BYU's defense is good enough to keep them in every game and last year they held Chuckie Keeton to 3 points. I think they will have a little bit of a harder time but Keeton has yet to prove he can put up big points on good defenses (see USC). It has to do more with the talent around him and BYU should be int his game throughout. 6 points is just too much for a dominant defense although BYU's offenses relies on the running game too much they do get Cody Hoffman back this week who is an NFL caliber receiver. Utah State may have the better QB here, but BYU clearly has the better defense and these two teams know each other well being that this an instate rivalry. I don't view the home field advantage to be a huge impact here and BYU will still be able to stop the Aggies on third down as they are defending allowing just 25% conversions on third down while Utah State just allowed San Jose to convert on 50% last Friday. Just too much value here for Mendenhall's defense led by NFL talent with Van Noy leading the way.
