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The Brigham Young Cougars will visit the Texas Longhorns this Saturday for a Big 12 Conference clash at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. ET.
BYU (5-2 SU, 3-4 ATS, 5-2 O/U) defeated Texas Tech 27-14 last weekend. It is 2-2 in conference play this season.
Texas (6-1 SU, 3-4 ATS, 2-5 O/U) beat Houston 31-24 last Saturday. It is 3-1 in conference competition.
The Longhorns are 17.5-point spread favorites and the game total is 50.5 points.
Cougars: DB Talan Alfrey and LB Ben Bywater are out. WR Keanu Hill is questionable to play.
Longhorns: DL Kristopher Ross, OL Cole Huston, and QB Quinn Ewers are out. OL Jake Majors (ankle) and DB Ryan Watts< /strong> (lower body) are questionable.
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The Cougars' defense rose to the occasion last week, forcing five Red Raiders turnovers en route to a 27-14 home win. BYU was outgained 389-277, bending but not breaking in a convincing conference victory. Senior QB Kedon Slovis led the offensive attack with two passing touchdowns and freshman RB LJ Martin rushed for 93 yards on ten carries.
Slovis paces the Cougars' offense with 1,519 passing yards, 12 touchdowns, and four interceptions. His top receiving targets are sophomore wide receiver Chase Roberts (29 receptions for 430 yards and four TDs) and junior tight end Isaac Rex (23 receptions for 316 yards and one TD). The BYU rushing attack is headed by Martin (96 carries for 438 yards and four TDs).
Brigham Young scores 27.6 points per game (74th) and averages 302.0 total yards (124th), inc luding 222.6 passing yards (74th) and 79.4 rushing yards (131st). It converts 30.1 percent of its third-down attempts (120th) and scores on 89.4 percent of its red zone trips (30th).
The Cougars' defense surrenders 24.3 points (62nd) and 396.9 total yards (98th) per game, including 246.4 passing yards (98th) and 150.4 rushing yards (81st). They have seven sacks and 11 interceptions this season. Their opponents have converted 42.2 percent of their third-down attempts (91st) and scored on 77.7 percent of their visits to the red zone (39th). BYU is 38th nationally in stop rate (68.6%), the percentage of a defense’s drives that end in punts, turnovers, or a turnover on downs.
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