Coverage dated September 21, 2026

#9 BYU rolling into early season bye week

Headline from ABC 4 Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) - It's not ideal to have a bye week this early in the season, considering BYU will then play nine straight games, but there's nothing the Cougars can do about it. "We don't get to choose when the bye happens for us," BYU head coach Kalani Sitake said Monday. "I [...]

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  1. Deseret News

    ‘We are exactly where we want to be’: No. 9 BYU on a nice roll heading into a bye week (opens Deseret News)

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    FORT COLLINS, Colorado — After the Cougars dominated the Pac-12’s Colorado State 41-23 on Saturday night in front of 38,759 fans at Canvas Stadium, BYU coaches are “feeling good” about how the starters and key backups are playing a quarter of the way through the season, in the words of head coach Ka…

  2. Deseret News

    Kalani Sitake says No. 9 Cougars will use early bye week to their advantage (opens Deseret News)

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    Last year, BYU had a bye during the third week of the season, but folks didn’t complain too much because the Cougars got another week off in early November before traveling to play No. 9 Texas Tech. This year, BYU has another early bye week — this week, actually — after having played only three game…

  3. ABC 4 Utah

    #9 BYU rolling into early season bye week (opens ABC 4 Utah)

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    SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) - It's not ideal to have a bye week this early in the season, considering BYU will then play nine straight games, but there's nothing the Cougars can do about it. "We don't get to choose when the bye happens for us," BYU head coach Kalani Sitake said Monday. "I [...]

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