In 1984, BYU beat Pitt and Baylor in consecutive weeks to start the season. If

Sep 14, 2019
10:13:23pm

chilango All-American

you include the bowl win over Missouri at the end of the previous season, it actually gave Lavell 3 straight wins over teams from power conferences.

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Maybe recency bias is a real thing. I don't remember Lavell beating 2 "name"

BYUfan92

9/14/19 9:21pm

2015 is probably the closest, Nebraska and Boise State.

BeardedSpock

9/14/19 9:23pm

Yeah but BSU isnt a national name per say, a blue blood.

BYUfan92

9/14/19 9:26pm

True, but they are nationally-recognized and were ranked at the time IIRC

BeardedSpock

9/14/19 9:27pm

They get ranked anytime they do anything remotely good

puntersarepeople

9/14/19 9:29pm

Yet BSU is consistenly better than most "Nationally-Recognized" teams.

HighHorse

9/14/19 9:29pm

True but I'm talking name programs that get attention..UT and USC have won

BYUfan92

9/14/19 9:32pm

Yep, these are both great wins even though both UT and USC are lousy this year

BeardedSpock

9/14/19 9:35pm

??? What evidence do you have that USC is lousy this year.

Lip Gallagher

9/14/19 9:45pm

Their best win is against Stanford, who got curb-stomped at UCF today.

BeardedSpock

9/14/19 9:59pm

What happens with Stanford doesn't say how good or bad USC is.

Lip Gallagher

9/14/19 10:08pm

I don’t know that USC is lousy

puntersarepeople

9/14/19 9:49pm

They'll struggle to make a bowl. Their QB is good, but he's going to have a

BeardedSpock

9/14/19 9:56pm

They will win three more at least

puntersarepeople

9/14/19 10:03pm

Az State suddenly looks like a tough game, too. But they should have no problem

BeardedSpock

9/14/19 10:04pm

They should beat Arizona

puntersarepeople

9/14/19 10:08pm

2009 would have been the best. Utah and Oregon State aren't

Lip Gallagher

9/14/19 9:30pm

LaVell’s teams didn’t have a lot of back to back games against big names

Greg Kite's 'stache

9/14/19 9:26pm

I had to go all the way back to 1990 when BYU beat two P5 teams back-to-back (Miami & Washington St)

SpiffCoug

9/14/19 9:29pm

Good research thanks.

BYUfan92

9/14/19 9:33pm

But never three? Next week.... record setting time.

kotacoug

9/14/19 9:34pm

Yep. And Washington isn't "down" this year, either, so that would be a big win

BeardedSpock

9/14/19 9:37pm

How many seasons featured a schedule with back to back P5 games?

Greg Kite's 'stache

9/14/19 9:34pm

This year has back to back to back to back P5 games.

Rise Against

9/14/19 9:36pm

The last time we had 4 straight games against "P5" equivalent opponents was

BeardedSpock

9/14/19 9:39pm

Which should go to show BYU fans that Kalani is doing good things. To go 2-1

Rise Against

9/14/19 9:51pm

We went 2-1 in three straight P5 games last year too.

ataylor

9/14/19 10:10pm

I'm pretty sure we do finish better than that this year, but I agree. 6-6 should

Rise Against

9/14/19 10:12pm

This team is much more likely to keep it up though

puntersarepeople

9/14/19 10:16pm

Here's what I see (I'm counting current P5 with the exception of TCU and Utah during MW or WAC days)

SpiffCoug

9/15/19 7:47pm

Did you leave off the 1980s on purpose?

chilango

9/15/19 8:12pm

Michigan and Boston College were back-to-back in 1984-85. We also beat

chilango

9/14/19 9:47pm

Also, in 1983 BYU beat eventual Rose Bowl champ UCLA and Air Force, which

chilango

9/14/19 10:07pm

In 1984, BYU beat Pitt and Baylor in consecutive weeks to start the season. If

chilango

9/14/19 10:13pm

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