Being an avid BYU fan, I believe we have one of the best and arguably THE BEST offense in the country. I can not see how any defense can possibly stop us. BYU has one of the best offensive lines in the country, averaging a behemoth 6 foot 6 inches and 330 pounds. This is absurd for any level, not just college football. To top that off, if you somehow get by this huge line, you have two 250 pounds of Polynesian Fury running at you in Fui Vakapuna followed by Harvey Unga. So if you plan on stacking the box, you only have to worry about Heisman Candidate Max Hall throwing to sure handed receivers Austin Collie, Michael Reed, and Mackey Candidate Dennis Pitta.
BYU is not known to be a quick strike offense, which is scary for those of you who watched the UCLA game. Most of our scoring drivers were like the Cougars opening one, methodical and productive. The reason BYU has the best third down conversion rate in the nation? Besides great execution and experience among the players, they usually don't have long third downs to convert! BYU just moves and moves down the field, and is virtually unstoppable. They will produce a 4 yard pass, 4 yard run, 3 yard pass. FIRST DOWN! Ball Possession is key in this offense, and though they'll take a score whenever they can, they'd prefer to take as much time off the clock as possible.
So does that make them the best offense in the country? Maybe. Mizzouri's Chase Daniels and Jeremy Maclin might (OK Definately) disagree, Oklahoma has put up massive numbers, and Florida struggled mightily with Miami. Texas Tech puts up the numbers, but have no running game. The key to a great offense is balance, and BYU might just have the best balance between run and pass in the country. And if you don't believe me, just ask UCLA.
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I don't think they're nearly as powerful as Oklahoma, Florida, or Missouri, but I definitely give kudos to BYU for stomping UCLA. I think they were furious about the way that the UW celebration penalty was covered in the media, and felt disrespected and took it out on UCLA. I would definitely like to see an undefeated BYU and an undefeated Utah at the end of the year battle it out.