Ethan Miles

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@thehypetrainpod ALL GAME

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@LOBig12 Playing for overtime

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@CougarBoard Hang it in the cultural hall

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@SpideYstow @CougarClub_BYU @BYUFanEx I get a feeling that a large chunk of season ticket holders buy them as “investments” and sell them for most games. We have new people at the seats around us every game.

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@therealutahutes Because their OC called more than 5 pass plays that were designed to be thrown down the field and not behind the line of scrimmage

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@KarenFromUtah Second half shutout?

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@KimballCall Just another pharisees who can’t see past the letter of the law

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@UtahCFBstats And Utah had won majority of the previous 9 by less than one score… the gap was never really that big regardless of P5 recruiting and resources. The moment the tides are level, they can’t beat the cougars.

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@jmbrim3 In other words, “I’m not the problem. You are.”

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@hswift Heard zinke still thinks the Epstein files don’t exist 😂

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@jlinehan9 Possession>points in Roderick’s head. Ironic in games where byu’s gone to 2 minute offense they usually score

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@rob_stod Honestly the defense has played like this all year. Really good in some aspects, bottom tier in others

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@Raindropsmedia1 The breeding of these fucking dogs needs to end

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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

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@Big12Conference 💰

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@HoboJ_ Would BYU be ranked higher right now if, instead of taking the foot of the gas and running the ball in the 4th, they punished a few more teams like Tech has? BYU’s defense hasn’t played as good this year. Therefore games ended closer. Would it make a difference?

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@STXAmbassador At that point in the season, byus offense relied on LJ’s productivity. Not necessarily the case now, and LJ is healthy. Techs D will be solid, but we can expect more points from BYU

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@SpurRoyal @ESPNCFB I mean that’s just the reality of what happened

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@Texasagg87 @ESPNCFB Have fun having literally 1 good season ever

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@SpurRoyal @ESPNCFB BYU’s defense allowed 1 touchdown (in the first quarter after a muffed punt in the end zone) and one more late in the 4th after the game was already over.