Saturday’s game between Tennessee football and the BYU Cougars features two teams trying to recover from rough season-opening losses. The Vols’ loss was clearly worse, as they fell at home to a Sun Belt team that was 2-10 last year. On the other hand, the BYU Cougars just lost to the Utah Utes, a Pac-12 South favorite, on the road. They were expected to lose that.
What are the conditions for both teams heading into this game? That, beyond the talent and the morale, is obviously going to play a huge role in how things shake out.