2024 felt like BYU’s year. The Cougars were steamrolling last fall with a 9-0 start, Jake Retzlaff slinging darts, fans talking playoffs, and they were flexing the No.1 defense in the country. Then November sucker-punched the Cougars with back-to-back heartbreaks, playoff dreams popped, only to salvage the season with a gritty bowl win over Colorado. Just as things felt steady, boom—honor code violation, Retzlaff dipped to Jon Sumrall ‘s Tulane to avoid the 7-game suspension. And in walks freshman Bear Bachmeier into the Provo QB1 battle and wins the job. That’s where his big brother, Tiger Bachmeier , steps in, giving us a glimpse into the wild, multilingual world inside BYU’s locker room.

On August 27, Tiger didn’t just talk X’s and O’s —he peeled back the curtain on what makes

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