BYU 1-on-1: Cougars resume pleasantries with TCU

Daily Herald’s Darnell Dickson and Brandon Gurney revisit a BYU agenda built around tradition and upcoming preparation, starting with rivalry talk. They compare how BYU’s old Mountain West matchups carried meaning compared with the current conference structure, arguing that real rivalries are harder to sustain in mega-conferences. Dickson says he misses BYU’s former clashes with teams like Wyoming and Air Force, while Gurney highlights the hostility he experienced at Air Force in 2006 and points to San Diego State as a rivalry he’d like to see again. They then shift to BYU football’s bye-week needs, focusing on the offense’s second and third units, especially backup quarterback Treyson Bourguet after an interception vs. Colorado State, plus depth concerns at running back.