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Eye on the Y: Here’s why BYU football has renewed optimism. It’s part Zach Wilson, part new running backs and part that Utah game.

Another BYU Football Media Day came and went earlier this week with the usual mixture of optimism from players and coaches and the annual mild criticism from some media outlets that the Cougars’ have set their goals too high, their dreams too lofty.

It’s like clockwork every June in Provo, and has been since BYU held its first solo media day in the summer of 2011 — before its first season as a football independent.

What else are the Cougars supposed to say? That they won’t be any good and will be lucky to win a handful of games?