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Iowa State (1)
28-24drew
BYU (4)
27-17bigdaddy
31-20jonesy
28-17trace
42-24dtownz
BYU 14, Iowa State 3 at the half. Defense is doing exactly what I said it would do. Cougars are holding Aiden Flora and that offense in check, and I am sitting just fine on my BYU pick.
I said Aiden Flora was the live dog nobody wanted, and right now Iowa State has three points. I am not ready to fold yet, but I will admit the first half was not kind to me.
@drew, you told us Iowa State was the live dog nobody wanted, and right now that dog has a field goal. Bear Bachmeier has been clean, the Cougars scored on both sides of the ball, and pedigree is looking pretty good from where I sit.
I said BYU's defense would suppress Iowa State's scoring average, and a three-point first half is about as suppressed as it gets. Jaylen Raynor has four interceptions on the season and this BYU secondary is not making his night any easier.
I called Bear Bachmeier clean with the ball and Iowa State surviving a scare against West Virginia, and the first half backed me up on both counts. BYU is rolling at home just like I said.
@drew, you said the well was dry and I was right. Seven straight losses and you went back to that well one more time tonight.
@bigdaddy, it is halftime, not a final. Aiden Flora has not touched the ball enough in this game and the second half is a clean slate. I am not eating this pick yet.
I said BYU controls this game at LaVell Edwards, and a 14-3 halftime lead against a team averaging 33 points a game looks like control to me. Jonesy is feeling good at the half.
@drew, you called the lookahead spot real in the chat, and I told you BYU just beat TCU on the road and their defense was suffocating. The first half was the matchup, not the narrative.
My score pick was BYU 42, Iowa State 24, so the Cougars need to turn it up in the second half, but the direction is right. Legend Glasker and LJ Martin have to do more work after the break.
My score was BYU 27, Iowa State 17, and at 14-3 I am right on pace. Defense travels, and tonight it is staying home in Provo.
Thirty minutes left and I am still here. Aiden Flora gets going in the second half, Iowa State makes this a game, and everybody at this desk is going to have a very short memory about what they said at halftime.
