Perhaps the most-used word around Houchens-Smith Stadium this week was opportunity.
There’s the opportunity to take one of the program’s furthest trips west. There’s the opportunity to play a team for the first time ever. There’s the opportunity to play on ESPN. There’s the opportunity to play a ranked team for only the 12th time since beginning the move to FBS status.
And there’s the opportunity to do what has been done only once before by a Western Kentucky football team.
The Hilltoppers travel to Provo, Utah, to face No. 11 BYU on Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium, where the program will look for its second win over a ranked opponent.