage out of the BYU, USC film. Jason predicts that BYU head coach Kalani Sitake will send some tips Kyle Whittingham’s way. 

Scott Mitchell, former quarterback, has a saying about playing quarterback, “live to play another down.” One way you live to play another down is to slide. It can help quarterbacks avoid getting hit. Scott and Jason would tell Wilson to slide if they were his coach. You don’t want your quarterback to take more hits than he has to.

An ESPN host gained some traction when he talked about the BYU football team being a great missionary tool for the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. Scott and Jason completely agree, when BYU won the National Championship in 1984 baptisms in the church went up. It is no secret that BYU Football draws a crowd no matter where they are playing nationwide.

Jason Buck is frustrated by his alma mater. He doesn’t think they lived up to their potential in the season opener against Utah. He thinks Ty’Son Williams should have had more chances to carry the football. The guys talk about they things they know for sure about BYU and the things that are still question marks as they head to play Tennessee this weekend.