"They still have wins over Boise State, Nebraska, Cincinnati and East Carolina. They really had a chance at UCLA, too. They've had a really good year," Saccenti said. "Other than that Michigan game — I am not sure what happened there — they have been a phenomenal football team."
As most BYU fans are well aware, the 8-3 Cougars will play in either the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 19 or the less-lucrative Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve. Saccenti said as part of an agreement signed last April, four parties — BYU, the Las Vegas Bowl, the Hawaii Bowl and ESPN, which owns both bowls — will "mutually agree" where to send the Cougars in 2015.