There might not be a more important BYU football preseason training camp scrimmage in recent memory than the one that will take place behind closed doors at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday.

That might be a bit hyperbolic, but the reality is that the Cougars’ three-way quarterback derby to be the starter on Aug. 30 against Portland State is still razor-close, and coaches are eager to, if nothing else, eliminate at least one player from the competition.

The candidates, of course, are 18-year-old freshman Bear Bachmeier and two guys with considerably more college football experience, but maybe in possession of less talent than the Stanford transfer, redshirt junior Treyson Bourguet and redshirt sophomore McCae Hillstead.

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