After the euphoria of Friday night’s 38-35 win over Oklahoma State subsided a bit, the undefeated BYU Cougars turned their attention to this Saturday’s matchup with UCF in Orlando and quickly realized that if they want to keep their perfect 7-0 record intact they better figure out a way to stop the run better than they did at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
Oklahoma State rushed for 267 yards in the loss, and put together scoring drives of 75, 75, 76, 79 and 76 yards. The Cowboys were 9 of 13 on third down and 2 of 2 on fourth down. Albeit with one of the best running backs in the country, Ollie Gordon II, they exposed BYU’s rushing defense as being less-than-stout.
That doesn’t bode well for this week’s Big 12 game, as UCF is No. 3 in the country in rushing offense, averaging 280.3 rushing yards per game. The Knights are averaging 5.98 yards per carry…