CFB Preview: Connecticut Huskies vs BYU Cougars
Written By David Hess (Follow me on Twitter @DavidHess311)
When: 10:15 PM ET, Friday, October 2nd, 2015
Where: Lavell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah
Televised: ESPN 2
Odds: BYU Opened up at 22.5 points favorites in this game and the Line has now come down to BYU -14.5. The OU line for the game currently sits at 45.5.
The UConn Huskies enter this game at 2-2 on the year, with their two wins coming against Villanova and Army at home, while their two losses were at Missouri and at home to Navy last week. Last year the Huskies were outscored by 15 ppg and were outgained by 100 ypg, but now they are in Bob Diaco’s 2nd season and he has made this team a bit more competitive. So far this year the Huskies have been outscored by just 0.8 ppg, while outgaining their opponents by 24.7 ypg. Their biggest shocker this year so far was a road trip to Missouri out of the SEC and the Huskies lost that game by just a 9-6 score. Much like last year the Huskies are a bad offensive team as hey average just 16.5 ppg and 320 ypg so far, but unlike last year they have been a very good defensive squad, allowing just 17.3 ppg and 295.3 so far. That is understandable that the defense would make a quick turnaround as Bob Diaco is a former DC.
The BYU Cougars had some very high hopes this year, but the Injury bug has hit them once again, especially at the QB spot and that now has them at just 2-2 on the year. The Cougars did start 2-0 with a miracle win at Nebraska to open their season and then a nice 11 point home win over Boise State in game 2, After that is has not been so good as the lost by 1 point at UCLA and then last week the offense could do nothing at all in the 31-0 loss at Michigan. The offense was supposed to really carry this team, but the loss of QB Taysom Hill has really hurt. Tanner Magnum did a nice job in relief at Nebraska and had a good game vs Boise State, but in the last 2 games he has done very little. The Cougars come in ranked 107th in the nation in total offense and 106th in scoring at 22.5 ppg. Not what they expected when the season started. Taysom was a big part and he helped power a running game that averaged 268 ypg back in 2013. That was his only year he was fully healthy and his year they have averaged just 108.3 ypg on the ground so far, which s 120th in the nation.
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[109] Connecticut +14.5 over BYU: The Cougars are stuck in the mud offensively right now and they will be taking on a much improved UConn defense. I don’t see the Cougars being able to pull away for the easy win in this one. They just won’t come up with enough offense to do so. The UConn offense is nothing special, but it looked much better in the loss vs Navy last week. UConn only lost by 3 at SEC Missouri, in which they were 21 points dogs and I see them being able to cover this one vs a BYU squad that just doesn’t have blowout capabilities right now.
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