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With Jake Retzlaff’s withdrawal from BYU, the Cougars and the Utah Utes are on different trajectories heading into the 2025 college football season, according to the pundits.
The Cougars are now expected to finish more toward the middle of the Big 12 pack as they try to sort through their now-open quarterback competition where there’s little Division I experience among the contenders.
This comes one year after BYU, with Retzlaff leading the offense and Jay Hill’s defense often shutting down the opposition at critical moments, finished the 2024 campaign with an 11-2 record, including a 7-2 mark in Big 12 play, and ended the year with a dominant victory over Colorado in the Alamo Bowl.
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For the Utes, meanwhile, oddsmakers are increasingly becoming more favorable towards their chances at a conference title in their second year in the Big 12.
That comes after they went 5-7 last season, struggled to a 2-7 record in league play and missed a bowl for the first time in over a decade.
A good portion of that optimism comes from an incoming transfer class headlined by quarterback Devon Dampier, a transfer from New Mexico who followed his offensive coordinator, Jason Beck, to Salt Lake City.
Dampier expected to be one of the more dynamic playmakers in the Big 12, and the Utes also bring back a lot of talent on an always tough defense while also returning all five starters on their offensive line, including two — Spencer Fano and Caleb Lomu — who are projected as potential first-round picks next year.
It’s unsurprising, then, that when Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt discussed five teams to “buy” on and five others to “sell” on in taking stock of the 2025 season, both BYU and Utah…
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