Hurtzogud

[The BYU Flash @TheBYUFlash]

Make it make sense

[Greg Wrubell @gregwrubell]

Over its last 30 games, @BYUMBB is 27-3, with all three losses coming against AP Top 10 teams.

v. No. 2 Houston (2024-25 Big 12 tourney semifinal)
v. No. 7 Alabama (2024-25 NCAA tourney Sweet 16)
v. No. 3 UConn (2025-26 Hall of Fame Series Boston)

[Ben Criddle @CriddleBenjamin]

'We're not talking enough about BYU's improvement' | AJ Dybantsa's a favorite for PLAYER OF THE YEAR

https://t.co/YbR6LQvleb

[Jeff Fuller @jjfuller72]

In all of the 2025 season, the entire SEC conference didn’t beat another P4 team that won a Bowl/CFP game

Below are all of the SEC P4 wins:

Notre Dame (controversial holding non-call)
Michigan x2 (Floundering staff/program)
Wisconsin
Clemson
VaTech x2
ASU
Baylor
Kansas
GaTech
Florida St
Syracuse

Only 4* of those teams made a bowl game at all and all 4 of those lost

(*ND opted out)

SEC was 13-12 vs other P4s and 3-7 vs CFP ranked teams

(If Ole Miss beats Miami, that would change the above)

Can’t spell “cheeks” without S-E-C

[Hurtzogud @Robnick311]

@Mchewyqq @Firstand16_Pod It was 13 to 7 late in the third

[Eric Mitton @ericmitton]

Oregon football's best win just lost to BYUs 3rd or 4th best win without their QB. BYU had a better SOS than Oregon. Yet Oregon is a 5 seed and BYU is out. @CFBPlayoff is corrupt.

[Bachmeier_for_heisman @mvp30_curry]

SEC… it just means more right? @Lane_Kiffin

[Chandler🤙🏼 @ChannyMill]

ND got credit for a quality win vs Pitt and nobody cared that BYU beat ECU

[Sporty @SportyMcSports]

When the SEC plays teams above .500 from other conferences, on neutral fields, they are mid.

[BoozeCougs @BoozeCougs]

You’re telling me Georgia only scored 16 points on these guys?? BYU played about as bad as they could have 1st half otherwise it would have been a blowout. #snubbed

[Hurtzogud @Robnick311]

@AriWasserman Um BYU had a better resume than Miami and ND....

[Hurtzogud @Robnick311]

@davidpollack47 I'd be more excited if teams were chosen based on their resume instead of their brand affiliation and TV contracts...

[Ben Criddle @CriddleBenjamin]

ESPN The Fan contributor Jeff Fuller joined the show to break down why the numbers made BYU's playoff case:

Q: What’s been on your mind recently with BYU football?

Jeff Fuller:
Over the last couple seasons especially, BYU has been consistently left out of national discussion — and it’s baffling.

Last year, BYU wasn’t just a bubble team; they arguably had the best resume of any bubble team. Yet they were left off graphics, barely mentioned on national podcasts, and completely ignored in playoff conversations.

You’re listening to ESPN shows, Josh Pate, Ari Wasserman, Andy Staples — and it’s like BYU doesn’t exist. The attitude is, “Well, they’ll have to play their way in.” Meanwhile, they’re sitting there at 11–1.

Q: And that’s where your analysis really struck a nerve.

Jeff Fuller:
Right. I went back and looked at every one-loss Power Conference team over the last 30 years.

There has never been a one-loss Power Conference team ranked worse than No. 10 at the end of the regular season.

BYU was 11–1, ranked 11th, with their only loss coming to a top-five Texas Tech team, and a strength of schedule around 30th nationally.

That has never happened before.

Q: You also compared that to Indiana last season.

Jeff Fuller:
Exactly. Indiana last year was also 11–1 and got the benefit of the doubt despite an 84th-ranked strength of schedule.

BYU’s strength of schedule was roughly 30th.

These are not comparable resumes — yet Indiana received more national respect.

Even Boise State, a one-loss Group of Five team last year, was ranked ahead of BYU in the final CFP rankings.

Q: Some fans dismiss this as a “persecution complex.” How do you respond to that?

Jeff Fuller:
If it happens over and over again, it’s not paranoia — it’s pattern recognition.

Brett McMurphy looked at AP Poll data since 2014 and ranked the most underrated teams. BYU was No. 1.

I went back 25, 50, even 75 years, and BYU consistently shows up as the most underrated program in AP Poll history.

Then I ran the same analysis in college basketball — comparing preseason rankings to postseason finishes over 50 years.

Same result. BYU is the most underrated program in the country.

At some point, coincidence is no longer an explanation.

Q: Let’s talk about the committee itself. You don’t trust it.

Jeff Fuller:
Not at all.

If there’s going to be a committee, they need to publish what metrics matter and how much they matter.

Is it strength of record? FPI? Resume? Eye test? And how are those weighted?

At least with the NET rankings in basketball, we know roughly where teams are slotted.

With football, BYU isn’t even on the bubble graphics despite elite objective metrics.

Q: You cited Parker Fleming’s “wins above average” metric. Why is that important?

Jeff Fuller:

Because it’s one of the cleanest resume metrics we have.

Top 10 teams by that metric? All made the playoff — except No. 5, BYU.

Miami was No. 13 and got in. BYU was No. 5 and couldn’t even crack ESPN’s “first four out” graphics.

That’s indefensible.

Full interview: https://t.co/CtzhEq38tk

📸: @BYUfootball @BYUphoto

[Luke Arcaini @ArcainiLuke]

The play that killed the Chiefs.

[ƃuoɹʇsɯɹɐ uǝq @dryflyelk]

Whittingham is the guy that kicks an onside kick when up 50 at halftime.
Kalani is the guy that takes a knee at the 2 yard line late in the game so he doesn't embarrass the other team.
Both great football coaches, but i prefer style #2.

[Some.BYU.Dude @ByuSome]

Ohio State? Lost and fell
Virginia? Lost and fell
BYU? Lost and fell?
North Texas? Lost and fell
Bama? Lost by 21 and had negative rushing yards, and didn't fall.

😂😂😂😂😂

[Will Compton @_willcompton]

It’s absolutely INSANE hearing the committee break down BYU’s performance in their Championship game —and then go in FULL PROTECTION mode for Alabama and the performance in their Championship game

Just say out loud “we care more about the SEC than the Big 12”

That wouldn’t sound fair but it’s 100% the reality

[Jody Genessy @DJJazzyJody]

Disgusting that the Big 12, with three teams in the Top 15 strength of record, only got one team in the playoffs.