Just for the sake of fairness, here's a closer look at BYU's #12 (i.e. the easiest) opponent.
Weber State is coming off a 5-6 season, finishing exactly in the middle of the pack in the Big Sky FCS conference. BYU is Weber State's 2nd FBS opponent to start the season, after traveling to Fresno State the week prior.
Weber State will operate the 2012 season with an interim coach, Jody Sears, who has no head coaching experience. He was hired as Defensive Coordinator before the recently bankrupted John L. Smith took the Arkansas job.
Expectations aren't exactly low for Weber at an FCS level. They return their top 3 rushers, their starting QB, their top 2 WRs, and 7 starters from their defense. However, even if this team goes 8-1 against their FCS competition, they still shouldn't be beating any decent FBS team.
The Wildcats were a very balanced offensive attack last year, with a dual-threat QB. I don't imagine, even with a new coaching staff, that much will change this year. Weber could easily go 7-4 (or maybe even better) this year, but one of those 7 will not be BYU. It's a little too early to be predicting scores, but I'd be shocked if BYU didn't score at least 35 points in this game and if Weber scored any more than 14.
No comments:
Post a Comment