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What’s ailing the BYU offense? The Cougars still can’t seem to break big gains and once again lack explosive playmakers

Related Topics: Jeff Sagarin, Ty Detmer, Explosive

Call them what you want, BYU’s offense — supposedly new and improved under first-year offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes — isn’t getting them.

The Cougars managed to go 3-2 in September with one of the least-explosive offenses in college football, but with three high-scoring opponents on the horizon, beginning Friday night against Utah State, that has to change if BYU wants to return to a bowl game.

“We are right there,” quarterback Tanner Mangum said Monday. “We have shown flashes. At times we have shown what we are capable of. Now it is just a matter of putting it all together for four quarters.