Running off the field after BYU's 20-7 win Arizona, the Cougar senior started yelling the name of his former Cougar roommate, Ben Olson.

Of course, that's the quarterback of the team that the Cougars are hoping to make their third straight Pac-10 victim, UCLA. Olson, who transferred to UCLA after his freshman year at BYU and an LDS Church mission, led the Bruins to a 45-17 win over Stanford while the Cougars were shutting down the Wildcats.

"I love Ben Olson. We were roommates as freshmen, five years ago," Kehl said. "It is going to be great to play against him, in the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena, California, on a beautiful Saturday. That's college football right there, at its finest."

Kehl, who helped the Cougars hold Arizona to 11 first downs, 255 yards and a meaningless late touchdown, wasn't finished.

"And if our team comes ready to play, offense, defense, special teams, the way we showed today, it is going to be another beautiful day for the Cougars."

Olson threw for 286 yards and five touchdowns Saturday against Stanford. But while Kehl was eager to talk about the transfer, BYU quarterback Max Hall took steps to calm the impending storm.

"We are going to be ready for them, but I don't want to make it a Max Hall vs. Ben Olson deal," Hall said. "That's not what I want to make it. Ben is a great guy. I've met him a couple of times, and he's just a class guy.

"But it is BYU vs. UCLA. We are going to go out there, we are going to prepare hard, and we are going to give them a good game, and hopefully we are going to come out with a win."

BYU receiver Austin Collie, who also was recruited by other schools while he was on his mission but chose to return to Provo, usually never backs away from the chance to add to the hype. But Collie was fairly reserved while looking forward to next week's matchup of 1-0 teams.

"When we take on somebody who has that type of hype, we want to get some notoriety, too," he said. "You know, we're a powerhouse team. I feel that we are one of the best programs in the nation, and that's what we are striving to do, to get to that BCS bowl game, and we are willing to take out whomever we got in front of us."

Still, Hall, Collie and running back Harvey Unga acknowledged that the Cougar offense will have to play better than it did Saturday against Arizona to topple the Bruins.

"With the things we saw today, we could have put up 42 points," Collie said.

To keep up with Olson, it might take even more than that.

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"We are going to be ready for them, but I don't want to make it a Max Hall vs. Ben Olson deal. . . . Ben is a great guy. I've met him a couple of times, and he's just a class guy."

MAX HALL

BYU quarterback