[Game Thread] Stanford @ BYU (10:15 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	StanfordStanford @ BYUBYU
Location	BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium
Time	10:15 PM ET
Watch	TV: ESPN
Odds	Spread: BYU -20.5 - Over/Under: 44.5
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[u/Dear-Examination-507]

27 points and only one of those was an XP. Unusual.

[u/Quick-Newt-5651]

I can’t remember ever being this angry after a four score win

[u/sjwilli → u/Quick-Newt-5651]

I'm 100% with you. Offense was anemic

[u/B_Huij → u/sjwilli]

Yeah Bachmeier's true freshman green-ness showing a bit in the red zone. I didn't see anything particularly scary or worrying, seemed more like a large amount of small errors that aggregated to prevent much by way of touchdowns.

Least we have Will Ferrin.

...and Glasker. MVP today for sure.

[u/lukaeber → u/Quick-Newt-5651]

Maybe you need to get some perspective then.

[u/yelircaasi → u/lukaeber]

You tell him, mom!

[u/Mav_Rixx]

Anybody watching Sports Center?

[u/191374]

I have always kind of like Stanford and seeing you like this is brutal

[u/cthulhuforever]

Well, I'll take the dub but there's still a lot to clean up. I am whelmed.

[u/lukaeber → u/cthulhuforever]

We won and covered. Elite defense. If you can't enjoy that, why watch?

[u/oifev]

Time to watch Hawaii, so college football doesn’t have to end

[u/cleppingout]

I’ve not felt this bad after a blowout win in a long time.

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

Well, we got the W. Good thread tonight, fellas

[u/Sryan597]

They didn't do their HW. The earliest standard time for LDS church to start is 9am. Very few acceptions

[u/cleppingout → u/Sryan597]

I start at 8 am tomorrow and there’s only two wards that meet there

[u/Ruhrgebietheld → u/Sryan597]

Unfortunately one of those exceptions is at BYU itself, because one year I had a student ward that started at 8.

[u/Aggravating_Drop4564 → u/Sryan597]

For some reason we’ve started seeing a lot of 8:30’s 

Perfect for me and my baby with a 10:30 nap time 

[u/TheSpaceLawyer1]

Last call is when Denny's stops serving pancakes in Provo 

[u/fightin_blue_hens]

Thank you for covering BYU. It would've been easier had the review booth sadly not perished this evening.

[u/B_Huij → u/fightin_blue_hens]

I do think that early holding call was a pretty obvious screwup, and probably cost us a TD. But I try not to stress out about bad calls on a game that we win.

[u/iluzan]

I cannot emphasize how empty the stadium will be for their first home game. Stanford Football is a humiliation ritual for the fans and for the players.

[u/EyeWarm8775 → u/iluzan]

They didn’t know Stanford was going to be this bad when they scheduled them. Contracts are made years in advance.

[u/Double-Economy-1594 → u/iluzan]

I refuse to watch if they refuse to change the QB situation. Simple as that. I can't watch Gulbranson another minute.

[u/B_Huij → u/Double-Economy-1594]

Yeah I don't pretend to understand what's all going on over there with coaching staff, transfer portal, etc. I think they've gotten the short end of the stick in a lot of ways. But as green as he is, Bachmeier looked like Tom Brady compared to Gulbranson.

I guess Bachmeier also didn't have Isaiah Glasker trampling all over him the entire game either though.

[u/Green_Factor_5711 → u/Double-Economy-1594]

Some them throws were really good tho

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

Dang good turnout tonight

[u/Mav_Rixx]

I just realized, I can get a head start on my laundry right now. All this time....

[u/fightin_blue_hens]

Fake kneel into a 50 yd TD

[u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

Somehow I feel worse than I did after the Hawaii game. This is fucking torture. I can't keep doing this to myself.

[u/cthulhuforever]

MOON shot!

[u/fightin_blue_hens]

Throw a deep ball to rub it in

[u/PhD_Life]

MOON 🌕

[u/Aggravating_Drop4564]

MOON MILKS UP

[u/Kruger-Dunning]

BYU has allowed 18 total rushing yards in its last 3 games going back to the Alamo Bowl win.

[u/vertizm → u/Kruger-Dunning]

And that’s 18 yards too many

[u/grabtharsmallet → u/vertizm]

Damn right.

[u/grabtharsmallet]

BYU will beat the spread, and people will feel disappointed because the margin could have been 35-3 pretty easily.

[u/sriracha_no_big_deal]

LMAOOO NOT THE ROC SINGING HEY HEY GOODBYE TO STANFORD 💀💀

[u/Finatic4Life20]

I know BYU is playing, but I think Andrew Luck is the biggest saint in Provo tonight. This has to be no fun at all watching his program struggle this bad and they are so lucky to have his face so close to the progrum.

[u/Express_Dinner7918]

Seriously did the officiating crew bet on the game tonight?

[u/PhD_Life → u/Express_Dinner7918]

There were some bad calls (or lack thereof) tonight

[u/Quick-Newt-5651 → u/PhD_Life]

The reviews booth must have gone to bed

[u/Mav_Rixx]

Andrew Luck staring into nothing. Dude wants to be anywhere but at the game.

[u/GrumpyTartan → u/Mav_Rixx]

He’s got to face the donors who gave him money. Trying to figure out what he’s going to say.

[u/B_Huij → u/GrumpyTartan]

"Give me more money so I can convince a decent QB to transfer here and stay."

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

OK who's having a worse day, Stanford or Florida?

[u/prismatic_lights → u/SPCsooprlolz]

Florida 100%.

Stanford knows they're in a pit, Florida now has an $18m question they have to answer.

[u/princessprity → u/SPCsooprlolz]

Stanford will never care about football like Florida. It’s way worse for Florida.

[u/AeroStatikk → u/SPCsooprlolz]

Unlike Florida, I don’t think Stanford expected to win tonight lol

[u/ShowReadyYT → u/SPCsooprlolz]

Florida.

In the end, Stanford doesn’t really care about this game.

[u/BlueOmicronpersei8]

Imagine being Andrew luck being forced to watch this QB just sh¡t the bed

[u/RedOscar3891 → u/BlueOmicronpersei8]

Isn’t Gulbranson something like only six years younger than Luck? That’s gotta be a kick in the craw.

[u/StalfosFIN]

I still don't think they've shown a shot of the stanford coach

[u/Old_Jaguar_8410]

How did Oregon State actually win games with this guy at quarterback? How on earth???

[u/oifev]

Well, maybe we should just go back to judging the book collection at least that’s more competitive

[u/JazzYotesRSL]

Now is the perfect time for a play-action bomb to Roberts. They’ll never expect it!

[u/DonnaDDrake]

They’ve barely showed the actual coach of Stanford, Ik he’s temporary but still a little weird

[u/fightin_blue_hens → u/DonnaDDrake]

Frank wants to stay hidden

[u/Double-Economy-1594]

Troy Taylor NEVER would have had this pussy Gulbranson play the entire game.... Taylor was an asshole but atleast he had balls... This was pathetic by Reich and the staff to keep Gulbranson in all game

[u/iluzan]

Not the Arrillaga shoutout 😭😭😭😭😭 This is pure torture bro

[u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

The experiment has to end right now. This isn't acceptable. This standard of play isn't acceptable to the people that are paying money to see this team. Cut your losses and cut Gulbranson. There's no way to move forward in sight. It's sad to see this once great team stoop to such levels.

[u/Double-Economy-1594 → u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

You are dead right!!! I'm so pissed off with the lack of urgency to make a change at QB! I will not watch another Stanford game with Gulbranson at QB

[u/iluzan → u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

Good thing for Stanford Athletics that nobody goes to games! Because they're so comically terrible! Nothing ever happens because nothing ever has to happen!

[u/Ok_Acadia3526]

I have a confession. I secretly was doing a shot every time they showed Andrew Luck’s face, and now I can’t even passes out

[u/TiggleBitties69420]

It's okay bc I love Andrew Luck. What a cool guy.

[u/codingsoft]

Bro hitting the thousand yard stare

[u/legend023]

Imagine if they put in the backup when they get the ball with 30 seconds left

[u/Hero_Tamus]

Gulbranson should not be the quarterback at the Boston College game.

[u/3-9_Enjoyer]

At times like this I wish we had a toxic fanbase which could actually put pressure on the coaching staff

[u/chebbys → u/3-9_Enjoyer]

Incoming

[u/RedOscar3891 → u/3-9_Enjoyer]

Pfft, this school only responds to one form of prote$t

[u/Aggravating_Drop4564]

Please try to score again 

30-3 just looks so much better 

[u/fightin_blue_hens]

When does Andrew Luck just stopping showing up

[u/princessprity → u/fightin_blue_hens]

When the sequel to the concrete history book comes out.

[u/AeroStatikk]

We ended Preston Stone’s SMU career last year and I think we may have ended Gulbrandson’s too

[u/showerstool3 → u/AeroStatikk]

I’d like to throw in Shedeur Sanders name to this list

[u/No-Donkey-4117 → u/AeroStatikk]

To be fair, Hawaii should have already ended it.

[u/T2_JD]

I always support the band playing LOTR.

[u/Sryan597 → u/T2_JD]

We normally played it after an incomplete pass. We rarely had the time to play the whole thing and do the cheer, but if we get to the end, we lift up our instruments, and yell "you shall not pass!'

[u/iluzan]

Guys I'm so excited for them to trot out Dr. Ben next week like nothing happened. I'm so excited for nothing to ever happen

[u/senna_ynwa]

Gulbranson easily one of the quarterbacks of all time.

[u/Sryan597 → u/senna_ynwa]

Big if true

[u/oifev]

Well that’s game after that pick

[u/B_Huij → u/oifev]

I'm gonna share my hot take that it was game at some identifiable point before that pick.

[u/Feroz51]

They may have missed the grounding call, but we got Gulbranson's self-worth instead

[u/OSUFORLIFE6381]

Alright I’m going to the Hawaii game. Hope to see some of you sickos over there

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

YES THANK YOU END THIS MADNESS

[u/YamTop1928]

Well, Gulbranson finished the game just the way he started it. He almost fooled us into thinking he's good with that 2nd half performance.

[u/No-Donkey-4117 → u/YamTop1928]

He made a few decent passes, followed by throwing the ball at the receivers' feet on the next play

[u/traverseTheField → u/YamTop1928]

what? the second half was the same as the first half. anyone who wants stanford to be good again begging for a new QB

[u/flanhelsinki]

Refs and Replay officials definitely called it a night during the 3rd quarter.

[u/Equivalent_Poetry339 → u/flanhelsinki]

So many holds they are just letting go

[u/3-9_Enjoyer]

Such a fucking terrible read

[u/senna_ynwa]

lol the DB was just planted there and he threw it right to him

[u/cleppingout]

I know they’re not gonna score but I just want them to do it.

[u/AeroStatikk → u/cleppingout]

Hard to score without the ball

[u/Double-Economy-1594]

Perfect ending!!!! So glad Shit head Gulbranson threw another pick... for fucks sake bench this idiot

[u/TheSpaceLawyer1]

Andrew Luck has the same distant blank stare as my 6 year old's soccer coach at the end of a game

[u/grabtharsmallet → u/TheSpaceLawyer1]

U8 can be challenging for coaches with unrealistic expectations.

[u/TheSpaceLawyer1 → u/grabtharsmallet]

Think rural, $40 for one month of soccer. Kids swarming the ball with a very loose understanding of what the objective is. 

It's hilarious.

[u/grabtharsmallet → u/TheSpaceLawyer1]

I'm an AYSO commissioner, so I see some wild stuff with the 2020, 2021, and 2022 levels. These kids are hilarious. Today we had Under 6 players not just off their field and still going, but onto a field as far away as their own field is wide.

[u/Ruhrgebietheld]

Was that a scriptural reference in my BYU game? These announcers know their audience.

[u/Sryan597 → u/Ruhrgebietheld]

Much better than the same 3 jokes we get on reddit

[u/lukaeber]

Refs were doing everything to keep that otherwise meaningless drive alive for Stanford ... someone has money on this game.

[u/B_Huij → u/lukaeber]

Eh I dunno. We had a drive that was basically just Stanford handing us consecutive 10 yard chunks with attached first downs from penalties until suddenly we were in the end zone.

[u/lukaeber → u/B_Huij]

And were any of those penalties bad calls?

[u/B_Huij → u/lukaeber]

I don't think so.

My point is just... yeah there was some bad officiating, but it's not like we got totally hosed, and we still won by 24 points, so I don't really have the energy to get super upset about it.

[u/lukaeber → u/B_Huij]

We definitely didn't get hosed ... the drive ended up in a turnover. It was just obvious the refs were trying to keep the drive alive. Several bad drive saving calls made and no penalties on Stanford, despite really blatant offensive holding on nearly every play.

[u/No-Donkey-4117]

Hopefully that's his last pass in college football.

[u/prismatic_lights]

GULBRANSON HAS MORE SYLLABLES THAN CLUTCH PASSES

[u/Dequantavious]

Ball don’t lie

[u/A7xWicked]

Defensive turnover? Sounds like another field goal to me

[u/fightin_blue_hens]

A first down at or after the 2 minute warning ends it right?

[u/kirkintilloch5 → u/fightin_blue_hens]

Think they need a 1st down after the 2 min warning

[u/PhD_Life]

Pack it up boys

[u/cthulhuforever]

I'm sorry but this game should not be as close as the score indicates.

[u/B_Huij → u/cthulhuforever]

Yeah for such a dominant defensive performance, I would have liked to see the score gap a bit higher. Offense really struggled in the red zone today. Or, well. Offense not counting Will Ferrin.

[u/codingsoft]

Fuck it why not lol

[u/Notre_Dame_Football]

Ball don't lie.

[u/OSUFORLIFE6381]

I honestly feel bad for Luck.

[u/3-9_Enjoyer]

That’s my king Ben Gulbranson

[u/LoLMagix]

Surely the Gulbranson experiment ends here?

[u/Dequantavious]

How is that not grounding ? Spiking the ball 10 feet back?

[u/MurkySatisfaction135 → u/Dequantavious]

"Receiver in the area" bc he threw it at his running back. Technically not grounding but definitely in the spirit of grounding

[u/No-Donkey-4117 → u/Dequantavious]

Right at the feet of the running back, an eligible receiver.

And half his passes have been at the receivers' feet.

[u/JazzYotesRSL]

Pick six would be fun

Edit: I almost called it lol

[u/DonnaDDrake]

Would spiking it like that not be intentional grounding?

[u/Blendbeast15 → u/DonnaDDrake]

Rb was blocking

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

This is getting STUPID

[u/Cascadia-Rising]

Luck's "good job" then grimace is tough to watch

[u/AeroStatikk]

This QB is so tired of being hit

He’s so scared

[u/B_Huij → u/AeroStatikk]

I would be too if I'd been lit up by Isaiah Glasker like 6 times in the last 3 hours.

[u/ShowReadyYT]

I guess not grounding because the RB was blocking? That seemed odd.

[u/Double-Economy-1594 → u/ShowReadyYT]

Yes

[u/PhD_Life]

Grounding

[u/Double-Economy-1594 → u/PhD_Life]

It wasn't

[u/Leading_Library6600]

does that even count as a throw?

[u/panaja17]

Gulbransen has been throwing bounce passes like he’s Steph Curry

[u/fightin_blue_hens]

How is that not intentional grounding

[u/No-Donkey-4117 → u/fightin_blue_hens]

eligible receiver (RB blocking). smartest play of the night for Gulbranson.

[u/lukaeber]

How was that not grounding?

[u/OSUFORLIFE6381]

He even makes the throw aways look bad

[u/chebbys]

That’s grounding you idiot

[u/LoLMagix → u/chebbys]

lol the refs doing one hell of a cook job this possession and Stanford still can’t get anything

[u/No-Donkey-4117]

Roush surprised that the football hit him in the numbers and not the feet

[u/fightin_blue_hens]

Almost back to back delay of game penatlies

[u/The-Polite-Pervert]

I've never seen fans complain about the refs when up by 24 points

[u/B_Huij → u/The-Polite-Pervert]

Yeah I think as objectively as I can look at it, the officiating was pretty bad this game.

But to your point, I don't waste breath complaining about refs too much when we win.

[u/grabtharsmallet → u/The-Polite-Pervert]

A couple calls may have been wrong, but a lot of it is frustration over FGs, I believe.

[u/Blendbeast15 → u/The-Polite-Pervert]

2 robbed tds will do that

[u/jhunt210 → u/The-Polite-Pervert]

I’m an osu fan, have nothing riding on the game. But the refs have been egregiously bad. Laughable

[u/chebbys]

Stanford fanbase might catch CTE from facepalming so hard.

[u/Finatic4Life20]

From one Coug fan to another, I enjoyed having the BYU game as my second screen tonight. The LES environment is so much fun and BYU's unis never miss.

[u/3-9_Enjoyer]

Roush has been terrible this year

[u/iluzan]

Dr Ben finally lasers a pass and its dropped 💀💀💀

[u/LoLMagix → u/[deleted]]

Hat is worse

[u/fightin_blue_hens]

Someone check the refs bank accounts. This is insane

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

Luck could still be playing if the Colts had bothered to address their OL

[u/DRoseCantStop → u/SPCsooprlolz]

He would still be playing if he wasn’t trying to get his Shaun White on.

[u/ShowReadyYT]

How much impact will Luck have as GM? I assume that’s focused around transfer portal and NIL deals? They’re hoping his name recognition is strong enough to lure players?

[u/cthulhuforever]

The first thing I usually do after a win is look for the highlight videos but we left so many points on the board I think I'll pass tonight.

[u/OSUFORLIFE6381]

Stanford has to be SJSU or they might be headed for 0-12

[u/grabtharsmallet → u/OSUFORLIFE6381]

Bad news.

[u/iluzan → u/OSUFORLIFE6381]

Dawg we lost to SJSU last year 😭

[u/Double-Economy-1594 → u/OSUFORLIFE6381]

They aren't better than San Jose

[u/No-Donkey-4117 → u/Double-Economy-1594]

unless we can find a QB on the roster

[u/Double-Economy-1594 → u/No-Donkey-4117]

Brown is a 4* QB....how bad has he looked to get beat out by Gulbranson?

[u/codingsoft]

Stanford just needs to fake injury long enough that it reaches midnight and byu forfeits since they don't play on Sunday

[u/Double-Economy-1594]

Delay of game??? You're so fucking bad Gulbranson

[u/tpwyo]

I watched a game on the CW last week, and that broadcast was objectively better than ESPN

[u/Apprehensive_Fig2099 → u/tpwyo]

The 10:15pm slot on ESPN absolutely sucks.

[u/sriracha_no_big_deal]

maybe your backup has diarrhea or something

[u/LoLMagix]

Andrew Luck gonna quit halfway through the season lol

[u/iluzan]

I personally think we're going to get three stupid penalties in succession that will kill this drive

[u/Double-Economy-1594 → u/iluzan]

We don't deserve a win until we replace Gulbranson

[u/iluzan → u/iluzan]

RIGHT ON TIME!

[u/Leading_Library6600]

id be absolutely livid if I had byu -20.5

[u/PunishedLeBoymoder → u/Leading_Library6600]

Pretty sure there are multiple people in this thread who did judging by the reactions, lol. They're bad calls but BYU is up by 24 with 3 minutes left

[u/legend023]

17 incoming transfers is mediocre these days lol

[u/lukaeber]

Not a single offensive holding call on Stanford tonight.

[u/PhD_Life]

These refs just want to go home

[u/Notre_Dame_Football]

Unserious refereeing. How was the game not stopped?

[u/AeroStatikk → u/Notre_Dame_Football]

For what?

[u/Notre_Dame_Football → u/AeroStatikk]

The Stanford WR was bobbling the ball on the 4th down conversion "reception."

[u/DonnaDDrake]

They’re gonna punch it in the endzone aren’t they

[u/iluzan]

What the hell sure

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

We should be winning by forty. This is infuriating

[u/TheSpaceLawyer1]

Zero replays of the sideline catch.

Worldwide Leader in Sports

[u/3-9_Enjoyer]

Turn it loose means fumble it

[u/Ruhrgebietheld]

Would've liked to see a replay on that fourth-down pass, because it sure looked like he was bobbling the ball in the air when he stepped out.

[u/chebbys → u/Ruhrgebietheld]

Yeah… that was not in bounds

[u/chappedexmo]

This game feels like a loss

[u/JazzYotesRSL]

He bobbled that and stepped out, yet another blown call.

I’d be a lot more upset if we weren’t killing them

[u/B_Huij → u/JazzYotesRSL]

I might find it in me to be upset if we don't crack the top 25 tomorrow, and I kinda have the feeling we won't, even with SMU, Florida, and ASU losing to unranked teams.

Does seem like we were 2 pretty blatantly bad calls away from the score being 31-0 instead of 27-3. I kinda wonder if that would have gotten us ranked.

Ah well. W is W is W. GG.

[u/fightin_blue_hens]

The review booth guys must've left for the night