What worries me about BYU’s offense:

Not much. BUT, if I had to pick something, I will. 

Jonah Trinnaman. I’ll get to why in a second. 

What doesn’t worry me? First, their OL. Kanuch is solid, but what college football player that was recruited with Jake Heaps isn’t good by now? Koroma doesn’t worry me at all. He is very over-rated. Their tackles are garbage. 

Second, their HB’s. They too, are garbage. Their only hope is that the kid from Wisconsin suddenly becomes Harvey Unga. He is big, he will run over some people, but that is about it. 

Their WR’s don’t scare me either. None of them can catch, none can get off the line with physical DB’s. 

TE’s…Bushman seems to be pretty solid. But, he’s young, not fast and not a game changer. I don’t think they can throw to him 15+ times and have him score 3 TD’s with 200 yards like Utah can do with Carrington. 

What I think Utah does with Bushman is this: Utah plays a 4-2 front. I expect Utah to bracket Bushman with Tauteoli and Ballard. Have the LB jam him at the LOS and then take away the underneath throw with Ballard over the top taking away the deep throw. Mangum isn’t accurate enough to get the ball in that window and I expect an INT or two off this. 

I know a lot of people think we should put Hansen on Bushman, but I agree with John Pease on this; Hansen is too good to do that to. 

I would let the four DL neutralize the 5 OL from BYU (4 Utes vs 5 them). Have Luafatasaga take primary responsibility for the HB (5 Utes vs 6 them). Man up with the two WR’s (7 Utes vs 8 them). That leaves BYU’s TE, QB and FB (and BYU would be crazy to not use a FB this game, it is their only hope for any sort of run game). 

We don’t need to worry about the QB running. So, we are still 7 Utes to 8 them. 

If we Tauteoli/Ballard Bushman, that puts us at 9 Utes to 10 them. 

If BYU goes with a FB, we get Thompson/Barton in there to take on the FB (10 Utes to 11 Cougars). 

What does this do? This allows Chase Hansen the freedom to do whatever he wants. We can essentially allow him to roam free and make plays. He is an extra player on the field for us and he can sit down and we can still stop them. He would be free to do what he does best: 

Wreak havoc. 

Now, back to the beginning of my post. The one player that scares me is Trinnaman. Why?

He is fast. He doesn’t scare me as a receiver. But, if I’m BYU, I get the ball in his hands. Andy Reid and Green Bay have done a great job of spreading people out and using fast WR’s as RB’s. I’d do the same if I was BYU. Get the ball in his hands on stretch handoffs, reverses, quick screens, shovel passes, etc. 

Trinnaman is their only hope for big plays and we know he can’t catch. Move him around and hand him the ball if that is what you have to do. 

If BYU doesn’t do that, I don’t see how they have any sort of prayer.