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Offensive fireworks aside, BYU’s defensive changes sealed deal against Houston

You gotta give Kalani Sitake credit in that win over Houston.

He watched Houston quarterback Clayton Tune rip apart his defense in the first half and he’d seen enough.

It was time to make his defense fit in with the rest of the team game plan of the night: to be aggressive, gamble, take chances and trust players.

The result was quite remarkable after trailing 26-21.

As much as Zach Wilson and Dax Milne deserve all the praise for dramatic playmaking that led to 29-straight points and a career high 400-yard, four touchdown aerial show, none of that happens without Sitake’s defense making multiple stops time and time again in the second half.