Provo • As The Salt Lake Tribune’s BYU football beat writer the past 11 seasons, I get three or four requests a year from fellow beat writers who cover the teams BYU is facing that particular week to answer a few questions about the Cougars.
Almost all of the inquiries end with a request for a game prediction. I usually decline.
I learned years ago that predicting how the team I cover will do is a losing proposition. If you pick them to win, you’re a homer. If you pick them to lose, you’re a hater.