I thought this would be a good week to start this thread since the Utah game is Friday. BYU is 2-2-1 so far with the losses coming in hard-fought games against the #1 and #5 ranked teams in the country, Stanford and Texas A&M. The wins have been at a decent CS Fullerton team on the road and a 10-0 win against Idaho State last Saturday. The tie was 2-2 on the road against a pretty good Nebraska team. I have watched most of the games so far, and to me this team with only one senior somehow looks significantly better than last year's disappointing team that had 7 seniors. They are a little vulnerable to the counterattack against really good teams, thus the 2 goals each scored on them by A&M and Stanford. But in both games BYU played well.
The A&M game was a little frustrating in that BYU controlled possession, had way more shots, and the A&M goals came with 3 minutes before the half and 5 minutes before the end of the game. In their very next game A&M beat top-10 ranked Santa Clara who is supposed to be the best WCC team, by a 4-0 score. I think we take care of business at Utah this Friday and I'm feeling pretty good about BYU taking the league and getting back to the NCAA tournament this year.
The A&M game was a little frustrating in that BYU controlled possession, had way more shots, and the A&M goals came with 3 minutes before the half and 5 minutes before the end of the game. In their very next game A&M beat top-10 ranked Santa Clara who is supposed to be the best WCC team, by a 4-0 score. I think we take care of business at Utah this Friday and I'm feeling pretty good about BYU taking the league and getting back to the NCAA tournament this year.
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