Provo • Given its difficult early schedule and subpar offensive numbers, it is sort of amazing that BYU’s football team is 3-1 this season.
But here the Cougars are, nationally ranked and looking at another opportunity to make a national splash against a top-10 team, Washington, on Saturday at Husky Stadium.
The bulk of the credit for that turnaround — last year, BYU was 1-3 through four games and had scored a grand total of 39 points — has to go to the defense, which was so-so in 2017 but has seemingly improved in 2018 despite missing some key starters the past two games due to injury.