Holy war

Prediction: Branden Rose starts. Full week of practice as the #1. Offense gets a spark. Defense also gets a lift. Retzlaff can be very turnover prone. We force a few. He’s never played in SLC. Utah 35 They So Poo Poo 31 Go Utes!

Wow you must be low on the team.

Defense hasn’t quit. I haven’t watched a single Poo Poo game. Do they exploit the edge? Run any option? My biggest concern is the Dline especially the tackles are pretty banged up. Sucks especially after we get OToole back.

Utahs defense will make it a close game. Maybe not if Utah turns it over a s**t ton.

Utah still plays D and even at 8-0 BYU’s offense is not that impressive. They been very good at taking advantage off the other teams mistakes like short fields on TOs untimely penalties and so on.

Byu is 40th in total D but haven’t been giving up a lot of points about 20 on avg. they haven’t been as good lately giving up about 30 points and 400 yards to Baylor Okie St and UCF. OSU ran all over BYU for almost 300 yards.

Whit is gonna pound the ball with Bernard and Glover. Eat up clock and play field position.

All the pressure is on BYU. Maybe they come out tight. Utah plays loose and free.

This will be a low scoring game. I’d be surprised if either teams scored more than 24.

I see something like 20-13 or 24-13 BYU. I just don’t think we have enough offense to expect more than 1 touchdown, and it’s probably a toss up whether that TD comes from the O or the D. If we can get one from each, and a couple field goals, maybe we have a shot.

With our D, I’d be pretty surprised if we got ran off our own field though. Oooh, the fan base would be on REVOLT!

With how uninspired our play has been, I think it’s going to really p**s off our coaches seeing BYU out Utah us.

I think it will be a lower-scoring game. I’ll say BYU wins 24-13.

I’ve watched some videos on BYU and while I am no football X’s and O’s expert by any means, I see that they have excellent play calling on both defense and offense and the players execute very well. They are well-coached. The players know where to be and know what to do in most situations.

However, Scalley can scheme to give them trouble. Utah’s offense on the other hand? Well, I’ll believe in them when they give me a reason to, and obviously they haven’t.

The biggest issue is turnovers and that is why I am predicting a BYU win. BYU is tied in the nation for 3rd in interceptions for the defense. Tied for 4th in the nation for turnover margin. If you’re Jay Hill and BYU’s defense you are licking your chops – a true freshman QB in Wilson, or Rose who has almost no game experience. That is a turnover opportunity like no other for one of the best defenses in the nation for this.

Of course, Utah will know this and will try to limit turnovers. How? By running the football? Well, BYU will know this and will stack the box to stop the run and pressure on passing downs. They can afford to be one step ahead.

However, this is a rivalry game and anything can happen. Kansas damn near beat Kansas St. even though K-state was heavily favored. Oklahoma State always gave the favored Oklahoma fits. And, the favorite of mine is when Oregon State beat Oregon in 2022.

With that, I honestly think Utah will come out fired up and will give it their 100%. It will be interesting, but turnovers will be the difference and with Utah’s QB being what it is, I doubt Utah comes out on top on this.

BYUs receivers will give us problems. They have receivers that can get open fast. We have to pressure Retzlaff or he will pick us apart. They will come out aggressive and try and score early and take the crowd out of the game. That’s Rodericks MO.

20 – 6 BYU is my prediction. IF there’s a TD it’s either from the defense or from Kuithe on a busted coverage play.

If:

Utah plays Whitt ball – long drives, winning TO battle, get the lead and milk the clock – Utah wins 21 to 18

Utah doesn’t, this will get 2010 TCU bad

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