BYU 34 TCU 17

[mcgregor]

BYU will show up mentally prepared. They've savored the sour taste in their mouth for a full year. They are hungry. TCU crushed our hopes of a BCS breakthrough last year, but now the tables are turned. TCU hasn't faced an opponent this year nearly as good as BYU. They are sitting pretty in the Top 10. They know they carry a full stable of superb athletes. They know they are typically well-coached.

But this Saturday, they will face a BYU team will more speed than last year, more plays in the playbook, more focus, and 64,000 fans cheering them on. Max Hall will be razor sharp, and have a breakout game against a quality opponent (since we've seem to have forgotten about OU). Russell Tialavea will be there to ease pressure off Jan and a healthy Denney. Brandon Bradley will be back in full force.

Despite the coach-speak, the coaches and players have prepped for this game well beyond this week. On Saturday, they will show it.

BYU 34
TCU 17

[Sammich]

I'd love to see a re-run of 2006. Hope you're right in every respect!

[Cougarfan87]

I, for one, am more than a little worried about this game. After the Oklahoma game, I thought our defense was going to be stellar this year, similar to the upgrade from '05 to '06. Then FSU happened. The games against CSU, USU, and SDSU have done nothing to assuage my fears that the defense might not be that good. It seems to me that we are on the same old cycle where we have to rely on the offense to win games. Perhaps if there was something someone could point to that explains the defensive drop off from the OU game to now, I would feel much more comfortable. But I haven't seen any one thing other than we played really well against OU--with a nastiness that we weren't going to let anyone beat us--and I haven't noted that level of intensity since.

That has me worried for both TCU and the Ewe. Even without our best games, we can beat the rest of the teams on the schedule (though we have to bring at least a B game for some of them). I think we need an A game from the defense to beat TCU because their defense is nasty, and I think Dalton can cause us fits. Here's to hoping the defense that played Oklahoma shows up from whatever vacation they have been on. The offense has been there slugging it out.

[hawkwing]

BYU will show up mentally prepared. They've savored the sour taste in their mouth for a full year. They are hungry. TCU crushed our hopes of a BCS breakthrough last year, but now the tables are turned. TCU hasn't faced an opponent this year nearly as good as BYU. They are sitting pretty in the Top 10. They know they carry a full stable of superb athletes. They know they are typically well-coached.

But this Saturday, they will face a BYU team will more speed than last year, more plays in the playbook, more focus, and 64,000 fans cheering them on. Max Hall will be razor sharp, and have a breakout game against a quality opponent (since we've seem to have forgotten about OU). Russell Tialavea will be there to ease pressure off Jan and a healthy Denney. Brandon Bradley will be back in full force.

Despite the coach-speak, the coaches and players have prepped for this game well beyond this week. On Saturday, they will show it.

BYU 34
TCU 17

McGregor this reminds me of your predictions of the UCLA game last year, and I remember arriving at the stadium and walking around under the east stands where I saw Coach Anae walking around with a huge grin on his face, joking with the few fans (this was a good 2 hours before kickoff). I thought 'wow, mcgregor was right, this team knows they have prepared for this team and will come out sharp.' I hope BYU is just as prepared against TCU and dismantles them.

[ABYUFAN]

McGregor you are way more optomistic than me, why should I be Johny Raincloud? I previously predicted BYU 31 TCU 25; I'd be happy to be wrong and you be right on this one!

[Mars]

BYU 21
TCU 24

Andy Dalton is left free to complete 15-yard passes all game long, and we still haven't learned how to stop the direct snap to the RB. Hughes gets his against Max Hall, and we lose the turnover battle. Kerley puts TCU in good field position with his returns all night.

Here's hoping mcgregor is right and I'm wrong.

[CAFB_04-12]

Because I can't find it in my heart to pick against BYU for any reason, I pick BYU 21 TCU 20. But I'm afraid that we showed up for our big game already against OU. Can BYU show up twice in a season and beat two top 10 teams in one season? That would be an especially great season with the only blemish against a bad FSU team.

[imuakahuku]

BYU will show up mentally prepared. They've savored the sour taste in their mouth for a full year. They are hungry. TCU crushed our hopes of a BCS breakthrough last year, but now the tables are turned. TCU hasn't faced an opponent this year nearly as good as BYU. They are sitting pretty in the Top 10. They know they carry a full stable of superb athletes. They know they are typically well-coached.

But this Saturday, they will face a BYU team will more speed than last year, more plays in the playbook, more focus, and 64,000 fans cheering them on. Max Hall will be razor sharp, and have a breakout game against a quality opponent (since we've seem to have forgotten about OU). Russell Tialavea will be there to ease pressure off Jan and a healthy Denney. Brandon Bradley will be back in full force.

Despite the coach-speak, the coaches and players have prepped for this game well beyond this week. On Saturday, they will show it.

BYU 34
TCU 17

Don't know if they score 34 but I have a feeling that we win by 17 too.

[Italics]

BYU by 3 in double OT

[kiwibacon]

BYU by 3 in double OT

My heart could not take a game that intense today...I feel sick just thinking about the emotional roller coaster a game like that would be. :(

I don't prognosticate too often but today I will say

BYU by 7.