At least one familiar face will be waiting for Stanford when the Cardinal play at BYU on Saturday night.

Less than five months after battling for a starting job in spring camp at Stanford, Bear Bachmeier will start at quarterback for the Cougars in the non-conference game in Provo. (Kickoff is at 7:15 p.m. and the game is being broadcast on ESPN.)

Bachmeier, a Riverside County native, was ranked as the 11th best QB prospect in the nation by ESPN and split first-team reps this spring with Cardinal redshirt freshman Elijah Brown.

But Bachmeier entered the transfer portal before the end of camp in the wake of Stanford’s dismissal of head coach Troy Taylor before spring practice. He transferred to BYU in May, and after initially being projected as a backup this season, won the starting

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