I'm excited to see the game will be broadcast on FSN, and not the Mountain! Or do they use the pathetic Mountain Network crew to broadcast on FSN? If so, FSN will be embarrassed to have such an amaturish broadcast on their airwaves! Run away FSN, unless you can use your own talent!

#1 priority is to stop Locker - dude's a stud...but he can't throw an accurate ball on a consistent basis. Possible solution is that Locker may not always line up at QB. There's some talk in the NW about putting in the 2nd stringer Fouch at QB and letting Locker run wild. That could get scary...but does Ty have the guts?

Great news for coach Willingham and Cougar Fans everywhere!

Coach, Your program is about to get a big shot in the arm in the form of a huge win over the 15th ranked team in the nation. Don't put that for 'For Sale' sign up just yet.

Coach Ty, this is your lucky day. You see, any other ranked team would pound your pathetic Huskys, but not this ranked team. This ranked team does not win non-conference road games, period. They never have, never will and there is nothing you, I or anyone else can do about it.

Cougar Fans, don't despair... take advantage. Borrow a large sum of money and put it on the Huskys. Then get caught up on your over-due mortgage payments with the proceeds. You, like coach Willingham, will get to stay in your houses a little longer.

Looking forward to seeing the game in person on Saturday. I hope the Cougars come ready to play. Though the UW is young, as a whole they present more speed than BYU. Can BYU run the ball? Can BYU throw the ball effectively? Can our defense not get beat on big plays? If so BYU will be 2-0 and be headed back to Provo with momentum against UCLA.

Lets Go Cougars!

Here's my prediction: not even going to be close. BYU by lots.

Washington is going to get trounced by BYU.

Willingham will lose his job.

UW fans are irate and feel they have given him more than enough time to field a competitive team.

Jake Locker is a great runner but not a great QB. Washington is a one man team and will be beaten by a better BYU team come Saturday. 35-17 BYU

Cougar Hunter...you are up in the night..as usual. Go back to your yewt blogs and see if you can find anything positive to talk about. Cougars will win this going away and Willingham will be that much closer to being jobless.

I see no problem with this game, I think BYU will finaly get that road monkey off their back, I hope for their sake and the MWC sake that it takes place. However, I think BYU needs to take care of business early so they can focus on a UCLA team and a disgruntled Norm Chow

Turnovers in the Apple State will be the key to the game.

+3 for BYU, lock
+2 for BYU, near lock
-1 to +1, BYU has a VERY GOOD chance of winning
-2 for BYU, scary, probable loss
-3 for BYU, the Quest is over, move to goal #2, winning another MWC championship, a bowl win and a final Top 25 ranking

Locker can't match BYU's offense score for score. BYU doesn't need to shutdown Locker, they just need to slow him down. Bend but don't break. Washington's defense isn't good enough to shut down BYU's offense.

It could be a wild, high-scoring game, but as long as BYU protects the ball, BYU will chalk up a much need OOC road victory.

BYU rolls! UW is awful. Keep talking about what a great athlete your QB is, he cant throw at all. Why do you think there is a RB? All I can say is that he shouldn't be playing QB. He is so one dimensional that it is easy to stop him. Lets hope UCLA is a test because UW won't be. Cougs 38-3.

Don't ever corner a wild animal!

The Huskies have been backed into a corner by the string of losses under Coach W. Coaches and players feel the heat from the press and the fans. (One high profile Husky alumnus has even offered to set-up a $100,000 scholarship at the UW Law School if UW fires Willingham.)

So, the Huskies are going to EXTREMELY motivated to make a statement and try and save Coach W's job. In their minds a win against 15th ranked BYU will be just the ticket to (temporarily) take the heat off of their coaches. That's HUGE motivation!

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS GAME FOR BYU!!! The players need to be mentally prepared to face this highly motivated Husky team, if they want to come away with a win. The Cougars will have to:

1. Execute, execute, execute;
2. Play error-free football;
3. Have a 150 yard rushing attack;
4. Play smash-mouth defense to stifle UW offense;
5. Not look past UW, to the UCLA game.

Accomplish these things, and the Cougars will come away with a very satisfying win in a difficult venue.

THIS BYU TEAM HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IT!!!

11-26 record = Huskies have been cornered for awhile. Nothing's changed, they're still cornered. There were calls for Willingham's job in the past but nothing came of it. Patience will wear thin very soon in Seattle and he'll be out. BYU will be very ready for this game and will not have a letdown. They'll capitalize on the good from last week's game and will not allow silly mistakes to plague them. This year is the BYU of old, a strong starting team. The UCLA game will be dealt with next week, the Cougars know to not overlook a game. That's had disastrous results in the past, but then this is not a team from the past.

Hey, does anyone know if this game is on the Dish Network? The Dish has FSN Rocky Mountain, FSN West, etc. Is that the same as plain old FSN?
Thanks.

Cougar Hunter, you sre living in a dream world. Crawl back in your hole until Novemeber.

Some really good comments, ignoring the cougar hunter guy. Reminds me of that Elmer Fudd guy going to look for rabbits.

UW has raw talent and their coach has a long string of not being able to develop that talent into a winning team. Same results as at Notre Dame.

I completely agree that Washington is going to be up for this game. New year, first home game and they likely believe in the basic PAC-10 superiority over the rest of the universe. They likely look at BYU and their #15 rank is a cherry pick win so their confidence and expectation are going to be high.

Washington is still very undisciplined. Their defensive front-four is their strength, and after that the rest of their defense refused to play assignments against Oregon. BYU will score on this defense.

The question is our defenses ability to stop Locker. If we keep him in the pocket we win. He holds the ball too long. If he gets out of the pocket it could be like that Paul guy from Tulsa last year, but Washington isn't as high scoring.

Great game but more disciplined team wins. Should be BYU.

Go cougars!

Why are so many people so worried about UW? I understand they are hungry for a win, but so are the cougs...they want to get the "unable to win a non-conference road game" monkey off their backs! They want to improve from past years and start off better than 1-2, they want to make it to a BCS game. BYU has a lot to play for also! Bottom line, this game will come down to talent and experience which in both areas, BYU definitely has the advantage. UW has one player that is a threat (even though last week he was not a threat at all gaining only 57 on 16 carries). BYU have several players that are threats and will be hard to stop. UW may be hungry, but that does necessarily mean they will player better...it could be a detriment to the way they play.

What will be interesting is to see how the Reynolds brothers handle this game.

If I were the defensive coordinator I would come after them, hard. I would blitz slightly more on the left side know that Hall has a history of getting wacked, and that BYU is still weak on the left tackle spot, now being manned by a red-shirt Freshman.

In blitzing a lot you are challenging the center, who calls out blocking assignments, and BYU has a new center.

I would go after them both and make BYU's O-line prove they can handle it. An aggressive pressure/blitz defense would be a real test.

I hope the Reynolds brothers are up to it.

UW will be an easy W, look how they were dismantled by Oregon. Cougars will bring on the slaughter-after this game the road just gets easier, GO COUGARS!

Washington is terrible. BYU will win going away. I can't conceive of them losing, but if they should it would be one of the biggest disappointments for the team and it's fans since Bronco took over the reins. Washington is so bad on both sides of the ball that even San Diego State could beat them.
Hey,Billy Red you need to get Direct tv which has a low priced sports package that includes the MTN.,CBS college sports and all the FOX sports channels. Get rid of DISH now.

cougs going down
real world team
ends their dream

DISH locally will be 414 (and available in HD)

Hey, is there any way to see the game overseas? We live in England, and would love to be able to pick it up on the internet. Any ideas?

Go Cougars

I'm not going to lie, I'm a Ute fan. I do however, want BYU to be undefeated come November. I think this is a dangerous game for them. If they look past even one play Washington will light them up. Good luck and let's hope the Cougars can keep their focus and play a good game.

The simple fact is this: BYU rolls if they don't turn the ball over and Max Hall stays healthy. Period. Their D isn't the most amazing, but it's good enough to hold Washington to between 10 and 30 points. BYU's offense can't be stopped, however. I know the UNI game looked ugly, but, underneath that mask of 5 fumbles, that offense is SCARY. No one can stop them! They beat you in too many ways!

No turnovers = BYU 48 UW 17
-1 to -2 = BYU 32 UW 24
-3+ = upset...

I love when I hear Cougar fans talk about Gary Crowton as if he were Satan himself. I have always thought that all things the same, if Crowton would have won games he would still be the coach today. It has nothing to do with the fact that he 'eroded the school's values' that he was fired. He was fired because he didn't win games. Cougar fans really don't care what you do off the field (even though they act like they do) as long as you win. Examples: Jim Mcmahon, Ronney Jenkins. People were willing to put up with any Mcmahon shenanagins as long as he kept throwing the long ball and won. LE was good at winning games, but he was equally good at sweeping off the field issues under the rug and over looking the honor code when it was convenient. Despite what anyone will tell you, Cougar football is not about values at all, it is no different from any other school. At the end of the day it is about winning games. President Monson could be the coach at the Y and if he didn't win games he'd be fired!

Washington may be a bad Pac 10 team but they would finish 3rd in the Mountain West. So the Kewgs better not start celebrating with their sparkling cider (gasp) just yet. Any road game is hard and other than Utah, this could be the toughest road game the Ewgs play.

BYU will look at what Utah did to a "big name" team and realize that they should trounce these guys.

I see BYU by 14.

Utah fans thanks for reading about BYU thanks for watching BYU and talking about BYU, you are what makes us great. You might HATE us, but you sure want to be a part of us! ps.if you read this thanks again

THE MOUNTAIN NETWORK IS THE WORST THING THAT COULD EVER HAVE HAPPENED TO THE MOUNTAIN WEST LEAGUE.

That goes double for their HORRIBLE announcers!

Thanks Bob? And Rich, I'm bailing the day my contract expires.

If you have Dish Network's Sports Pack, which includes all the flavors of FSN out there, you will definitely get the game and you will be able to choose from about 20 different FNS channels to watch it on.

Did Call really list Notre Dame up there with USC and Oklahoma when talking about Washingtons tough schedule?????

Washington would be lucky to finish in 5th place in the MWC. Teams they would definitely finish behind:

BYU
Utah
TCU
New Mexico
Air Force (probably)
Wyoming (possibily)
Colorado State (probably not)
San Diego State (definitely not)
UNLV (are you kidding)

This will be a tough game for a while, but BYU pulls away at the end, scoring the put-away TD with under 10 to play. BYU wins 31-20.

Dish Network has the best HD DVR in the world. Controls two TVs at once and lets you watch live TV while another program is being recorded. That reason alone has kept me from switching to DirecTV. I don't get the mtn. but I have friends and neighbors who do...

Will never give up my Dish!!

I'll stay out of your blogs if you stay out of ours.

I hope UW wins in the waning seconds of the game tomorrow. (Your luck has to run out sometime). Let's hope the Y can keep their streak of futility of non conference road games alive! I know you can do it!

If byu wins we'll all know that Washington is a terrible team.

BYU hasn't beaten UW in 3 tries in Seattle and has not beaten a nonconference opponent on the road in a regular-season game since a one-point victory over Utah State 6 years ago. Look at the history of BYU playing Washington when they have been ranked in the AP Polls. U-Dub has owned BYU (4-2) in past seasons and with Willingham’s job on the line and after such a lopsided defeat in Eugene this young team will be ready to pull off the upset in Husky Stadium (33-28) in 2008.
1985- BYU (ranked #16) defeats Washington (unranked) 31-3 in Provo.

1986- Washington (ranked #7) defeats BYU (ranked #11) 52-21 in Seattle
*This one was ugly as the score was 42-7 at halftime in Husky Stadium

1996- Washington (unranked)defeats BYU (ranked #14) 29-17 in Seattle
*BYU's only loss of the 14-1 season and would later go on and beat K-State in the Cotton Bowl.

1997- Washington (ranked #4 AP Poll) defeats BYU (ranked #19) in Provo 42-20

1998- Washington (ranked #9) defeats BYU (unranked) 20-10 in Seattle

1999-BYU(unranked)defeats Washington (unranked)35-28 in Provo
*BYU beat Washington on a touchdown from Feterik to Hall in the last two minutes of the game

Better to be playing Saturdays on The Mtn, than Tuesdays and Wednesdays on ESPN.

The picture quality and announcers may not be the best (actually, I've endured some pretty lousy ESPN announcers also), but I'd much rather go to a Saturday afternoon or evening game, than try to go to a Tue or Wed game and not get home until after midnight, then try to get something useful done the next day at work.

BYU will move the ball on offense, there is no question about that. There is the question of how the defense does against Locker. As far as size, he is actually similarly sized to UNI's quarterback, he's somewhat taller, and actually lighter weight. Then there is the speed factor. He may be fast, but it's not like our defense is slow. In fact, across the board we are quite a bit faster this year on defense than we were last year. Brandon Howard, #4, he has got some speed! He demonstrated that by running down UNI's quarterback last week. The difference this year is I think we are missing a little size from last year, and of course the players are new. Last week was, I think, good preparation for this week. There was a trick play, and there was a couple missed blocking assignments, those resulted in the big plays, and I think we learned from those. If you remember, too, UNI's quarterback was knocked out 3 times last week. With hard hitters like Coleby Clawson, and Matt Ah You, BAM, it could be lights out for UW this week.

This is the same Washington team that almost ended Hawaii's BCS bowl bid hopes late last season. Of course this is a new season for Washington, and most agree while Hawaii was good they were overrated, but still...BYU under Mendenhall has not demonstrated that they can win on the road against non-conference opponents. This is a big game for BYU to prove they have matured and can play well away from Provo.
BYU has great potential this season but if they drop this game they won't get (or deserve) a BCS bowl bid. Their mistakes last week show me they haven't brought all of their confidence or continuity from last season.

One thing's for certain though, despite the outcome of this game there will be a grundle of BYU die-hards talking about Washington like they are top of the pac-10 for the rest of the season. :) Good luck cougs!

Crowton was fired as much for his off-the-field failures as he was for his losses.

LaVell did ignore some off-the-field stuff, mostly honor code violations that wouldn't have even raised on eyebrow at any other school, but LaVell never tolerated players who got in trouble with the law.

Mendenhall is well respected as much because of his zero tollerance policies as he is for his win/loss record. Key starters have been held out of ball games because of Bronco's strict adherence to team rules. Fui didn't play last week, not because he was injured, not because he was ineligible, not because he had an honor code violation, he didn't play because he didn't practice, because he had some catching up to do in his academic work which he didn't complete until Friday before the game.

Crossing Fingers is right in saying BYU opponents will have a hard time stopping them! BYU shot themselves in the foot playing UNI with turn overs. If they hadn't, the score would have been in the 60's

Totally agree except that SDSU should be last and come after UNLV. You do realize they lost to Caly Poly last weekend, right?

Winless has the only real read on this game. I'm a BYU fan going back to the 60's. We've always been pathetic on the road against good programs. Washington may have had a bad game last week, but look for them to look unbeatable against our hapless Coogs. BYU will lose the next two games. Then by the end of the season we will be on top of the MWC and will have silenced Utah. In the meantime, we will go from disappointment to satisfaction and the Utes will end in another season-ending fold.

and Navy hadn't beaten Notre Dame since the 60's...

until last season.

Washington's dominance in Seattle is about to end. Husky fans have one day left to enjoy it.

Ute Fans. Remember when you beat a terrible team with a big name last week? The same will happen this week, except BYU will win by double digits. Collie is still open.

To Winless in Seattle:

You got all your historical facts right but I think the broad consensus on the West Coast (which I agree with) is this Washington team under Willingham is not even close to as good as Washington teams in the 80's or 90's. The Husky teams of the last few years have exhibited no heart and Willingham haas shown no ability to rally the troops when the chips are down (ask any ND fan). BYU wins by 7+.

Good hunting in Seattle. It's about time for the Huskies to come down several notches.