Thursday, September 20:
9:00 PM Brigham Young at No. 24 Boise
State: This is a matchup between FBS independent BYU and the Boise State Broncos
of the Mountain West Conference. BYU enters this game at 2-1 coming off the
heels of a devastating loss in the "Holy War" versus Utah. The
Cougars are the 36th ranked passing offense in the nation behind the arm of
quarterback Riley Nelson who is hitting 60% of his passes for 735 yards and 5
touchdowns on the season. The Cougars are 54th nationally in scoring offense
with a very respectable 32 points per game. The Cougars are 20th nationally
only giving up 14.3 points per game with a high of 24 allowed last week versus
Utah. Boise State enters this game at 1-1 with a loss to Michigan State in the
season opener and a win over Miami OH with a lopsided score of 39-12 in their
second game. The Broncos got a strong performance from running back DJ Harper
who ran for a career high 162 yards and 3 touchdowns in the win last week. The
Broncos defense is equally skilled as BYU giving up 14.5 points per game with a
high of 17 points coming from Michigan State. This is the third time the two
teams have met with Boise State winning the previous two meetings. Expect this
to be a struggle on offense for both teams in similar fashion to the BYU-Utah
game last week with BYU getting the better quarterback play in route to a rare 28-24
win on the blue turf in Boise.
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