Bobby Maxwell
Friday's winner...
400-Unit College No-Brainer - BYU
It hasn’t been a good start to the season for either of these two teams, but looking at what BYU has gone through, they have got to be better prepared for this one. I’ll go ahead and lay the points with the Cougars and play them tonight to get the win and cover over the in-state “little brother.”
BYU opened up with a hard-fought 23-17 rally to beat Washington, then went on to loss three straight games, but three straight to three very good football teams. The Cougars dropped games at Air Force, at Florida State and at home against high-powered Nevada.
Tonight, BYU is taking on an inferior team and it’s time for the Cougars offense to step up and be heard from. Utah State is a bad football team and they just got destroyed by San Diego State 41-7 after getting drubbed by Fresno State 41-24. San Diego State put up 504 yards, including 362 yards passing, and gave up just 245 total yards to the Aggies.
Utah State fell 41-24 to Fresno State at home back on Sept. 18, getting outgained and coming nowhere near covering as 3 ½-point pups.
This series has belonged to BYU, with the Cougars always coming out on top. The Cougars are 20-1 against Utah State since 1983 and five of the last six wins have come by at least 18 points. When this game was announced, BYU was a huge two-touchdown favorite and now it’s done to less than one TD. I know BYU has been down this year, but now as far down as Utah State.
The Cougars have freshman QB Jake Heaps taking all the snaps now and not looking over his shoulder. He’s going to put up big numbers against Utah State tonight. The Aggies haven’t stopped anybody all season and now they meet a BYU team that is itching to have a big offensive game.
This one will get out of control in the second half with the Cougars pulling away for a big victory. Lay the small points and play BYU in this one.