Wow BYU dominated Texas in the 40-21 dismantling sending the Texas faithful into a panic. Is BYU that good or did they just catch Texas by surprise? I think they just caught Texas by surprise with Taysom Hill running the option as he ran for over 200 yards. Taysom Hill is still not a very good passer completing just 33% of his passes and the running game that had 550 yards did little to nothing when they ran the traditional running game. Utah comes into this game already having to face Chuckie Keeton who runs the option very well and can throw much better than Hill. Utah kept it in check and won the game. I think the oddsmakers are over reacting on this line as Texas has been soft in run defense dating back to last year when they ranked 86th. Meanwhile Utah is ranked 25th and was 33rd last year. This BYU offensive line is anything but a rock losing some important guys from last year and Hill is not ready to win the game on his own. He locks onto receivers for too long and has poor mechanics. We already saw this team struggle on the road against Virginia's front 7 and Utah's defensive weaknesses are in the secondary.
Just like we can't over react to what BYU did we can't over react to what Sean Mannion pulled off against Utah's secondary. Mannion is a senior with a ton of weapons. BYU has a quality wide out in Cody Hoffman, but that's it. BYU will also have their hands full defensively as Utah's offense has looked great and why not with Dennis Erickson taking over as the offensive coordinator and Travis Wilson looking like a future star. Wilson has been able to throw it and run it and will run an option of his own to get some tough yards. BYU's secondary is also not a strength and Wilson is more capable of beating their secondary than previous opponents. It will also help Wilson that BYU's defense is not forcing turnovers because he had three a week ago. There is a reason why Utah has dominated this series of late winning 4 of the last 5 with their only loss being by 3 points in the last 5 years. I'll take the inflated points and I think Utah can come up with another shocking win before they restart their PAC 12 schedule.
