Right now, optimism toward BYU Football is in high supply following the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, where the Cougars dismantled Western Michigan 49-18. With most of the team’s major contributors returning next season, there’s definitely reason for excitement.
With a 7-6 record and a bowl victory, BYU football ended up where most analysts and fans felt they would. But if you go by the Cougars’ own goals for the season, expectations were anything but met.
Back in the spring, the program unveiled what they felt were realistic goals for the program. When first revealed, many were skeptical about the declaration, but it was intriguing that coaches might be seeing something that the media was not.