Byu against Virginie-Western: how to watch, listen or spread the game

Virginie-Western (2-3, 0-2 Big 12) in Byu (4-0, 1-0 Big 12)

• To start up: Friday, 8:30 p.m.

• Place: EDWARDS STADIUM LAVEL (capacity: 62,073)

• Radio: KSL 1160 AM / 102.7 FM / BYU Radio Sirius XM 143.

• Series: Virginie-Western, 2-0

Trends

For Byu: The cougars are 4-0, having won their first Big 12 game in fashion in Colorado last weekend.

The real first-year quarter-back Bear Bachmeier has turned into a manufacturer of difference for Byu. He completed 71% of his passes and thrown for 425 yards and three affected in his last two outings, while operating for 124 yards and a score.

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More impressive, Bachmeier has not yet launched an interception or lost an escape, because the cougars remained without attack for four games.

Byu’s racing match remains superb, ranking n ° 9 nationally at 251.3 yards per match and n ° 8 to 6.3 yards per team race. While Bachmeier continued to grow in his role, the cougar passage attack has spread to allow the offensive to operate at a more complete level.

Defensively, Byu has one of the best units in the country. The cougars granted only 9.3 points per match, forced seven reversals and granted on average 76.3 yards on the ground per game.

Byu is classified n ° 23 in the top 25 of the AP as the third highest team Big 12 in the survey.

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It should be mentioned that the cougars have been 32-4 at night matches since 2019; However, one of these four losses came against Virginia-Western in 2023.

For Virginia-Western: Mountaineers come from consecutive defeats to open the Big 12 Play, in more recently falling from 48-14 against UTAH in Morgantown.

Head coach Rich Rodriguez has a 2-3 sheet in the first season of his second visit to the Virginia-Western, having also lost against Ohio, but beating Robert Morris and his rival Pitt.

The Mountaineers have already played four different quarters this year, and with injuries ravaging the top of their QB depth painting, they would turn to their third different starter against the cougars of the Khalil Wilkins recruit.

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The 3 -star recruit in Washington, DC is 3 for 6 by passing this season with a touchdown but had its greatest impact on the field, where it rushed 16 times for 106 yards.

Defensively, Virginia-Western grants 32.5 points and 424.5 yards per match.

What to monitor

Watkins will most likely play a major role in the Virginie-Western race game. Since cougars had difficulties early with QB races designed from Colorado – they came from Kaidon Salter or Der’lon Miller in a wild look – Find how byu manages Watkins on the ground.

In addition, mountaineers are likely to obtain assistance in attack with the return of the Tye Edwards ball carrier, who holds 5.7 yards in brand career.

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Edwards would be a real boost for Virginia-Western, so note the match between him and the seven fronts of Byu, especially with the seconds Isaiah Glasker and Jack Kelly.

The Mountaineers also had trouble defending the pass. Bachmeier could launch a lot on Friday evening.

Key actors

Byu offensive line. The cougars have done solid work by protecting Bachmeier so far, but Friday presents a brand new challenge.

Virginia-Western clip of 43.6%, the highest sixth total in the country. Mountaineers also generated pressure on 42.5% of their rush attempts to the pass, which led to 12 team bags.

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Byu did not deal with this capable of a rush to the pass in 2025, and how the cougars manage such a blitz and pressure will help determine how future matches against similar defenses such as Arizona and Utah take place.

Bachmeier has been dismissed only once in the past two weeks. Keeping him up against Virginia-Western will make the defeat of Mountaineers all the more manageable for Byu.

Citing

“They were unlucky with injuries. So we have to prepare (finally) because I know that (Rich Rodriguez) is extremely intelligent. You look at his coache staff there, they are all brilliant. So that will not be easy. We just have to give ourselves an advantage.” – Byu Kalani Sitake coach

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“Their young man, a very athletic guy, very hard, really, really composed … was really impressed by him. The ball carrier is a big physical guy, one of the best in our league … And it starts at the front, they have adult men up there, and quarter-arre widths.

“… They play very hard (defensively), they are well trained, they understand their system. They have a certain length and they do different things defensively. It is such a good group in the secondary and the types of sportsmen as we have seen.”– Virginie-Western coach Rich Rodriguez

Following

• Byu: In Arizona on October 11

• Virginie-Western: At the UCF on October 18

Byu calendar

• October 25 – at Iowa State

• November 22 – in Cincinnati