Analysis: Another lights-out performance from the defense carries BYU on a night when the offense was adequate, at best

Games against a lousy Football Championship Subdivision opponent and one of the worst teams in college football’s Power Four ranks haven’t really taught us much about the BYU Cougars in coach Kalani Sitake’s 10th season.

Well, except for this: BYU’s defense appears to be darn good, perhaps one of the best in the Big 12 and maybe one of the best in Sitake’s tenure.

The jury is still out on BYU’s offense with true freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier at the controls. He made some great throws Saturday night, such as a deep one over the middle to Chase Roberts. He was also inconsistent, missing an open JoJo Phillips on one occasion and getting sacked three times by blitzes — which is probably more on the offensive line than the 19-year-old from Murrieta, California.

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