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Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler open a truly global episode of Y's Guys — with viewers chiming in from Singapore, Cambodia, Italy, Australia, New Zealand and across Cougar Nation — by running down a stacked stretch of preseason news heading into the Sept. 5 opener against Utah Tech. BYU checks in at No. 6 in ESPN's preseason power rankings (per Mark Schlabach), running back LJ Martin picks up preseason Second Team All-America honors from USA Today and the AP along with Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year buzz, and Bret McMurphy's AP-voter research names BYU the single most underrated preseason team in the country over the last 12 years. National forecasters pile on from there: Stewart Mandel (New York Times) has BYU going 11-1 and winning the Big 12, while CBS Sports and CFB Kings both project the Cougars reaching the College Football Playoff.
Former Cougar linebacker and current BYUtv football analyst Harvey Langi joins for the back half of the news segment, pulling back the curtain on NFL cutdown day — the anxiety of waiting for \"the grim reaper\" to call, and how some of the league's biggest stars (Taysom Hill, Zach Wilson, Todd Christensen, Fred Warner) turned early setbacks into Hall of Fame-caliber careers. He then breaks down what a healthy, more experienced Bear Bachmeier means for BYU's offense entering year two, how he'd scheme to defend him, and closes with his own ranking of BYU's five toughest games of the season — landing on Arizona, not Notre Dame, as the No. 1 measuring-stick game.
The second hour brings the Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week (soccer's Emma Hamberlin, who scored twice to beat USC), a big basketball headline as BYU beats out Kentucky for transfer big man Jaxon Kohler, and a full campus-notes sweep across women's basketball (Delaney Gibb and Canada's run to the 2028 Olympic qualifying final), soccer, volleyball, cross country and baseball. Two Hotel Park City/Ruth's Chris BYU Super Fans round out the show — Greg Schroeder of Twin Falls, Idaho and Provo-studio guest Dean Taylor — each sharing their Cougar histories and playing a round of \"Where Were You?\" through classic BYU moments, before the Redmond Roots Rollout and a look ahead to next Monday's Game Week Bonanza with Jaren Hall, Rod Zundel, Adam Edmunds and Michael Johanson.
Timestamps (approximate):
0:00 – Show Open: Live From Singapore to Cambodia, Cougar Nation Tunes In
9:31 – BYU vs. Utah Tech Game Week Details + BYU Cracks ESPN's Top 6
11:04 – LJ Martin's Historic Preseason All-American Honors
12:54 – BYU Named Most Underrated Preseason Team in the Country
16:27 – Stewart Mandel Predicts BYU Wins the Big 12 and Reaches the CFP
21:11 – Week Zero College Football Preview + Cougars in the NFL Before Cutdown Day
28:11 – Harvey Langi Joins the Show
30:10 – Inside NFL Cutdown Day: Harvey Langi on the \"Grim Reaper\"
35:11 – Harvey Langi on Taysom Hill, Zach Wilson & the Biggest Cuts in NFL History
43:00 – How Would You Defend Bear Bachmeier? Harvey Langi Breaks It Down
51:37 – Harvey Langi Ranks BYU's 5 Toughest Games of 2025 (Arizona Is No. 1)
1:00:37 – Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week: Emma Hamberlin's Game-Winning Goals
1:04:47 – BYU Basketball Lands Jaxon Kohler, Beats Out Kentucky
1:14:22 – Super Fan Greg Schroeder & the \"Where Were You?\" Game
1:30:35 – Super Fan Dean Taylor: From Oklahoma State Fan to True Blue Convert
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