No. 8 BYU (6-1, 3-1) vs. Arizona State (4-3, 2-2)
- To start up: Saturday, 1:30 p.m. MDT
- Place: LaVell Edwards Stadium (capacity: 62,073)
- TV: Fox
- Live Stream: foxsports.com/live
- Radio: KSL 1160 AM/102.7 FM/BYU Radio Sirius XM 166
- Series: Arizona State leads, 21-8-1
Trends
For BYU: The Cougars are coming off their first loss of the season, losing 39-31 in double overtime to unranked UCF last week to take some of the shine off their previous upset win over Notre Dame.
With a massive matchup against Utah looming, BYU needs to get back on track when it returns home to face Arizona State. How the Cougars respond Saturday should reveal a lot about their Big 12 championship and playoff chances moving forward.
BYU scores 31.3 points per game and allows 18.6 points per game defensively.
For the State of Arizona: The Sun Devils are 4-3, having yet to win a road game, and will potentially start a third freshman at quarterback.
Arizona State scores 30.9 points per game and allows 29.9 points per game defensively.
Quotable
“I’ve known Kenny Dillingham for a long time and I have a lot of respect for him and the way he runs things. They have a very good team…they have some momentum, and we have to win it.“- BYU coach Kalani Sitake
“It’s one of the best fan bases, (one of the) most consistent fan bases in college football. It’s one of the best coaching staffs, in my opinion, the most consistent coaching staffs in the top tier of college football.
“I think when you have the consistency that they have as a program from the top, I think they reap what they sow from that standpoint, so going to that spot is definitely one of the toughest spots to play in college football.
“There’s a reason why their winning percentage is so high, so I don’t think there’s any way to (prepare). I mean, we can play loud music, but that’s not going to prepare you for the environment as a whole. It’s just going to be about understanding that you have to do your 1/11 every play and try to get yourself into that mode where you’re on the court and trying to block out everything else.” — Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State coach
Afterwards
- BYU: in Utah on November 7
- Arizona State: against Colorado on November 7
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