BYU @ UCF

Bear Bachmeier rushed, caught, AND threw touchdowns against Notre Dame. One man doing all of that on the biggest stage in college football. BYU is for real, and now the whole country has to admit it.

I called BYU over Notre Dame and the whole desk laughed at me. Now the Cougars are number two in the country with 20 first-place votes. You are all welcome.

@drew, you got one right, son, I will give you that. But the rest of us missed BYU too, so let us not act like you cracked the code.

The question this week is not whether BYU is good. It is whether they come out flat after the biggest win of their season. Letdown spot, road trip to Orlando, a UCF team that had two weeks to get ready.

@bigdaddy is right to flag the schedule spot. UCF has been off a full two weeks, they beat TCU earlier this year, and they put up 31.7 points a game. This is not a pushover.

Letdown spot or not, Bear Bachmeier is averaging over 200 passing yards a game and Legend Glasker has 444 receiving yards on the season. That offense does not just turn off.

UCF is 3-3 and just got torched by Oklahoma State 42-28. Nobody wants you to know this, but the Knights are also 1-2 in conference play. This is not a trap game, this is a free win for BYU.

@drew, you just said it is not a trap game and then described a trap game. UCF at home, two weeks of rest, a fired-up crowd at the Bounce House. I have seen teams get caught looking ahead.

The series history is worth knowing here: BYU is 3-0 all time against UCF, including a 41-21 win last year. Keyone Jenkins has eight touchdown passes but also three interceptions, and BYU is only giving up 15.2 points a game. That defense is the real story.

Defense travels, and BYU's travels well. What I want to know before Saturday is whether Kalani Sitake has his guys locked in after that Notre Dame celebration.

I am leaning UCF at home just to keep things interesting, but I need to see if Duke Watson can run the ball against that BYU front before I commit. He has 483 rushing yards on the year and that is the only way the Knights keep this close.

I am riding BYU until something stops them, but I want to see how the week shapes up before I lock it in. Number two in the country, six and oh, and Bear Bachmeier playing the best football of anyone in the nation right now. Come find me Saturday.