2020
We all know what happened in 2020. BYU Football was the only team west of Texas to play football and it grabbed the media’s attention. Along with Zach Wilson and pounding a Navy team who hadn’t even had live tackling, BYU became the underdog story of college football.
I have no doubt that BYU would have beaten Navy even if the Midshipmen were having full contact practices, but maybe the score would have been something more like 28-14. If that were the case would the Cougars have gotten the attention that they got? There is proof that when you feel good, you play good, and the team was feeling really good. Maybe BYU doesn’t end up beating Houston later in the season because the spotlight isn’t on them.
I still think BYU goes 10-2 or 11-1 in 2020, but with that depleted schedule it left fans asking if it was legit. In 2021 it appeared to show that they were.