BYU nation needs the momentum… still a long season to fall apart in but that was a fun night to be a BYU fan. I haven’t had that much fun since Taysom destroyed Texas
I have never been in a more electric stadium. I really cant explain it. The environment and energy was absolutely insane. After the 2 mins before half, every single play kansas tried to run it was loud as hell and the energy and momentum never stopped.
As a tech fan its hard to win in Provo we got beat last year then they smash tonight they stood on business tonight like their mascot does them cougars got the pounce on the wildcats congrats BYU fans y'all are looking scary legit early in conference play 😮😮
I second this! We know we're weird, we think so too. You've shown that whatever joke you give, it's meant affectionately, and as long as we know it's with good will, we LOVE a joke at our expense!
That stadium can get LOUD - even back in the 90's I'd have to plug my ears sometimes. Concert earplugs that just lower the volume a bit really help a lot.
1) The mission joke was great. No need to apologize. 2) Yeah, I don’t fully trust the offense either, but the fact that Jake had zero turnovers and had zero near-turnovers gives me hope.
KSU couldn't convert 4th downs, and turned the ball over on downs multiple times. The BYU defense completely shut KSU down when it was necessary - notwithstanding KSU's rushing yards.
@@christophercurzon3485 KSU ran all over until it really counted and BYU’s defense stepped it up because their offense was dismal as a whole. There were several exceptions and that’s all that counted.
ONE PENALTY! And that penalty was an intentional delay of game to burn the max clock and give the punter more room to work. So essentially ZERO penalties and ZERO turnovers. Now we know Retalaf can take care of the football, make wild big time throws, and run the football (though not necessarily in the same game). Imagine if he ever does bring it all together though.
LES is king of stadiums in the big 12. Offense was proficient at what the defense provided, didn’t have any three and outs (I think they got at least 1 first down on most if not all drives) and converted turnovers to touchdowns. Defense is amazing but does need to get off the field, but should be easier against teams who can’t run like KS.
I will debate that one. LES is finally rocking but I put them at 2. Number one shakes cameras and has registered on the Richter scale 40 miles north. Great game though for sure! See you in the holy war
BYU offense opened the game with a 3 and out, outside of that, there was a 4 play and punt and a 5 play and punt but those were the shortest ones. KSU on the other side only punted once which resulted in that crazy return for a td, but had 3 turnover on downs.
@YOHONOMOTO funny you'd say that I've told a number of my coug fan friends that they have a nasty defense with moderate qb play. I told them they have the makings to be like Utah of last year where their defense will get them at least 8 wins possibly more if retzlaff can get a rhythm.
I’m really impressed with the BYU defense this year. Kept two power 4 teams that are supposed to have good offenses out of the end zone now. Most points allowed this year 15 against SMU. SMU just put up like 65 points against TCU.
I get your hesitancy on our offense BUUT some things to consider: - we finally established a run game - retzlaff proved he can play disciplined football - We still have an incredible WR room that didn’t really get to shine tonight due to the 3 talented safeties at Kansas st. We’ve only seen progression each game with each game getting more difficult. That’s insane.
I was there it was insaneeee I called legit play before the fumble to guys around me watch there’s gonna be a fumble and score and the guys are screaming you called it when it happened. Also when he ran the punt back when he started running sideways I started screaming he’s going, he’s going
@@wakeupworkout7781The second he turned the corner I started yelling 'he's got blockers.' By the time he was at the 50 both me and my brother were basically chanting it. Such an amazing run. Fun game.
Thanks for showing some faith and love in BYU. I’m watching ESPN waiting for anything about BYU and upsetting K-State in glorious fashion, yet…nothing. Its not just beating #13, but starting 4-0 when we never expected such a turn around as this…and this DEFENSE.
Right? "Experts" we're predicting we would have a 3-9 season, predicting we finish as number 15 out of the 16 Big 12 teams. Here we are, undefeated, tied for top standing in Big 12, ranked 22 in the nation, likely to win our next two games. I don't think we're national contenders this year. I don't think we'll win the conference. We might have a chance against Oklahoma State, since we play them at home, but I think we are losing to them and to Utah, very possibly to UCF, and Baylor might just end up getting their feet under them. Knowing our cougs, I fully give us a chance to lose against a couple of teams that we should definitely have beaten, but I still think we have a good shot to get at least an 8-win season.
Byu fan. I completely agree with what you said. Offense definitely needs some work, defense did so well. The problem I have as a byu fan is we have been burned too many times with byu having a great upset win and then going on to lose horribly against teams we should beat. I like what Drake said “just keep winning”. Let’s go Cougs. Just keep competing with the big dogs and let’s not embarrass ourselves like last year. Or like most Kalani Sitake seasons.
@@mikes554 and, BYU ends up getting killed by in state rival Utah. Their offense took advantage of lost opportunities by Kansas state. It was more about Kansas state making huge mistakes because BYU’s offense just isn’t cutting it in my opinion. And I’m friends with the running back Moa, but the whole offense needs to pick it up. About 250 yards of offense isn’t going to win games against many more opponents.
@@222valasas a BYU guy, I understand fear of TCU--but SMU just dropped 66 points on TCU, and even we beat SMU, keeping them without a touchdown. Utah dominates Big 12 this year, and this is NOT the TCU we knew. These frogs have been de-horned. Y'all are KILLING it, even with the sacred Cam Rising injured. You don't have to fear TCU. You have a good chance at being undefeated in season play. Your tough games will be Iowa State, UCF, MAYBE Colorado, and us--but you play us at Eccles, and Lavell Edwards stadium is basically our star player, so I think you crush us, and probably the others too.
I would like to hear their reviews. I saw on reddit some of their comments but the comments were from before the game about the marching band playing their song and stuff
Welcome to the always-surprising performances of BYU. We kill giants that we should never be able to fight, and we lose to nobody teams when we're ranked top 10. Not always happy, always unpredictable.
Man, thanks as always! It was crazy and to be honest I don’t trust the BYU offense yet either. I have faith and they are growing on me but without this D we are nothing. Here’s to not wasting what we have started 🍻
After Texas and Oklahoma left for the SEC KState and Ok state fans appointed themselves as the "leaders of the pack" in the Big 12. Self-appointing ever works.
I think we (BYU) are building to being a Big12 power, but I'm not sure we're quite ready just yet. Offense does seem to be finding a running game, and if that turns out to be consistently true then perhaps the offense can be good enough for us to make a nice run this year. Defense needs to stay relatively healthy. I think it's more likely that it takes another year, or two, or three, to get to where we're fighting consistently for conference championships and playoffs.
Watched the game cause nothing was on, and all I can say is WOW! That was one of the more enjoyable games i have ever watched. I have never seen a turn around like that. BYU's defense is legit.
Such good commentary! Liked, subbed, and might have peed my pants a little. Now BYU and Utah need to go 8-0 for the showdown at Rice Eccles Nov 9. Lets go Holy War!!!
Notably, there were at least 2 or 3 notable points where Retzlaff TOOK THE SACK, rather forcing a pass. I cheered!! But, OH, THAT DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS, AND THE CROWD!!!
I agree, 8 wins is likely--but if we keep momentum, I think we might actually make 10 wins! I think the rest of the season depends on beating OSU, which is a home game for us. We do that, we might just be hyped enough to keep the Utah game close! ... But odds are we lose several winnable games. Hey, ESPN was predicting we have 3-win season, so I'll be happy to make it to a bowl game.
So proud of my Cougars for taking advantage in this game and changing the dynamic so quickly. I understand drakes point that this could be bad for the Big12, But im a bit selfish when it comes to my cougars. I still expect a bowl appearance out of them. As far as how the way they play effects the conference, well, that doesn't matter to me as much. I love to see BYU succeed on and off the field.
@@loumos8364 love the off the field comment! BYU needs at least two more wins and then a bowl game but I personally don’t like 6-6 teams making bowl games.
BYU fan, was at game. Felt like Kansas State was definitely the better team, they just made too many mistakes and the loud stadium caused false starts every time K State threatened a touchdown. Avery should be good, he's just inexperienced and his receivers did him no service dropping passes. At BYU we're used to good QB play (even if the rest of the offense and defense is questionable), so I'm not yet a Retzlaff fan. He makes some good plays but he misses receivers a lot too. At least he's keeping down his turnovers this year though.
@@wakeupworkout7781 spot on. Without the mistakes by KSU, BYU would have lost. Their offense still needs to work cohesively. Cannot always rely on the defense.
I don't think Kansas State looked any better than BYU if you throw out the first three and out. Both teams played bend but don't break, and BYU was better in the redzone. Credit to K-State for effort, but BYU beat them on offense and defense.
I had a blast at the game but I will agree with what you said at the end. This is a great win, but a lot of things went right and fell into place. BYU still has a lot to do and I am not going to beat my chest over this one. This doesn't make BYU great. Not yet. Still a lot to prove.
I said this to an SMU fan a few weeks ago and they went out and put 66 on TCU. Don’t be discouraged by your offense, BYU is going to do that to a lot of teams. I don’t think they’ll do it to everyone, but they’ll do it to a lot of teams.
@@brandonl2555honestly it was more of our offense did it to themselves. The fumble was normal but Avery threw 2 horrible picks. Then having to force things when playing behind in a road game after that terrible 5 minutes of game time is never good.
@@flamingfish6850 you always have to be care ful with blow outs. Basketball games are like that but there’s more so more easily noticeable. I’ve watched nba teams blow a team out by 40 and then lose the next time they play the same team. Those two first half turnovers for TDs completely changed that game. Y defense was great, and made KState uncomfortable. That discomfort and on the road led to more mistakes which led to a blow out. The Y played great, but they aren’t 30 points better than KState over a 10 game stretch. Just last night it looked that way.
Just found you, thank you for a great Big 12 commentary. Wouldn’t a Utah based championship be nuts? BYU vs Utah. Throwback to many WAC championship games.
I'm not a big sports guy, but I was at the game (BYU fan) and I enjoy a good play (whoever makes it). I think this was a fantastic commentary. I like your comments about if BYU's going to do this once, they need to do it repeatedly. I think it's totally fair to be worried that they can't, and I think you very fairly identified both the good and the bad. You seemed almost apologetic about pointing out the flaws, but I just wanted to say, as an ill-informed, sometimes-watching BYU fan, I thought there was nothing for you to be sorry about.
Something incomprehensible happened to k st tonight. Cursed? Altitude? Lunar cycle? NOTHING k st did went well. Penalties, dropped passes, turnover hell, they just completely melted down. It wasn’t so much BYUS skill as K St”s self destruction. STILL don’t know who Y is. And indeed, suddenly the U-Y game became as big a holy war as ever. CFB is crazy.
That happens. Said it elsewhere. Watch the nba. One night a team at full strength wins vs another by 40 but the next time they play at full strength they lose to the same team. This was a game where 2 mistakes in 30 seconds for 14 points deflated KState and then the early second half TD return just completely broke them.
@@brainhunter1000yep four series in a row, fumble scoop and score, pick on their own 20 leads to immediate TD, same thing right after half, then punt return for TD. All after basically nothing happened almost the entire first half.
I’m really impressed with the defense this year. Kept two power 4 teams that are supposed to have good offenses out of the end zone now. Most points allowed this year 15 against SMU. SMU just put up like 65 points against TCU.
@@tmtSHD I mean really what happened to TCU? TCU/BYU rivalries were always something else and usually TCU came out on top. I remember watch that coach pace the sidelines but not like San Diego State’s coach.
SMU did not score a touchdown against BYU. 5 field goals, two from more than 50 yards out. BYU has allowed 4 touchdowns this year, and none through the air. BYU and Georgia are also the only teams a Power 4 opponent hasn't scored a touchdown against.
So I gotta say. KSU QB actually looked accurate through the air. His receivers on the other hand...I think if Avery Johnson sticks around till his senior year he's gonna be crazy good.
I'm all for carrying the this torch running forward. BYU has carried conferences before. I'm just not sure ARod is good enough to build an offense worthy of this defense. I don't think our recruiting is good enough yet. Sure, we've always done more with less and recruiting 4 and 5 stars doesn't mean automatic wins, but the Big XII isn't the WAC or MWC.
Field possession limited available yards for BYU's O. They scored as needed to put game away. Another thing is D & ST scores take away from O's possessions, thus yards, etc.
As a BYU fan, I totally agree with you that this outcome was bad for the conference unless BYU can capitalize on this win. I'm concerned that the defense won't be able to keep up with this pace. Imho, Utah is the only team that create the national attention we need. Their win at OSU was huge.
non-lds byu fan here. the joke about the mission was CLASSIC! very funny. if any cougs are offended by that, they need to go sit in a dark corner for a few days to chill out. great win but drake is correct: for the sake of the conference, byu has to keep winning.
I watched. A victory is a victory but let’s be real, BYU was being handled until Kstate turned the ball over 3 times back to back within minutes of the game.
Two stalled K-State drives resulting in fieldgoals isn't what I would call handling anyone. If so, BYU had their own long and eventually stalled drive that ended in a fieldgoal, so tie, they handled eachother. BYU took a little while to adjust, but once they did, they dominated K-State.
@@nathaneyring4858score doesn’t always reflect what happens on the field. BYU couldn’t get any offense going while K-state was at least moving the chains. You follow that trajectory the rest of the game and it would have been 21-13 K-state. You should learn to complement your opponents - if all of your competition is bad, what does that say about you?
Dear K State: Thank you so much for Will Howard. Best of luck with Avery Johnson. I’d much rather have a proven leader/winner than an unproven QB with a slightly higher ceiling.
I never expected a BYU blowout. But I did try to warn people that the BYU defense was legit. And the defense showed out. The BYU offense is starting to show signs too. I think that they're figuring out some things with Retzlaff. They're moving the pocket more often which is helping him. And they're letting him push it downfield more. Oh and that freshman HB Moa looked tremendous.
As a BYU student and someone who served a mission, that punt return counting as his mission joke had me dying laughing. That's one of the funniest things I've heard in awhile
You knew Kansas was in trouble when their offensive lineman where gassed by midway of the 2nd quarter between plays i.e. hands on knees, hands on hips, taking a knee on the sideline etc...
A lot of things went BYU’s way. BYU was struggling with the run until the chaos ensued. I think that was a combination of what the defense did and the KState offense shooting themselves. KState only punted the ball one time. BYU was opportunistic and took care of the ball. I can’t complain about any win BUT I’d like to see the blow out by simply making the other team punt it over and over and over.
Hahaha that’s a hilarious joke! The Kingston run covers his mission 😂😂😂😂😂. Thanks Drake for trying to understand our culture enough to make a hilarious joke. Kudos! Go BYU! Go Big 12!
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From a Utah fan, hell yes BYU!! Let's run this show! Can't wait until the Holy War. its going to be EPIC!!
Holy war rematch in the championship!!!
I yearn for the days of BYU and Utah fighting it out for 1st place in the conference. Those were the best of days, and I hope there are more to come.
Congrats on your win today as well! Utah schools running the big 12 ❤💙
@@brandonl2555 John Beck --> Johnny hardline
You will kill us lol
BYU nation needs the momentum… still a long season to fall apart in but that was a fun night to be a BYU fan. I haven’t had that much fun since Taysom destroyed Texas
That game was awesome, Taysom is a beast
you dint have fun Nebraska boise state back to back Hail Mary?
Stop with the negative waves man. 🙂
Wisconsin, Baylor, Texas, among others are ranked teams we beat just to completely falter for the rest of the season, we need to keep our hands down!
Agreed. The Taysom Texas wins were fantastic. This was also fun, not quite as much but close.
Way to go BYU, as a WVU fan BYU is my 2nd fav team in the B12, great show
A WVU momo
I have never been in a more electric stadium. I really cant explain it. The environment and energy was absolutely insane. After the 2 mins before half, every single play kansas tried to run it was loud as hell and the energy and momentum never stopped.
BYU defense is for real, offense has greatly improved, special teams knocked it out of the park for the second week in a row this season.
Blow out, shut down, upset, call it what you want, that game was awful for Kansas state and incredible for BYU
Great job Cougars from a Utah fan. Also what an atmosphere in Provo.
Colorado also had an insane atmosphere.
Go Utes!
Can’t wait for the big game this year!
Congrats on your win today as well
Thanks man! The state of Utah took care of business in the Big XII!
As a tech fan its hard to win in Provo we got beat last year then they smash tonight they stood on business tonight like their mascot does them cougars got the pounce on the wildcats congrats BYU fans y'all are looking scary legit early in conference play 😮😮
The mission joke is funny, we’re not that prudish.
Haha seriously he was acting so cautious with that harmless joke 😂
Please, more of these jokes! It’s hilarious!
Keep it up Drake, the mission joke is hilarious. We have to be able to laugh at ourselves!!
I second this! We know we're weird, we think so too. You've shown that whatever joke you give, it's meant affectionately, and as long as we know it's with good will, we LOVE a joke at our expense!
Yes, Kingston served with distinction!
I was there Drake and I’m saying that this was the loudest crowd I’ve ever been a part of. The energy was insane! Absolutely electric⚡️
This game was amazing to experience in person. Best live football game I’ve ever been to and probably ever will attend.
They said the noise hit 130 dB, which is up there for loudest games ever.
I call BS on that. Show me a link to where it was measured. Who the hell are "they"?
@@MPM-yi1mjcommentators did
@@MPM-yi1mjmy apple watch hit 113db on the punt return
That stadium can get LOUD - even back in the 90's I'd have to plug my ears sometimes.
Concert earplugs that just lower the volume a bit really help a lot.
1) The mission joke was great. No need to apologize.
2) Yeah, I don’t fully trust the offense either, but the fact that Jake had zero turnovers and had zero near-turnovers gives me hope.
I was at the game, the energy was next level. Your Feedback is spot on.
thanks for staying up Drake
KSU couldn't convert 4th downs, and turned the ball over on downs multiple times. The BYU defense completely shut KSU down when it was necessary - notwithstanding KSU's rushing yards.
@@christophercurzon3485 KSU ran all over until it really counted and BYU’s defense stepped it up because their offense was dismal as a whole. There were several exceptions and that’s all that counted.
ONE PENALTY! And that penalty was an intentional delay of game to burn the max clock and give the punter more room to work. So essentially ZERO penalties and ZERO turnovers. Now we know Retalaf can take care of the football, make wild big time throws, and run the football (though not necessarily in the same game). Imagine if he ever does bring it all together though.
One roughing the passer in the last few minutes
Only two penalties for byu is really good. I’m used to seeing like 5 a quarter.
Oh yea, I forgot about that one. Still the cleanest BYU football game I've personally ever seen.
Well two penalties but yea one was intentional and the other was the backups in the last few minutes
TWO
Thanks for coming on tonight go Cougs!!!
LES is king of stadiums in the big 12. Offense was proficient at what the defense provided, didn’t have any three and outs (I think they got at least 1 first down on most if not all drives) and converted turnovers to touchdowns. Defense is amazing but does need to get off the field, but should be easier against teams who can’t run like KS.
I will debate that one. LES is finally rocking but I put them at 2. Number one shakes cameras and has registered on the Richter scale 40 miles north. Great game though for sure! See you in the holy war
BYU offense opened the game with a 3 and out, outside of that, there was a 4 play and punt and a 5 play and punt but those were the shortest ones.
KSU on the other side only punted once which resulted in that crazy return for a td, but had 3 turnover on downs.
I was just watching the game going. “What on Earth is happening? We don’t do this.”
10 years of bad luck finally flipped on us. Felt like some Utah luck.
@YOHONOMOTO funny you'd say that I've told a number of my coug fan friends that they have a nasty defense with moderate qb play. I told them they have the makings to be like Utah of last year where their defense will get them at least 8 wins possibly more if retzlaff can get a rhythm.
Hey man don't forget Jack Kelly
Weber state is turning into a feeder school for byu stars
@@pauldeamer9581thanks to Jay Hill
BYU BYU BYU 💙💙💙
I’m really impressed with the BYU defense this year. Kept two power 4 teams that are supposed to have good offenses out of the end zone now. Most points allowed this year 15 against SMU. SMU just put up like 65 points against TCU.
Great Job, Drake we are so pumped that you stayed up late.
I get your hesitancy on our offense BUUT some things to consider:
- we finally established a run game
- retzlaff proved he can play disciplined football
- We still have an incredible WR room that didn’t really get to shine tonight due to the 3 talented safeties at Kansas st.
We’ve only seen progression each game with each game getting more difficult. That’s insane.
@@brigibb good point either way progression with each game getting more difficult. Watch out for Utah for sure.
I am shocked Cotton! I did not see that coming. 4-0 baby! Retzlaff played the game of his life. Hill is going to be hard to keep in Provo.
I was there it was insaneeee I called legit play before the fumble to guys around me watch there’s gonna be a fumble and score and the guys are screaming you called it when it happened. Also when he ran the punt back when he started running sideways I started screaming he’s going, he’s going
On the punt return, once you Kingston jump the tackle at midfield, you knew he would go up the sideline and run it all the way back.
@@wakeupworkout7781The second he turned the corner I started yelling 'he's got blockers.' By the time he was at the 50 both me and my brother were basically chanting it. Such an amazing run. Fun game.
BYU fan here, I wasn’t a believer before the game. I am now. The D is…wow!
Thanks for showing some faith and love in BYU. I’m watching ESPN waiting for anything about BYU and upsetting K-State in glorious fashion, yet…nothing. Its not just beating #13, but starting 4-0 when we never expected such a turn around as this…and this DEFENSE.
Right? "Experts" we're predicting we would have a 3-9 season, predicting we finish as number 15 out of the 16 Big 12 teams.
Here we are, undefeated, tied for top standing in Big 12, ranked 22 in the nation, likely to win our next two games.
I don't think we're national contenders this year. I don't think we'll win the conference. We might have a chance against Oklahoma State, since we play them at home, but I think we are losing to them and to Utah, very possibly to UCF, and Baylor might just end up getting their feet under them.
Knowing our cougs, I fully give us a chance to lose against a couple of teams that we should definitely have beaten, but I still think we have a good shot to get at least an 8-win season.
Byu fan. I completely agree with what you said. Offense definitely needs some work, defense did so well. The problem I have as a byu fan is we have been burned too many times with byu having a great upset win and then going on to lose horribly against teams we should beat. I like what Drake said “just keep winning”. Let’s go Cougs. Just keep competing with the big dogs and let’s not embarrass ourselves like last year. Or like most Kalani Sitake seasons.
@@mikes554 and, BYU ends up getting killed by in state rival Utah. Their offense took advantage of lost opportunities by Kansas state. It was more about Kansas state making huge mistakes because BYU’s offense just isn’t cutting it in my opinion. And I’m friends with the running back Moa, but the whole offense needs to pick it up. About 250 yards of offense isn’t going to win games against many more opponents.
Unless--your defense scores a touchdown or 2 and doesn’t allow any touchdowns 😎
@@readegloeckner6532 agreed.
Just keep improving week after week and BYU will be fine.
Greet coverage Drake! You should have been at LES tonight! Love your takes.
So much energy at that game, that was a life changing experience for sure
Kstate fan here. Impressed with BYU's fans and team. That being said, Kstate isn't out of it. Let's see how BYU does the rest of the way.
To the big 12 on behalf of Utah and BYU I want to thank y’all for the warm welcome into big12. I just want to say welcome to Mountain West!
Not gonna lie, as a Utah man TCU still makes me nervous. Old memories man...
@@222valasas a BYU guy, I understand fear of TCU--but SMU just dropped 66 points on TCU, and even we beat SMU, keeping them without a touchdown.
Utah dominates Big 12 this year, and this is NOT the TCU we knew. These frogs have been de-horned. Y'all are KILLING it, even with the sacred Cam Rising injured.
You don't have to fear TCU.
You have a good chance at being undefeated in season play. Your tough games will be Iowa State, UCF, MAYBE Colorado, and us--but you play us at Eccles, and Lavell Edwards stadium is basically our star player, so I think you crush us, and probably the others too.
Drake....great commentary...always a pleasure to listen to you. Keep it coming.
Any K state fans here got a comparison on the LES stadium experience vs other big 12 teams? Loudness, fan base respectfulness, and showmanship?
I would like to hear their reviews. I saw on reddit some of their comments but the comments were from before the game about the marching band playing their song and stuff
Well, I did not see that coming
Ha
Welcome to the always-surprising performances of BYU. We kill giants that we should never be able to fight, and we lose to nobody teams when we're ranked top 10.
Not always happy, always unpredictable.
@@romebigred2 Yep. That’s the life of a BYU fan
Man, thanks as always! It was crazy and to be honest I don’t trust the BYU offense yet either. I have faith and they are growing on me but without this D we are nothing. Here’s to not wasting what we have started 🍻
OkSt and KSU fans sure are quiet right now
After Texas and Oklahoma left for the SEC KState and Ok state fans appointed themselves as the "leaders of the pack" in the Big 12. Self-appointing ever works.
They lost yesterday but don't count them out. They've got quality personnel and will be in it until the end.
I think we (BYU) are building to being a Big12 power, but I'm not sure we're quite ready just yet. Offense does seem to be finding a running game, and if that turns out to be consistently true then perhaps the offense can be good enough for us to make a nice run this year. Defense needs to stay relatively healthy. I think it's more likely that it takes another year, or two, or three, to get to where we're fighting consistently for conference championships and playoffs.
Yeah--we need another Tyler Allegier, Jamaal Williams, or Harvey Unga!
Watched the game cause nothing was on, and all I can say is WOW! That was one of the more enjoyable games i have ever watched. I have never seen a turn around like that. BYU's defense is legit.
Such good commentary! Liked, subbed, and might have peed my pants a little. Now BYU and Utah need to go 8-0 for the showdown at Rice Eccles Nov 9. Lets go Holy War!!!
It's hard to play at BYU. 60,000 plus fans going insane. Hard to play in that environment. Let's go BYU!
Retzlaf improved, taking care of the ball this week. Next three games will reveal whether BYU’s win was a fluke. Come on, cougs!
You have the perfect broadcast voice man
Notably, there were at least 2 or 3 notable points where Retzlaff TOOK THE SACK, rather forcing a pass. I cheered!! But, OH, THAT DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS, AND THE CROWD!!!
BYU isn’t ready to represent the conference in that way. But 8 wins is possible in a way I never thought it could be.
I'd be happy with 7. We are much closer than I ever thought we would be
They arnt? My glass is more full than yours and I say they are damn ready.
I agree, 8 wins is likely--but if we keep momentum, I think we might actually make 10 wins! I think the rest of the season depends on beating OSU, which is a home game for us. We do that, we might just be hyped enough to keep the Utah game close!
... But odds are we lose several winnable games.
Hey, ESPN was predicting we have 3-win season, so I'll be happy to make it to a bowl game.
BYU tends to disappoint after big emotional wins 😂
Yeah next week wouldn't be surprised if baylor blew them out lol
Luckily they play Baylor next week and then Arizona.
They typically tend to be depleted by injuries too, after the big wins.
Happy to see the top dogs go down. Makes it easier to get in the championship game. Thank you byu. Way to play them good.
So proud of my Cougars for taking advantage in this game and changing the dynamic so quickly. I understand drakes point that this could be bad for the Big12, But im a bit selfish when it comes to my cougars. I still expect a bowl appearance out of them. As far as how the way they play effects the conference, well, that doesn't matter to me as much. I love to see BYU succeed on and off the field.
@@loumos8364 love the off the field comment! BYU needs at least two more wins and then a bowl game but I personally don’t like 6-6 teams making bowl games.
Drake, wish you would’ve been here for this one! Crazy environment! One of the loudest sporting events I’ve ever seen.
All i can say is WOW! I haven’t seen that kind of scoring since J Mac and the holiday miracle bowl🙀
Jack Kelly
BYU fan, was at game. Felt like Kansas State was definitely the better team, they just made too many mistakes and the loud stadium caused false starts every time K State threatened a touchdown. Avery should be good, he's just inexperienced and his receivers did him no service dropping passes. At BYU we're used to good QB play (even if the rest of the offense and defense is questionable), so I'm not yet a Retzlaff fan. He makes some good plays but he misses receivers a lot too. At least he's keeping down his turnovers this year though.
@@wakeupworkout7781 spot on. Without the mistakes by KSU, BYU would have lost. Their offense still needs to work cohesively. Cannot always rely on the defense.
I don't think Kansas State looked any better than BYU if you throw out the first three and out. Both teams played bend but don't break, and BYU was better in the redzone. Credit to K-State for effort, but BYU beat them on offense and defense.
I had a blast at the game but I will agree with what you said at the end. This is a great win, but a lot of things went right and fell into place. BYU still has a lot to do and I am not going to beat my chest over this one. This doesn't make BYU great. Not yet. Still a lot to prove.
Love you Drake! Great insights!! Keep it up!!
Cats were embarrassing this eve. They put on a “This is How You Lose” Clinic.
Congrats on the win Cougs
I said this to an SMU fan a few weeks ago and they went out and put 66 on TCU. Don’t be discouraged by your offense, BYU is going to do that to a lot of teams. I don’t think they’ll do it to everyone, but they’ll do it to a lot of teams.
@@brandonl2555honestly it was more of our offense did it to themselves. The fumble was normal but Avery threw 2 horrible picks. Then having to force things when playing behind in a road game after that terrible 5 minutes of game time is never good.
@@flamingfish6850 you always have to be care ful with blow outs. Basketball games are like that but there’s more so more easily noticeable. I’ve watched nba teams blow a team out by 40 and then lose the next time they play the same team. Those two first half turnovers for TDs completely changed that game. Y defense was great, and made KState uncomfortable. That discomfort and on the road led to more mistakes which led to a blow out. The Y played great, but they aren’t 30 points better than KState over a 10 game stretch. Just last night it looked that way.
Such an awesome game. Rise and Shout. Let’s go!!!
Just found you, thank you for a great Big 12 commentary. Wouldn’t a Utah based championship be nuts? BYU vs Utah. Throwback to many WAC championship games.
Drake, I’ll just warn you right now. BYU ain’t ready. I’m more scared of the let down game next week than I was about K State coming to town.
I'm not a big sports guy, but I was at the game (BYU fan) and I enjoy a good play (whoever makes it). I think this was a fantastic commentary. I like your comments about if BYU's going to do this once, they need to do it repeatedly. I think it's totally fair to be worried that they can't, and I think you very fairly identified both the good and the bad. You seemed almost apologetic about pointing out the flaws, but I just wanted to say, as an ill-informed, sometimes-watching BYU fan, I thought there was nothing for you to be sorry about.
Something incomprehensible happened to k st tonight. Cursed? Altitude? Lunar cycle? NOTHING k st did went well. Penalties, dropped passes, turnover hell, they just completely melted down. It wasn’t so much BYUS skill as K St”s self destruction. STILL don’t know who Y is. And indeed, suddenly the U-Y game became as big a holy war as ever. CFB is crazy.
That happens. Said it elsewhere. Watch the nba. One night a team at full strength wins vs another by 40 but the next time they play at full strength they lose to the same team. This was a game where 2 mistakes in 30 seconds for 14 points deflated KState and then the early second half TD return just completely broke them.
@@brainhunter1000yep four series in a row, fumble scoop and score, pick on their own 20 leads to immediate TD, same thing right after half, then punt return for TD. All after basically nothing happened almost the entire first half.
SMU just put up 66 points against TCU. Did SMU get a TD against BYU? I don’t remember-I will look it up.
😂😂😂
I’m really impressed with the defense this year. Kept two power 4 teams that are supposed to have good offenses out of the end zone now. Most points allowed this year 15 against SMU. SMU just put up like 65 points against TCU.
@@tmtSHD I mean really what happened to TCU? TCU/BYU rivalries were always something else and usually TCU came out on top. I remember watch that coach pace the sidelines but not like San Diego State’s coach.
SMU did not score a touchdown against BYU. 5 field goals, two from more than 50 yards out. BYU has allowed 4 touchdowns this year, and none through the air. BYU and Georgia are also the only teams a Power 4 opponent hasn't scored a touchdown against.
🤣 🤣 🤣 MISSION SERVED!!!
Reminds me of an a$$ whipping Texas took in Provo…. Night time in the Rockies… you BETTER bring your “A” game!
So I gotta say. KSU QB actually looked accurate through the air. His receivers on the other hand...I think if Avery Johnson sticks around till his senior year he's gonna be crazy good.
We will bae! We will carry the conference!! Go Cougs!!
As a returned missionary, I think that tweet about Kingston is hilarious!
They were Fantastic
Drake Toll is super talented! 😀
I'm all for carrying the this torch running forward. BYU has carried conferences before. I'm just not sure ARod is good enough to build an offense worthy of this defense. I don't think our recruiting is good enough yet. Sure, we've always done more with less and recruiting 4 and 5 stars doesn't mean automatic wins, but the Big XII isn't the WAC or MWC.
I live in Provo it was a sweet win. That defense is good
smacked. no better word. BYU D really carried the day.
Field possession limited available yards for BYU's O. They scored as needed to put game away. Another thing is D & ST scores take away from O's possessions, thus yards, etc.
Frothy 😂😂😂 that word alone was the best part of the whole video!
Utah vs BYU could be an insanely fun defensive game. Could be a 9-7 type because both defenses are REEEEAAAAALLLYY good lol
As a BYU fan, I totally agree with you that this outcome was bad for the conference unless BYU can capitalize on this win. I'm concerned that the defense won't be able to keep up with this pace. Imho, Utah is the only team that create the national attention we need. Their win at OSU was huge.
non-lds byu fan here. the joke about the mission was CLASSIC! very funny. if any cougs are offended by that, they need to go sit in a dark corner for a few days to chill out.
great win but drake is correct: for the sake of the conference, byu has to keep winning.
Is it too early (of course it is) to conjecture a college football playoff with BYU and 2 teams coached by BYU alums????
The game was electric ⚡️
I watched. A victory is a victory but let’s be real, BYU was being handled until Kstate turned the ball over 3 times back to back within minutes of the game.
@@Zach.whatever spot on!
6 to 3 is hardly being handled
Two stalled K-State drives resulting in fieldgoals isn't what I would call handling anyone. If so, BYU had their own long and eventually stalled drive that ended in a fieldgoal, so tie, they handled eachother. BYU took a little while to adjust, but once they did, they dominated K-State.
@@nathaneyring4858score doesn’t always reflect what happens on the field. BYU couldn’t get any offense going while K-state was at least moving the chains. You follow that trajectory the rest of the game and it would have been 21-13 K-state. You should learn to complement your opponents - if all of your competition is bad, what does that say about you?
@@ryanaegis3544read my other reply. Before those turn overs, K-state had the game under control. It’s not a bad thing to admit lol.
I want BYU and Utah to be good
Dear K State:
Thank you so much for Will Howard. Best of luck with Avery Johnson.
I’d much rather have a proven leader/winner than an unproven QB with a slightly higher ceiling.
You called it Drake!!!
I never expected a BYU blowout. But I did try to warn people that the BYU defense was legit. And the defense showed out. The BYU offense is starting to show signs too. I think that they're figuring out some things with Retzlaff. They're moving the pocket more often which is helping him. And they're letting him push it downfield more. Oh and that freshman HB Moa looked tremendous.
As a BYU student and someone who served a mission, that punt return counting as his mission joke had me dying laughing. That's one of the funniest things I've heard in awhile
I'm all in for BYU insider jokes. We're all having fun here.
Thanks!
You knew Kansas was in trouble when their offensive lineman where gassed by midway of the 2nd quarter between plays i.e. hands on knees, hands on hips, taking a knee on the sideline etc...
A lot of things went BYU’s way. BYU was struggling with the run until the chaos ensued. I think that was a combination of what the defense did and the KState offense shooting themselves. KState only punted the ball one time. BYU was opportunistic and took care of the ball. I can’t complain about any win BUT I’d like to see the blow out by simply making the other team punt it over and over and over.
That's a helluva shirt game Drake.
As a Baylor fan we are cooked next week
Cats got off the bus just to hand BYU a win. Definitely had OSU on the brain.
Gotcha Drake: BYU, Utah and UCF can be the Big 12's 3 dominant teams.
As a UA fan, maybe I don’t feel as bad as I did last Saturday
Frothy pant leg pee? Drake is over the moon bc his Cougs won while Dave lost in a humiliating fashion of epic proportions.
I wonder if John Kurtz was at the game.
He was and was on BYU TV pregame too
😂😂😂 dudes in ruins right now
lol I love John Kurtz. I didn't catch the byutv pre or post game. I'll have to check it out after work. 😂
Beefy 5 layer burrito time!!! Go Cougs!!!
Hahaha that’s a hilarious joke! The Kingston run covers his mission 😂😂😂😂😂.
Thanks Drake for trying to understand our culture enough to make a hilarious joke. Kudos! Go BYU! Go Big 12!
It was curious that Kansas State could not even get into the endzone. All of their scores were field goals!