Is BYU a real Big 12 title contender? The 5-0 Cougars are surprising a lot of people.
As BYU attempted on Saturday to do the most important thing, something it had never done before — win a Big 12 game on the road — it had other unspoken intentions in mind, too. Baylor was merely the speed bump to roll over en route.
Intention No. 2 had been to bolster the notion, inside their own imaginations and in the imaginations of others, that BYU really is a legitimate force in the Big 12 this season, a team that could contend for a title. Some said the 29-point win last week over heavily favored K-State was a lopsided fluke, fueled by the energy of that raucous home crowd and a string of extraordinary events that collectively were singular in nature.
One thing BYU’s D did do rather impressively was shut down the Bears’ run game. And at contest’s end, when the secondary had to come up with a play to preserve the win, leading only by what was a flimsy six points, safety Crew Wakley picked off a pass that did exactly that. “We’ll get back in the film room and figure out exactly what was what,” Retzlaff said. “… When things get tough, you learn something about yourself.”
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