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With all due respect to the oddsmakers, BYU's home game with Wyoming is shaping up as the biggest mismatch of the week.
BYU is favored by 28 1/2 points over the Cowboys, with only Texas (-30 1/2 over Rice) and Missouri (-34 over Buffalo) picked as bigger favorites this week.
But while Rice has a top 20 offense and is scoring 40 points a game, and while Buffalo has a top 30 pass attack and is scoring 30 points a game, the Pokes are punchless--and they're facing an offense rivaling that of Texas and Missouri for productivity.
Look at the offensive separation between BYU and Wyoming:
BYU
Pass Offense: 387.0 ypg (5th nationally)
Total Offense: 521.3 ypg (10th)
Scoring Offense: 42.7 ppg (14th)
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Wyoming
Pass Offense: 92.3 ypg (114th)
Total Offense: 251.0 ypg (112th)
Scoring Offense: 13.3 ppg (111th)
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Wyoming is a decent defensive team (47th in scoring defense at 18.7 ppg), but BYU is better than you think. Coming off the shutout over UCLA, BYU is 26th nationally in scoring defense, at 14.7 ppg.
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A win over Wyoming would be BYU's 15th consecutive home win--two wins shy of the school record of 17, set from 1989-91.
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A win Saturday would also be BYU's 14th in a row overall, which would tie the third-longest streak in school history, last set from 2000 through 2001.
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Wyoming's last win in Provo was in 1987. The Cowboys have 2 wins in Provo in the last 40 years.
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During the second quarter of BYU's game v. UCLA, the Bruins' average starting field position was the UCLA 33-yard line. BYU's average starting field position was the UCLA 35-yard line.
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