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Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler open a celebratory Monday night after BYU's 28-17 Big 12-opening win over Arizona pushed the Cougars to No. 11 in the new AP Top 25 — a jump of several spots over teams that didn't even lose. Bear Bachmeier threw for three touchdowns (two to Kyler Kasper) and ran for another with zero turnovers, earning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors, while defensive end Tausili Akana (2.5 sacks) was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Week. Dave and Blaine break down how BYU trailed 17-14 at the half before shutting Arizona out in the second half, review LJ Martin's 98-yard, 20-carry workload, and grade Blaine's preseason three keys to victory (turnover margin, limiting big plays, and controlling tempo) all as pluses. They also run through the rest of the Big 12 and national landscape — Oklahoma State's upset of Oregon, Michigan's win over Oklahoma, Texas A&M's rout of Arizona State, and Notre Dame's blowout of Rice ahead of its trip to Provo next month — before previewing Saturday's trip to Colorado State, BYU's first-ever primetime game on CBS and first visit to Fort Collins in 26 years.
Kyler Kasper, whose two second-half touchdowns sealed the Arizona win, is named the Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week, with the hosts recapping his path from an injury-shortened Oregon career to a big night in his BYU debut season. Former BYU quarterback Brandon Doman joins the show to discuss Bear's rise (both went 14-2 in their first 16 starts), the value of LJ Martin as a running mate, BYU's climb to No. 11, and the schedule ahead, before counting down his top five favorite wins as a BYU starter in a Five Questions segment that closes with LaVell Edwards's final game as head coach. BYU alumni Craig and Melissa Seeger preview the Fort Collins trip, including the Cougs Care service project collecting books to fight illiteracy, and a Quick Quack Car Wash promo highlights a Santa Maria, California grand opening benefiting a cancer-surviving mother of six.
Campus Notes cover a remarkable feat — every BYU fall sport remains ranked in the top 25 — plus basketball's addition of 7-foot-1 recruit Petar Ostojic and the NCAA's ruling that transfer big man Jakub Urbaniak is ineligible, women's basketball commit Pippa (Delaney's younger sister), a rough week for soccer, strong showings from both cross country teams, a five-set volleyball win over UCLA, and Friday night's BYU Athletic Hall of Fame class headlined by Kyle Van Noy, who flew in between Minnesota Vikings commitments. Two Hotel Park City/Ruth's Chris super fans round out the show: Sylvia Texidor of Wisconsin, a convert who's followed the Cougars since attending BYU in the 1970s, and Bill Winfield of Ventura, California, who lived through BYU's legendary Gifford Nielsen-Marc Wilson-Jim McMahon-Steve Young quarterback run and shares eyewitness stories from the 1980 Holiday Bowl and more. The show closes with a shout-out to the prior week's Arizona flyover pilot and a look ahead to next Monday's guests.
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