Thanks to BYU’s underwhelming 1-2 start to the season, the University of Wisconsin football team enters the week as a two-touchdown favorite over the Cougars on Saturday in Provo, Utah.
Still, UW's offense won’t have as much margin for error as it did against Utah State and Florida Atlantic the past two weeks. While BYU has fallen short against LSU (27-0) and Utah (19-13) in its last two games, its defense has proven talented and physical enough to keep the Cougars in games in which the offense has floundered. BYU defeated Portland State 20-6 in its opener.
"I think they’ve got a good system and they understand it,” UW coach Paul Chryst said of BYU’s defense.