BYU Football Countdown: Player 86

BYU Football Countdown: Player 86 – Where was he?

By Adam Gibby | Jun 4, 2019

LINCOLN, NE - SEPTEMBER 5: Wide receiver Mitch Mathews #10 of the Brigham Young Cougars catches the game winning touchdown in front of linebacker Luke Gifford #12 and safety Nate Gerry #25 of the Nebraska Cornhuskers during their game at Memorial Stadium on September 5, 2015 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Eric Francis/Getty Images) /

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We are now only 86 days away until the kickoff of the 2019 BYU Football season.

What if BYU beats Utah? The last time it happened, we were all rocking out to the songs Poker Face, Boom Boom Pow and Just Dance. Lebron James hadn’t left for the Heat yet, and the hottest phone on the market was the iPhone 3.

In other words, it has been awhile.

In other articles, I have painfully shared how BYU Football has literally found a way to lose in just about every kind of scenario, (comeback falls short, blowout, blocked kick, etc…) meaning surely it must be time for BYU to win. In nearly every season, the game has been a one score possession essentially making it a coinflip on who would win.

I’m not going to take away credit from the Utes on closing out games, but COME ON! A missed call that wasn’t overturned, a 35 point first quarter and last years total meltdown are not things that happen!

Today’s player is one of the victims of losing to the Utes, a player who for whatever reason never got it going against the rivals from up north.

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