When I was there covering them everyday I... smugly used to tell friends and co workers that if the day ever came that BSU played BYU in football... that the Cougars could spot the Broncos a 50 point lead and STILL catch them by halftime. This was back in the early 90's when the Cougs were still mostly dominant.

So imagine my utter stunned surprise/shock years later when we actually started playing them and got our butts handed to us.

Lesson learned.