Official UNI-BYU prediction thread.

[raidingtombs]

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Why do you only bring up the last 2 years? What was BYU's home record the few years before that?

The home record was well emabrassing in previous years. the reason he brings up the last two years is because our new HC which is a very good HC has been with the team for 3 seasons. the first season was well a cleaning of the house and adjusting the philosophy of the team year. He had a lot of work to do to turn around the program from the massive decline that it was in at the time of his arrival as HC. the fact it took him only one year was actually quite amazing, it commonly takes some coaches 2 to 3 years to turn around a program as far down as BYU was previously. so he chose the past 2 years because that is how long our current coach has been running our program the right way minus the rebiulding season he had to have when he arrived.

[Sundance]

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xx97, I cringe every time a new post comes out of your hole... I pray you are simply a Utah Ute troll just trying to make BYU fans look like insensitive p***ks.

And what's with this "we" stuff, trust me Bronco is not a bull craper... he has respect for the traditions and success of UNI and he most definitely doesn't want the likes of you "helping" BYU out on this site. Please don't "we" yourself anymore when referring to BYU...it's embarrassing.

I think BYU wins this game... right around the spread of 21.....
BYU 35
UNI 13

[GonzoCat]

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Gonzo the Panter fan prediction:

UNI 27
BYU 24




Gonzo the realist prediction:

BYU 38
UNI 13


As I said several weeks ago our biggest problems will be the altitude, which everyone seems to disregard until they see guys sucking air, the quality of opponent, and the inexperience of our O line.

[TheMacHouse]

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The home record was well emabrassing in previous years. the reason he brings up the last two years is because our new HC which is a very good HC has been with the team for 3 seasons. the first season was well a cleaning of the house and adjusting the philosophy of the team year. He had a lot of work to do to turn around the program from the massive decline that it was in at the time of his arrival as HC. the fact it took him only one year was actually quite amazing, it commonly takes some coaches 2 to 3 years to turn around a program as far down as BYU was previously. so he chose the past 2 years because that is how long our current coach has been running our program the right way minus the rebiulding season he had to have when he arrived.

I knew they had strugggled the few years before these last 2. I'm sorry to all BYU fans I was just trying to get xx97 going since even BYU fans don't like him. I should stop feeding the troll and maybe he will go away.

[SteinPizza]

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Even more so when you are going to face a very deep and expeienced D-line that is hard to stop even when they bring only 3 men in on a rush. i can see you have talent in your back field but if your line struggles to open holes or misses asignments or struggles to adquately read the defense and adjust block patterns even having fast and talented RB will find it hard to get many good runs. and if your QB struggles through his progression or has little time due to the above mentioned reasons for your new O-line I find it hard to belive you will be very efficinet on offense. i mean even good teams struggle with a new line starting so many new players and this will be their first game of the season which makes it even more dificult because often times teams take a few games to get thier play down on the line when it is so new. so once again I ask you why do you think you will be so potent offensively?

Again, I didn't realize we were playing the '85 Bears. I agree, Dan Hampton, Richard Dent, and The Fridge will be extremely tough to block in a 3 man rush.

I think our O Line will improve timing/teamwork as the game goes along. If we can find a way to get the ball in the hands of our better skill players in good situations, they can do damage to BYU or anyone else for that matter. I'm not saying I expect an overtime game...what I expect is that UNI will potentially (key word) find a way to move the ball and score a few points over the course of 4 quarters.

I'm in total agreement that breaking in a new O Line is almost as difficult as the new QB. What helps is that all the people in question have been in the program for a while. If it doesn't happen Saturday, the good news is we'll have film to make corrections, and a conference season ahead for everyone to gel. Same goes for the new players you're breaking in on D.

[Dingo]

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BYU will not score more than 40 against our defense.

I agree with raidingtombs. If BYU gets up by 3 TDs by the end of the third, Bronco will not run up the score. However, I think it is pretty likely that BYU will score over 40, because I expect UNI to keep it competitive for the first half if not more. If that happens, BYU will keep the foot on the accelerator into the 4th quarter.

If UNI wants to win this game, they're going to have to do it with their offense, not their defense. BYU's offense is experienced, cohesive and very productive with a lot of weapons - an excellent QB, very good receivers, an excellent tight end, quality backs with great hands and most importantly, an excellent and very experienced O line. There really aren't any weaknesses in the offense aside from depth at a couple of spots.

UNI should be able to score on BYU's defense, because there are a lot of new guys who lack experience on that side of the ball. However, UNI has some new guys at key positions on offense, which will make it difficult to keep up with BYU offensively for four quarters. I expect BYU to pull away sometime in the late third or early fourth quarter.

[BlueHair]

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35-3 at halftime. Bronco calls off the dogs and the final score ends up:

BYU - 45
UNI- 9

[Dingo]

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FWIW, here's what a few others are predicting...

http://cfn.scout.com/2/776626.html
http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/weekly_picks.html
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/column...uce&id=3554532
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn...c.php?t=449840

Average Score: BYU 41 UNI 12

Doesn't mean anything Saturday at 4:00pm. BYU will have to come prepared to play.

[clenz]

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FWIW, here's what a few others are predicting...

http://cfn.scout.com/2/776626.html

http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/weekly_picks.html

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=feldman_bruce&id=3554532

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=449840

Average Score: BYU 41 UNI 12

Doesn't mean anything Saturday at 4:00pm. BYU will have to come prepared to play.

I know those don't mean anything, nor do any other predictions...but honestly none of them really have anything to gain by picking an FCS school so they won't. They also know little about the FCS other than ASS U.

[TravelingPanther]

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Eastern Washington is a pass team with a mediocre at best run game.

We run a spread offense with a fast QB with a strong arm.

Apples and oranges.

[TravelingPanther]

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Uni 24/31
byu 28

[unigriff]

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I said it all week....UNI is 3 TD underdogs...its time for a good upset of BCS team run...UNI +4 for Saturday...

[Dingo]

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I said it all week....UNI is 3 TD underdogs...its time for a good upset of BCS team run...UNI +4 for Saturday...

"Well, good luck with that!" - SBSP

[TravelingPanther]

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35-3 at halftime. Bronco calls off the dogs and the final score ends up:

BYU - 45
UNI- 9

Wow, I thought you guys were educated football fans.

[TravelingPanther]

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I hope you guys who are completely uneducated about Div I football as a whole come back to eat your crow. I'll be on your board taking mine if we get blown out.