Barrett Salle, who is higher on BYU than his peers, expects BYU to finish fifth behind only Texas, Kansas State, UCF, and TCU. For BYU, its ability to improve will come down to the many transfers on the roster. The Cougars knew they needed to add more talent to the roster after last season. They addressed their needs as much as they could through the transfer portal. BYU will count on new transfers to fill as many as half of the starting jobs in 2023. Most notably, BYU will start veteran transfer Kedon Slovis at quarterback. If Slovis can exceed expectations, BYU has a very good chance to finish better than 11th in the conference. If Slovis struggles like he did last year at Pitt, BYU will end up near the bottom of the conference in its inaugural Big 12 campaign.
Thoughts on these predictions? What do you think of Barrett Salie’s assessment?
■■■■ Harmon may be painting a better picture of BYU 's football future outcomes than what would be reasonable to expect, but I feel he is closer to the truth than the majority of prognosticators that put BYU near the bottom with 4 wins and 8 losses. I believe Slovis will perform better than many predict and the new players coming to BYU through the transfer portal will also perform better than predicted. My concern is how well our defense will do. It won’t take much to do better than last year, but will it be good enough for our offence to score in those close games in the weeks to come. Here’s hoping for the best. Go Cougars!
