Walker Lyons

Now, Brigham Young needed a touchdown and a two-point conversion to force a third overtime.

They drove down to a four-yard line of UCF, but the quarterback, Bear Bachmeier, his fourth down pass to Walker Lyons fell incomplete.

And if you don't believe me, let's take a listen to it.

Snap coming to Bachmeier on fourth down.

And we saw last week against Notre Dame when BYU averaged got a starting field position at their own 45.

That turned the tables and set the stage for BYU to have that comeback performance that capped off by Bayer completing a touchdown pass to Walker Lyons.

Field position is noteworthy because UCF, they start on average... on their own 33-yard line, and their opponents start on their own 31.

So if you can win the field position battle, which has been kind of a strength for UCF, particularly at home, that will do a world of good for BYU.

I feel like he brings a confidence in the huddle.

After the Notre Dame game, Greg and I got to interview a couple of offensive players, including Bruce Mitchell and Walker Lyons, and I asked them specifically what Barrett Bachmeier is like in the huddle.

Each of them talked about just his calming presence and His ability to bring everybody back to planet Earth.

Even after the interception, he was very calm in the huddle saying, hey, we got this.

And they've just been playing at such a high level.

I want to add just a little bit of a twist and caveat into it because...

The way Aaron Roderick has been using the two tight ends, Roger Salepaga and Walker Lyons, that has really consistently helped this offensive line and helped the run game.

Walker Lyons has actually been a better blocker than he's been a ball receiver, and that is surprising because he's been fantastic in the receiving game.

and then the failed fake punt as well.

And that kind of brought Notre Dame back into the game before, obviously, Bear Fogmire leads that game winning drive, capped by that touchdown to Walker Lyons.

Walker Lyons, another great game.

I think you guys talked about Preston Rex.

I thought Preston was amazing, especially when you consider that this is a guy who is probably the third-string running back at best.

When has that happened this year? Never? Well, he's protecting that left side, Bucky Fee now.

So when B-Way got all these guys to come in, and we have a lot of them, and we'll get to those guys, guys like Kato Luwabi, Walker Lyons, and all that, but Bucky Fee was like, oh, yeah, yeah, maybe add some depth.

Yeah, yeah, we'll see what this guy got.

I mean, within a week of spring practice, it was like, I think coaches, like, admitted something, but then they kind of drew back.

I thought it was extraordinary.

So I'm sorry to keep on harping on the Notre Dame game the day before the UCF, but I just think it's extraordinary.

So anyway, I want to jump to Walker Lyons.

Carson Ryan was a really, really good tight end.

And we saw last week against Notre Dame when BYU averaged got a starting field position at their own 45.

That turned the tables and set the stage for BYU to have that comeback performance that capped off by Bayer completing a touchdown pass to Walker Lyons.

Field position is noteworthy because UCF, they start on average... on their own 33-yard line, and their opponents start on their own 31.

So if you can win the field position battle, which has been kind of a strength for UCF, particularly at home, that will do a world of good for BYU.