Bruce Mitchell

which indicates that there was some pretty good offensive line play.

And one of the guys who's just an absolute standout, and he's not getting a whole lot of love, is Bruce Mitchell.

He's the interior offensive lineman for BYU.

I think he's best at center, but he can play guard as well.

Evan Johnson, zero star.

Bruce Mitchell, zero star.

Isaiah Glasker, zero star.

Keanu Donovasa was like a mid-level three star.

BYU, white letters and numbers.

BYU's captains, about to come out to the 50 for the toss, are Bruce Mitchell, Isaiah Glasker, Cade Uluave, and JoJo Phillips.

The captains from both teams now walking to midfield, where Luke Richmond will preside over tonight's coin toss.

BYU, in the Kalani era, has won 63 and lost 71 coin tosses.

Glascer began in the backfield, just ran a quick little hitch, and took the pass in for eight, which I thought should've been nine.

But either way, [laughs] it's a second and short for BYU.

Bruce Mitchell over the ball, and Bear is in shotgun with Preston Rex off his right hip.

Tight Twins left, including a wing back, and two wides to the right side.

After all, they are mid-season Joe Moore Award finalists as a group for a reason.

Even with the absence of Gentry, the unit still holds center Bruce Mitchell, who, you watch this kid play, is easily among the best at his position on the collegiate level.

However, this is a completely different animal, no pun intended.

The Cougars are going to see in the Fighting Irish with the likes of Bryce Young, as we know, Boubacar Traoré, and the immensely gifted freshman Rodney Dunham coming off the edge, and a smattering of beef up the middle.

And then my second one, Trev, I'm gonna stay up front, but I'm gonna look inside.

Arm- all the D tackles at times will be against center Bruce Mitchell, but, you know, with slants and different things.

But the primary noses for Notre Dame this year are Armel Mukam and Leon Gray.

Now, Armel's in the midst of a breakout season.

They're going against what I believe to be the best center they're gonna face all year, with all due respect to Ryan Rodriguez, with all due respect to Justin Bates and the other good centers they play this year.

This is the best center, in my opinion, especially with the way he's playing this season.

So, uh, this is a game where you've got to be on your game because if, if you get beat by Bruce Mitchell, if he has a big game and he outplays your noses, BYU will be able to get its downhill running game going.

And when their downhill running game gets going, that's when the offense kind of rolls, somewhat of a pun intended.

Coming up later tonight, it's BYU football with Kalani Sitake.

The coach and starting center, Bruce Mitchell, will be on the show with Greg Wrubell.

60 minutes of good stuff.

You can watch it at 8:30 Eastern on the BYUtv app and ESPN+.

Um, I mean, it's, it's always, it's always a, a big difference, um, you know, and a great advantage for, for us when we're at home.

Uh, you know, obviously got some rowdy fans that, that, uh, disturb the opponent offense, and, and, um, it's always, it's always, it's always great just playing at home, uh, in, in, in front of Cougar Nation.

I recently interviewed your good friend Bruce Mitchell, and you guys have a unique relationship and a fun one, and he got a big grin on his face and said, "Man, I'm just so glad that, that Bear chose BYU." What's that relationship like between the two of you?

Uh, I mean, it's...

Let's get to a player profile segment here.

Bruce Mitchell, Preston Rex, postgame.

Can you take us through that last drive and just how good Bear was? Just give us everything.

No, it was an awesome last drive.

All

right, let's get back to it.

Bruce Mitchell, anything? Because you asked a lot of questions to Bruce.

We missed out on his comments.

Okay, now we'll go to the offensive side.

Those were two defensive players, uh, center Bruce Mitchell and running back Preston Rex.

Speaking of injuries, L.J. Martin went down.

What does that mean on this short week? Well, we'll find out.

Uh, uh, Kalani Sitake will speak at noon today.

Here we are with the center Bruce Mitchell and the running back Preston Rex.

It was an awesome last drive.

Uh, we knew we had to kill a lot of time.