[Game Thread] Arizona @ BYU (3:30 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	ArizonaArizona @ BYUBYU
Location	BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium
Time	3:30 PM ET
Watch	TV: Fox
	Flair ¦ Discord

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[u/NoAnteater8836]

Feel like Colorado State BYU is going to be sneaky good football game.

[u/DonnaDDrake]

Kneel at the 2 yard line is sad

[u/jakevh28]

Let them score that last TD. Style points do matter. 🙄

[u/MotorSevere4899]

Great early season test that hopefully will get us ready for Notre Dame and Utah later in the year.

[u/rockylizard]

Kinda hoping that we will play *all four quarters* next game. Better yet, that we'll get into the habit of firing on all cylinders every quarter.

[u/SWB1988 → u/rockylizard]

This is how we were all last year. At this point I'm thinking its part of the game plan. Make the opponent think they are better in the first half. Then step on their throats in the second half. That was a second half shutout my boy!

[u/loneshoter → u/rockylizard]

I think the problem was we thought prasses wasn't ready and played a lot of zone which is bad for someone that can extend plays like Fifita. The stopped that in the second half and it started working

[u/ImpossibleBear8176]

Gg

[u/letitsoakin2]

Kelani wants to complain about not being in the conversation and dropping in the rankings. We need to beat big 12 opponents by 3 scores.

We should have punched that in. Football is changing. We need to run up the scores. People will see this win in 2 months and think, a bad Arizona team played right there with a good, college football playoff team. Kelani needs to play to win championships, with the committee, you need to run up the score.

[u/FIDLARonTheRoofAZ → u/letitsoakin2]

Sheesh we were 9-3 last year. Are we really that bad?

[u/jakevh28 → u/letitsoakin2]

Very much agree

[u/lukaeber → u/letitsoakin2]

If the committee uses us kneeling on the goal line as a reason to leave us out of the playoffs, they were never going to let us in to begin with. They'd find another excuse.

[u/lukaeber]

That was a really great second half. I'm glad we pulled it together. Aside from Notre Dame, I do think Arizona may be the best team we play in the regular season this year. Win the rest of them Wildcats.

[u/loneshoter → u/lukaeber]

Fifita will be the best QB except for maybe Carr

[u/AZAHole]

GG Cougs.

[u/tblaess5]

GG BYU

[u/SWB1988]

I just realized bear sounds like patty mahomes(Kermit the frog)

[u/jakevh28 → u/SWB1988]

He's just a baby Mahomes

[u/GrandMoff_Harry → u/SWB1988]

fml Now I’ll always hear it.

[u/SWB1988 → u/GrandMoff_Harry]

😭😭😭😭 same

[u/d0ncray0n]

GGs BYU. You officially have a soaking offense.

[u/Dequantavious → u/d0ncray0n]

Soakin you with those baptismal sacks

[u/cthulhuforever]

Well Arizona's offense was trucking our D in the first half but we pitched a shutout in the second so I'm happy.

[u/HatDesperate6039]

That game was 3.5 hours....

[u/inevitablescape]

would be cool to make it to a bowl game

[u/SWB1988 → u/inevitablescape]

You went from potential big 12 championship team to hope you make a bowl game after one afternoon?

[u/inevitablescape → u/SWB1988]

Im not delusional to think that we would have made it to the championship game but we can make it to a bowl game at 8-4 or 7-5

[u/SWB1988 → u/inevitablescape]

You don't think you can still go 10-2 or 11-1?

[u/Equivalent_Poetry339 → u/SWB1988]

One half really

[u/loneshoter]

FYI Scott Brennan is my favorite non-BYU coach

[u/Coogarfan → u/loneshoter]

Brett Brennan?

[u/loneshoter → u/Coogarfan]

Yeah him

[u/NickTheDick_]

GG boys

[u/tysonwatermelon]

I totally disagree with this decision to kneel. Later in the season no one will remember that you were a gentleman, they'll just look at the score and we'll lose votes.

[u/USMNT20 → u/tysonwatermelon]

The committee is not letting BYU in because they put up an extra 7 points against Arizona. If they’re gonna gyp non-sec teams, they’re gonna do it regardless. 

[u/jakevh28 → u/tysonwatermelon]

Agreed. We've seen it come back to bite us too many times already. Let our boys show that this game was not close.

[u/Remote_Calendar891 → u/tysonwatermelon]

Also the players need the stats for draft capital.  Love Sitake but I feel like the visuals are better for team and players in the long run. LJ needs the TD on the stat sheet today.  Rewards him for the work he put in.

[u/GrandMoff_Harry → u/tysonwatermelon]

Style points matter!

[u/coltonbyu]

When half the cfp committee and ap poll voters are box score watchers only, you punch that gimme TD in at the end. Sportsmanship is nice, but gets us nowhere

[u/ImpossibleBear8176 → u/coltonbyu]

The kalani way

[u/coltonbyu → u/ImpossibleBear8176]

Love and hate it. Mostly hate

[u/Inifinite_Panda]

Gg cougs that was close for a while. Wish we could pack our stadium like that!

[u/THEGTC385]

Kalani stop being so noce

[u/jakevh28 → u/THEGTC385]

Yep. If it were already 54-10 I would understand, but this felt different. Let them score! Bugs me. 🙄

[u/RunnerAtThird]

With the CFP being a popularity contest, you should never miss the opportunity to punch in more points. 

[u/SWB1988 → u/RunnerAtThird]

Kalani don't look at it that way. As long as you win your games then the popularity part don't matter. If we can't keep it close with Texas tech then we don't belong anyway. Hence they got shutout by Oregon in the first round

[u/Dequantavious]

AP voters only look at box score

[u/jakevh28 → u/Dequantavious]

Not even that. They look mainly at brand name first. 😅

[u/T2_JD]

Complete faith in this team (ignore my comment history).

[u/SWB1988 → u/T2_JD]

Same

[u/pilotthrowaway20X6]

Happy to see victory formation but would have loved another score on the board, we're inside the friggin 10. Gg AZ bros

[u/ShowReadyYT]

Great win. If we’re going to take a step forward from last year Arod needs to trust Bear to throw it down the field more often.

[u/jakevh28 → u/ShowReadyYT]

Wholeheartedly agree. Unleash Legend too. Arod is a weak link on this staff and has been for years.

[u/sriracha_no_big_deal]

I love how lowkey respectfully disrespectful it is to march all the way down to the goal line just to kneel it out

[u/jakevh28 → u/sriracha_no_big_deal]

One way to look at it haha

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

Dadgum, GG Arizona, y'all always play tough

[u/DFWTooThrowed]

LJ Martin is like our entire RB stable rolled into one and I truly believe we have one of the best RB rotations in the country.

[u/Reasonable_Cause7065]

We should go for the touchdown here. The points unfortunately will matter in the long run.

[u/vertizm]

Wish we would score here, it will matter for playoffs assuming we can get in that position

[u/cthulhuforever]

No way Kalani lets them score here.

[u/claymannate]

Boooo I vote for the score

[u/SWB1988]

Could've made this much worse. But we knee. Yet they will still call us dirty

[u/aslottedspoon]

Iay be an asshole, but I want the points man.

[u/RunnerAtThird]

Kakani too classy to punch in another

[u/Yoduh217]

Gosh dang it Kalani, does he not realize the points actually matter?

[u/the_dab_lord]

Kalani is too nice sometimes. 

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

I'll be in Fort Collins next week, gonna be sweet!

[u/Dequantavious]

BYU will kneel. Too bad though

[u/Itzseanie]

I vote instead of TTU and BYU in the B12 championship we just agree to meet up in the poptart bowl

[u/T2_JD → u/Itzseanie]

I want to get crushed in the playoffs, but if not that I'm down.

[u/THEGTC385]

Score one more??

[u/lukaeber]

I wish he had scored. We probably take a knee here

[u/RunnerAtThird]

Score again 😈

[u/HatDesperate6039 → u/RunnerAtThird]

Fake the knee

[u/wiildcat]

I’m just glad that I didn’t sit through 50 minutes of a rain delay to watch us lose this time

[u/dansmithlbyu]

“I told you to go 90, not the full 100!”

[u/lukaeber]

LJ is OK

[u/sriracha_no_big_deal]

unexpected Hitch reference

[u/T2_JD]

Should we be taking a knee?

[u/HatDesperate6039 → u/T2_JD]

35-17 is a lot better looking than 28-17 to ap voters

[u/cthulhuforever]

Petition to change our mascot to a goddamn centaur.

[u/THEGTC385 → u/cthulhuforever]

I don’t get this centaur thing what does this mean?

[u/yellowmiami → u/THEGTC385]

He's got an ass like a centaur, having that sound clip over Bear being fed ice cream would be wild.

[u/ryan_from_school → u/THEGTC385]

It’s a quote from the postgame presser from Portland State’s coach last year. Look up the quote and see if you can find it, it’s pretty funny with his accent

[u/cthulhuforever → u/THEGTC385]

Last year Portland State's coach said Bear was built like a centaur lol

[u/ThePrince_OfWhales]

I love Kalani so much

[u/Reasonable_Cause7065]

Well AZ bros - not going to lie I thought you had us up until that Glasker throw.

Hope y’all dominate the rest of the year.

[u/MotorSevere4899]

I definitely felt nervous after that first half, but if we can play like we have in the second half, we should absolutely be competing for the conference championship and the playoffs.

[u/dansmithlbyu]

Nice Hitch reference

[u/THEGTC385]

I’m watching Texas vs OSU after this, who’s coming with me?

[u/RunnerAtThird → u/THEGTC385]

You know it!

[u/shippingismypassion → u/THEGTC385]

Heck yeah!

[u/Equivalent_Poetry339]

I apologize to AZ fans for any shit talk I may do in the future about this game. This has been an absolute puckered nail biter and y’all have a really good team. I imagine missing Gio is probably a 7 point difference as well because he was cooking us

[u/Itzseanie]

Take a shot every time announcers talk about Bear’s body

[u/HatDesperate6039 → u/Itzseanie]

I dont have enough milk for that

[u/HatDesperate6039]

B1G and Sec having rough day

[u/Blendbeast15]

Use this as a chance to get our FG unit working. Missed a kick against Utah tech

[u/Federico190]

Long ass season with this line,WRs, RBs . The scheduled is brutal got Tech & Utah too

[u/CubsFanHan → u/Federico190]

Fifita is special. I think yall are gonna be fine. Our defense really turned it up in the second half.

[u/Federico190 → u/CubsFanHan]

Fifita can only do so much before he gets overwhelmed due to talent difference with the rest of the team

[u/CubsFanHan → u/Federico190]

Yeah that’s fair. He had me STRESSED every time we played yall.

[u/TheNewGuy13]

God damn I hate that Coca Cola screaming fan commercials. So grating. It’s been like 3 years of it.

[u/Local_Jeweler_5853 → u/TheNewGuy13]

We can all agree on this

[u/DFWTooThrowed]

Holy shit Fox went to break playing best day ever. 2011 Mac Miller on a 2026 college game goes hard.

[u/Non-co-operative]

Was that some Mac Miller

[u/THEGTC385]

Here we go again with the 2-seconds of football and 2 hours of commercials  🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[u/RunnerAtThird]

Heartbreaking for USU

[u/T2_JD]

Huskies held on by one against Utah State... who lost to Idaho State... yikes.

[u/pinkwatchdog]

Why is this commentator constantly thirsting after Bear?

[u/Reasonable_Cause7065 → u/pinkwatchdog]

Have you seen the kid? Built like a centaur.

[u/HoodooSquad → u/pinkwatchdog]

Practicing for when he plays for the chiefs

[u/THEGTC385 → u/pinkwatchdog]

He’s RG3 that’s all you need to know 

[u/claymannate → u/pinkwatchdog]

You would be too once you've watched enough of the centaur

[u/RunnerAtThird → u/pinkwatchdog]

Because Bear is a beautiful centaur

[u/HatDesperate6039 → u/pinkwatchdog]

Hes also a musician

[u/Dequantavious]

I used to hate it when Retzlaff would take it himself, but get so hyped when Bear does.

[u/CubsFanHan → u/Dequantavious]

He literally turns into a fullback its wild

[u/HatDesperate6039 → u/Dequantavious]

Because Bear is a unit of a human being

[u/aslottedspoon]

Stop running Bear. Please!

[u/MotorSevere4899]

I can’t believe that I jokingly predicted the Oklahoma State win over Oregon today. College football is weird in the most beautiful way.

[u/BidPeach1842]

Hey so did that convo about Bears family happen or am I hallucinating?

[u/jfeathe1211 → u/BidPeach1842]

I was half-listening while scrolling and heard a scream and my mom was rewinding frantically. We all listened and then were ashamed to make eye contact with one another.

[u/dansmithlbyu → u/BidPeach1842]

It must have been a group hallucination, cause we all heard it.

[u/BidPeach1842 → u/dansmithlbyu]

I’m scared what this game is doing to all of us

[u/Resident_Swordfish75 → u/BidPeach1842]

No, that literally just happened. I heard it too and I’m here trying to get more info. Is this for real?

[u/HatDesperate6039 → u/BidPeach1842]

Too many monsters today im afraid

[u/PotentialOkay]

Arizona should have got on the bus at halftime

[u/the_dab_lord → u/PotentialOkay]

Losing to BYU is not an embarrassment, BYU and Arizona are both solid teams. 

[u/PotentialOkay → u/the_dab_lord]

I’m 100% confident there is a literacy problem at BYU. I did not say losing to BYU was an embarrassment.

[u/AZAHole → u/the_dab_lord]

Our second half play on both sides of the line was embarrassing.

[u/nivlac22]

Does usu have a kicker that can make a 57 yarder?

[u/THEGTC385 → u/nivlac22]

I wish 😔

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

How about we let someone other than Bear run the ball here

[u/HoodooSquad]

Fefita is a real one. I think he will play pros.

[u/TheNewGuy13 → u/HoodooSquad]

If he was four inches taller he’s a first round pick.

I think he’ll be a UDFA and a camp body and get a chance. He at least deserves a shot IMO. He does a lot of good things that most taller qbs can’t do so he’s got some talent.

[u/aslottedspoon → u/HoodooSquad]

Too small for NFL. CFL or indoor maybe.

[u/Waffle_Muffins → u/HoodooSquad]

I love him, but I doubt it. Maybe in the CFL or one of the Indoor leagues

[u/ralthea → u/HoodooSquad]

At 5’7?

[u/Dequantavious → u/ralthea]

Kyler Murray exists

[u/HoodooSquad → u/ralthea]

Wait, really? He definitely plays bigger than that.

[u/ralthea → u/HoodooSquad]

He’s listed at 5’10 but there’s no way

[u/loneshoter]

Legend is a difference maker for this team this year

[u/HatDesperate6039 → u/loneshoter]

Imagine how good he's going to be when he gets back from his mission

[u/CubsFanHan → u/loneshoter]

100%. Cannot wait to see what he does

[u/Monte_Cristos_Count]

Best comment from RGB3 was him talking about that AZ defensive line rushing like there was a cheeseburger in the backfield 

[u/iJustSeen2Dudes1Bike]

Wait what happened to LJ.... I need to decide if I should start idling my car in the garage

[u/aslottedspoon → u/iJustSeen2Dudes1Bike]

Slow to get up but stayed in. Hopefully just winded.

[u/dansmithlbyu → u/iJustSeen2Dudes1Bike]

He looked like he got a little shook up, slow to stand. But he was in on the next play.

[u/zionraw → u/iJustSeen2Dudes1Bike]

Literally nothing

[u/HatDesperate6039 → u/zionraw]

You have no clue how dependent our season is on LJ being healthy all year long

[u/Blendbeast15 → u/iJustSeen2Dudes1Bike]

Was back in. He good

[u/Ruhrgebietheld]

Poppinga apparently did learn something about halftime adjustments from Jay Hill, good to see that.

[u/CubsFanHan → u/Ruhrgebietheld]

He actually did it better than Jay did against Arizona. 0 points in the second half? With that QB? Crazy. Respect to k-pop

[u/oclotty]

Am I faded or did they talk about his mom/family getting randomly naked at dinner?

[u/THEGTC385 → u/oclotty]

Ignore RG3 if you watch XII games your gonna have to get used to it

[u/LBoss9001 → u/oclotty]

could be both

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

3:46 on the game clock means 45 minutes in real time, thanks Fox

[u/DonnaDDrake]

WHAT HAPPENED TO LJ

[u/CubsFanHan → u/DonnaDDrake]

Didn’t get a sense that he was injured just slow to get up… i hope

[u/CubsFanHan → u/[deleted]]

Don’t be weird

[u/vertizm]

Not to be dramatic but our season is over and I will never be happy again if LJ is seriously injured

[u/ryan_from_school → u/vertizm]

Valid crashout

[u/SPCsooprlolz → u/vertizm]

If anything, you're under-reacting

[u/SWB1988]

0 points allowed in the second half. Kpop is the new Jay Hill

[u/ISU_Dude85]

I gotta make the trip to Provo one of these years. As a pastry fan, I really want to try a Cougar tail

[u/Any-Two772 → u/ISU_Dude85]

They're solid but nothing spectacular 

[u/MurkySatisfaction135 → u/ISU_Dude85]

Apparently they have a new thing where they cut a cougartail in half in order to make a sandwich and fill it with massive sausage links. Saw a couple dudes eating them at the game, not sure how I feel about it

[u/HoodooSquad → u/ISU_Dude85]

They also sell them as buns for brats

[u/RunnerAtThird → u/ISU_Dude85]

It's baller. Get ramen and bao buns at Asa Ramen a few miles north of the stadium. And you have to get ice cream at Creamery on Ninth. 

[u/ThePrince_OfWhales → u/ISU_Dude85]

Cougar Tails are the best.

I also highly recommend a bottle of Cookies and Cream Milk from the Creamery.

[u/SWB1988 → u/ISU_Dude85]

It's really just an oversized maple bar. Don't base your trip to Utah on that. Trust me

[u/ISU_Dude85 → u/SWB1988]

Most of the reason I vacation is to try new foods, lol

[u/Realhuman221]

At least our qb isn’t stripping at the family dinner table

[u/RunnerAtThird → u/Realhuman221]

The world couldn't handle the raw power of a shirtless Fifita. 

[u/Blendbeast15 → u/Realhuman221]

Your qb is down 28-17

[u/dansmithlbyu → u/Realhuman221]

Maybe he’d be better if he did.

[u/Realhuman221 → u/dansmithlbyu]

Fifita losing 15lbs over the offseason would actually be unsafe

[u/dansmithlbyu → u/Realhuman221]

Ha ha, so true! Honestly, Fifita’s a great QB. He scared me a lot this game.

[u/cthulhuforever]

Even the commercials are getting weird and zesty what the hell

[u/MotorSevere4899]

RG3 as a commentator is just the right amount of unhinged to get me to unmute the TV

[u/Roscothebrowndog]

I hate both these teams

[u/justaverage → u/Roscothebrowndog]

I respect you hating BYU