It's Notre Dame week. Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler opened with 5-0, No. 8 BYU set to host 6-0, No. 2 Notre Dame on October 17 in what both hosts — and nearly every guest — called a contender for the biggest game in BYU football history. The Cougars dispatched Iowa State 24-10 behind Bear Bachmeier's 438 total yards and two touchdowns (earning him Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week) and freshman Legend Glasker's 75-yard touchdown grab, though LJ Martin's high-ankle sprain will sideline him for at least a month. The hosts broke down just how evenly matched these teams are statistically — two top-10 scoring defenses, with Notre Dame's historic turnover margin as the separator — before running through Kalani Sitake's media availability, the game's uniform and weather details, and the BYU-Notre Dame series history. A new segment also debuted this week: a recurring "Item of the Week" merchandise reveal presented by The BYU Store, kicking off with a new Big 12/BYU hoodie.
Three guests captured the week's magnitude. Former BYU receiver Tim Nowatzke shared an emotional, deeply personal account of catching a touchdown against Notre Dame in 1992 the week his grandfather died, his subsequent conversion to the LDS Church, and BYU's 1994 win in South Bend. F-35 pilot Jefferson Page, call sign "Bender" and commander of a fighter squadron at Hill Air Force Base, previewed Saturday's four-jet flyover — including the moment his own son, a BYU ROTC cadet, will watch him fly over LaVell Edwards Stadium — and offered a fighter pilot's spin on Blaine's keys to victory. Tim LaComb, former BYU assistant basketball coach and current Utah Jazz broadcaster, stopped by to preview his band's pregame performance at Cougar Canyon.
The back half brought Campus Notes on BYU's across-the-board fall sports success, a look ahead to Friday's Nebraska exhibition basketball game and Texas Tech soccer match, and a new format for the BYU Super Fan segment: Boise-based sports media student Caleb Tonks joined by Zoom, followed by longtime superfans (and grandparents of 42) Ruth and Mike Strain live in studio. The show wrapped with this week's biggest games, BYU alumni around the NFL, and a tease for next Monday's Notre Dame recap with BYU Hall of Famer Gifford Nielsen.
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