Always Listen To Your Friends!

So it was Friday night and I was just about to head off to bed when I decided to check out Facebook one last time. A friend of mine was posting about how waiting for football season was like waiting nine months for your child to be born. For him his baby is BYU. I joked with him and said that both would keep him up at night. He reminded me that 25 years ago, BYU played the #3 team in the nation and that worked out pretty well for them then and he felt confident going into this season. I blew it off thinking it was another fan just loving his team. Well after Saturday's huge upset over #3 Oklahoma, I just may have to listen to my friends more often.

BYU won the National Title in 1984. Their first game was against #3 ranked Pittsburgh. Then in the Holiday Bowl, they defeated Michigan, who had been ranked as high as #2 that season. So on Saturday, with their 14-13 victory of # 3 Oklahoma, could we see a possible repeat of that magical season? Or is it just a weird case of deja vu? If they do repeat that season, Texas better watch out. They are ranked #2 right now.

There are those that will say that well, it doesn't mean anything because of QB Sam Bradford getting hurt right before the first half and not returning for the rest of the game. Well BYU didn't have their starting running back , Harvey Unga, for the entire game. People will say that the quarterback is more important then the running back. True, Iwould probably agree with them, but I have two arguments for this paticular occasion. First, Oklahoma was TIED with BYU before Bradford got hurt. Secondly, how many players from BYU will go to the NFL, a handful, maybe? How many will go from the Sooners? Yea, seems like they were on level playing fields too.

Upcoming for BYU next week is a trip to New Orleans to play Tulane and then they return home to face #18 Florida State. If they get by both of those teams, two games that would stand between BYU and a possible shot at the National Championship or at least a BCS berth would be Saturday, October 24 against #17 ranked TCU and then the regular season finale on Saturday, November 28 vs. #19 ranked Utah. Crazier things do and have happened 25 years ago. I know, because my friend told me.

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