What College GameDay Said About no. 21 BYU vs no. 9 Baylor
The College GameDay crew is in Austin, Texas to feature Alabama-Texas. As one of just three ranked matchups this weekend, it is anticipated that no. 9 Baylor at no. 21 BYU will get a lot of screen time on Saturday's edition of College GameDay. This article will recap everything that was said about BYU-Baylor on GameDay.
To kick off the show, Kirk Herbstreit said BYU-Baylor could be the best game of the day. "Baylor knows how to score," Herbstreit said. "This is a BYU team that's veteran, they are experienced. By the way, these quarterbacks both played baseball, incredibly athletic guys that know how to play two sports. [It] could be the quarterbacks that decide this one."
At 11:00 AM ET, GameDay featured BYU-Baylor. "Later on tonight, Baylor and BYU," said Rece Davis. "[BYU] is honoring Lavell Edwards and the 50th anniversary of his hiring. Next year, this game will be a Big 12 game. The Cougars have had this game circled, not a lot of signage in the building, but Kalani Sitake has sold it to them as a chance to prove that they measure up to the reigning Big 12 champions."
As part of the feature, GameDay showed BYU's pregame meal from Friday night and an interview with linebacker Payton Wilgar.
"Jeff Grimes, the offensive coordinator who used to be at BYU, had Zach Wilson there," said Kirk Herbstreit. "Baylor played against BYU last year. Now he has to go back to Provo, it will be an emotional day for him. [Jeff Grimes] brings a very physical team. They want to run the ball...They're going against the veteran team at BYU, all 11 back on defense. This has got to feel like a low scoring game, tough environment. I'm going with the youth of Baylor to win this game."
"BYU won 10 games last year with a very young team and now they're older and better," said Lee Corso. "So BYU will have a major upset without the two receivers. BYU over Baylor." Herbstreit jokingly corrected Corso, telling him that BYU was the favorite.
"Pete Thamel broke the news that the two wide receivers from BYU are out," said new GameDay analyst Pat McAfee. "That's gonna be problematic. Especially when you're going against a team that's coached by Dave Aranda...they're gonna be ready to go. I like the Bears team a lot."
Picks
Desmond Howard: Baylor
Pat McAfee: Baylor
Guest picker: Baylor
Lee Corso: BYU
Kirk Herbstreit: Baylor
Game Information
BYU (1-0) vs. Baylor (1-0)
Saturday, Sept. 10
Kickoff: 8:15 p.m. MDT
Provo, Utah
LaVell Edwards Stadium (63,470)
How to Watch or Stream
Live Stream: fuboTV (Start your free trial)
TV Channel: ESPN
RADIO (6 p.m. pregame): BYU Radio SiriusXM 143, BYURadio.org/BYU Radio app, KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM/1160 AM
Live Stats
Pregame (6 p.m.)/Postgame: BYUtv
Uniform Matchup
On Monday, BYU unveiled the uniform combination for its home opener against Baylor. The Cougars will wear all royal, the same combination they wore against Arizona last season. This will be the first time this combination, named the "Royal Color Rush", will have been worn in Lavell Edwards Stadium.
However, the royal helmet will be different from last year. This year's royal helmet will feature a chrome finish instead of a matte finish.
BYU wore 12 different uniform combinations in 12 regular season games last season.
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