Scott Robinson

Dentist, husband, dad, sports lover, gamer.

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Possibly the greatest 8 Yard Run in NFL History

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@UtahSandersTwo @FreddyLA7 Yup. Definitely agree

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@ASCENDING_AZ Such a great read. Thank you

[Stephen Snyder @ASCENDING_AZ]

This morning the Big 12 named its Athlete of the Year.

In three seasons of BYU membership, no Cougar from any sport had ever won it. Not a quarterback, not a runner, not a golfer, not a volleyball player. Nobody.

Now one has — and the résumé that got him there is almost silly:
• Led the ENTIRE NATION in scoring at 25.5 points per game
• 894 points — the THIRD-MOST by a freshman in the history of Division I basketball
• Broke BYU's freshman scoring record with 43 points against Utah
• Then set the Big 12 Tournament freshman scoring record with 40 against Kansas State
• Posted a 30-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist triple-double — one of only TWO in the history of the conference
• First freshman with 30-plus points in an NCAA Tournament debut since Stephen Curry in 2007
• Scored in double figures in all 35 games; twenty-eight 20-point games; eight 30-point games
• Julius Erving Award as the nation's best small forward
• Consensus first-team All-American
• Big 12 Player of the Year AND Freshman of the Year
• No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft

He beat out a terrific field for this award, including a Utah offensive lineman who went ninth overall in the NFL Draft. Sixteen media members, one from each school, cast the votes.

And in Las Vegas this month, he picked up exactly where he left off. Twenty-seven points against the Jazz in his debut — a game-high, nineteen of them before halftime, in a head-to-head with the No. 2 pick. Then twenty-three against the Kings with seven rebounds, three steals and two blocks.

Final Summer League line: 25.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals, 1.5 blocks. He shot 8-for-9 at the rim. His 25.0 per game is the HIGHEST AVERAGE BY A NO. 1 PICK IN LAS VEGAS SUMMER LEAGUE HISTORY — and Washington shut him down after two games because there was nothing left to prove.

But here is the part I keep thinking about, and it has nothing to do with basketball.

Midseason, on a national FS1 broadcast, the announcing crew shared something he had told them off camera: that his favorite thing outside of basketball was going to class — and that his favorite class at BYU was Book of Mormon, taught by professor Tyler Griffin.

He asked them to say the professor's name.

Now understand who said it. This young man is CATHOLIC. He attended a Catholic high school in Massachusetts. He never joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, never said he would, and nobody asked him to.

His father emigrated from the Republic of Congo by way of France; his mother came from Jamaica; he grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts.

He simply took somebody else's scripture seriously, said so in public, and gave the credit to his teacher.

And then there is the detail that made me want to write this at all.

Griffin taught an early-morning class. Basketball teams get home from road games at absurd hours, and a player in that situation has a school-excused absence and a Zoom recording waiting for him. Every excuse is already signed.

He came to class anyway. On one occasion he walked in on two or three hours of sleep, excused, with the recording available.

His professor's words: "He could've watched the Zoom recording, but he came anyway."

The No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft could have watched the recording.

I have thought about that sentence for a while now.

Character is not what a man does in the arena with nineteen thousand people watching and a national broadcast tracking every possession. Character is what he does at eight in the morning on three hours of sleep, when the absence is already excused, when the recording is right there, and when literally nobody would ever have known the difference.

He also spent his one season in Provo starting a foundation for young people, and when a teammate's season ended with a torn ACL in February, he stopped being a freshman phenom and started carrying a team.

His own assessment of that stretch: "it made me better."

Congratulations, AJ Dybantsa — Big 12 Athlete of the Year, and the first Cougar ever to hold it.

Provo got him for one season. It is going to talk about him for fifty years, and not mostly because of the scoring record.

I build with that same standard here in Arizona. The work nobody is watching — the vehicle inspected at 5 a.m., the checklist run when no one would know if you skipped it — is the work that decides everything.

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[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

So long, America🫡🇺🇸

49 days ago we landed in the USA to follow our country at the World Cup. We had no idea it would turn into the trip of a lifetime.

Thank you to everyone who followed along, and to all the people we met who made this journey even more special. We honestly don’t have the words to express how grateful we are for everything you did for us.

This trip exceeded every expectation we had. We came here with an open mind, wanting to experience as much of the country as possible. I still remember telling my friends on the flight to Atlanta that I hoped we’d get to meet a few locals on this trip. Now we’re flying home with friends all across the USA.

Before we came, we heard so many stereotypes and warnings about America. People told us about safety concerns, that they might check our social media at the border, and all kinds of other things. None of it matched our experience. This was probably the most welcoming country we’ve ever visited.

So if you have the chance to travel, do it. The world isn’t nearly as bad as the media often makes it seem. 99% of people are awesome!

I heard this quote somewhere during the World Cup, and I think it sums up our experience perfectly:

“If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love it, travel it.”

Thank you, America ❤️🇺🇸

[Jonny Linehan @jlinehan9]

3rd & 10. 4 minutes to play. One score rivalry game. Freshman. Legend. 🐻

[Scott Robinson @McDivot14]

@jlinehan9 You just made my day. Can't see this video too many times.

[Stephen Snyder @ASCENDING_AZ]

Twelve months ago, he was an 18-year-old whose college football plan had just collapsed for the second time in nine months.

Today, his head coach — fresh off turning down one of the sport's blue-blood jobs — calls him the long-term answer at quarterback for a 12-win program.

The road between those two sentences might be the wildest year any freshman in America just lived.

Start in Murrieta, California, with a family that sounds like the cast of a Western: four brothers named Hank, Tiger, Bear, and Buck. Football is the family business. Hank, the oldest, played quarterback at Boise State, Louisiana Tech, and Wake Forest. Tiger starred at wide receiver for Stanford. Buck, the youngest, is coming up through high school behind them all.

The third brother was the one scouts circled early. At Murrieta Valley High School he piled up nearly 6,800 passing yards and 59 touchdowns, with another 1,724 yards and 33 scores on the ground — a 6-foot-2, 220-pound dual threat who punished defenses both ways.

Then came the first collapse: a knee injury wiped out the first EIGHT games of his senior season. The recruiting world watched to see if the shine would fade.

He returned late that year and dragged his team all the way to a Division 2 title game anyway. The four-star grade held. In December 2024, he signed with Stanford — choosing the Cardinal over Georgia, Alabama, Oregon, Notre Dame, Michigan, Texas A&M, and more — and graduated early, enrolling in January 2025 to compete in spring ball.

Eight weeks later, Stanford fired the head coach who had recruited him.

Collapse number two. Eighteen years old, one semester into college, and the entire foundation of his decision was gone. In April he entered the transfer portal — and his brother Tiger, Stanford's veteran receiver, entered it with him. Brothers, together, betting on the same next door.

That door was in Provo. BYU had wanted him out of high school, and its staff moved fast. On May 3, 2025, at the end of an official visit, Bear committed — and Tiger followed that same evening. Bear's stated reasoning was pure quarterback: the pedigree of QBs the program has produced, historic and recent, was enticing.

The plan was patient: back up the incumbent in 2025, compete for the job in 2026.

The plan lasted about eight weeks. In July, BYU's incumbent starter departed the program — and suddenly the true freshman who'd had mere months with the playbook was in a three-way battle against McCae Hillstead and Treyson Bourguet, both of whom had actual FBS starting experience.

He didn't just hang in the fight. Per BYU's offensive coordinator, he posted the highest completion percentage of the three, the fewest interceptions, and the most chunk plays of camp. Aaron Roderick's verdict was five words: Bear has earned the job.

On August 19, 2025 — exactly 108 days after committing — he was named the starter, becoming the FIRST true freshman quarterback to start a season opener in the history of BYU football. A program of Jim McMahon, Steve Young, and Ty Detmer had never once handed opening day to a true freshman. Until him.

His debut, August 30: five touchdowns accounted for in ONE HALF of a 69-0 win. One week later, the schedule served up poetry — his opponent at LaVell Edwards Stadium was Stanford, the team whose jersey he'd worn in spring practice four months earlier.

The season that followed belongs to BYU lore now: 12 wins. A run to the Big 12 Championship Game. A bowl victory over Georgia Tech. Big 12 Freshman of the Year.

And when Penn State came hunting for his head coach in December, the extension announcement that kept Kalani Sitake in Provo carried a telling detail — the program had identified its long-term answer at quarterback, and it was the freshman.

Here is what I take from a year like that, and why this story belongs in this series:
Twice, this young man built a careful plan, and twice the plan was destroyed by events entirely outside his control — an injury, a firing.

He never controlled the doors. He only controlled what he carried through them: the preparation, the accuracy, the ball security, the calm in the huddle that made veteran linemen believe in an 18-year-old.

Plans are fragile. Preparation is portable. Carry yours through whatever door opens.

His name is Bear Bachmeier.

And he's just getting started.

Now you see the whole picture.

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[Scott Robinson @McDivot14]

@demarcushenry15 Let's go BYU! Come be great

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You want to do something that’s never been done? 🇺🇸

Samuel L. Jackson gets us ready for @USMNT vs Belgium

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THE ATMOSPHERE IN SEATTLE AHEAD OF THE USMNT vs. BELGIUM IN THE WORLD CUP ROUND OF 16 🇺🇸🔥

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Nailed it!!

This view is exactly why it’s not a red. You can’t commit a red when you are going sideways and someone cuts you off from behind and your foot accidentally lands on his.

Pic of rolled ankle can’t always = red. Context has to matter.

[Scott Robinson @McDivot14]

@bode_sparrow Best jersey in the country

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@CracraftFan World cup for sure

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@FOS Absolutely ridiculous

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@Nutzypoo_ttv Love the jersey! I'm in LA for the game today with my wife!

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@TheDoRnbush @ItsShake4ndbake The thing is, I'm certain the small percentage who play DD are responsible for the majority of their revenue. Have to be careful banning the people who bring in all the money.

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@cowpoke_u @JVR405 The worst part about me being a BYU fan living in Tulsa is that everyone I follow is from out of state, and apparently they have all decided to blindly follow the media narrative to hate on the Thunder this year. It's so frustrating. Can't wait for the win tonight!

[Scott Robinson @McDivot14]

@iiTzz_Tyrell @okstgambles You haven't watched enough thunder games and have found yourself extremely influenced by the social media narrative. Old school harden was twice the flipper Shai is. Suddenly the whole world is against him.