BYU at Kansas Predictions: Lots of Offense

The crew gets together to tell you what they expect to see in today's conference opener between the Jayhawks and Cougars.

It wasn't pretty, but the Kansas Jayhawks made it to 3-0 last week. Combine that with a solid road win for the BYU Cougars at Arkansas last week, and you have the makings of a huge matchup to start Big 12 play.

These teams have been successful in multiple ways, so that makes it even harder than normal to know what we are going to see today. Does the Kansas offense get back on track and put up huge numbers? Does the defense flex their pass rushing might once again at home? Or does BYU keep the good times rolling in their first conference play action?

Do you disagree with our assessment? Make sure you read them all and then hope over to the Discord or on Twitter to share your own thoughts.

Kyle Davis

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Derek Noll

 If you think I’m picking against the Jayhawks at a packed David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium for the opening Big 12 game, you are sorely mistaken. Kansas has many things going for it, and one of those things is a win last week that had many teachable moments. I think the staff will have this team focused. KU will be out to impress and with one of the best running attacks in the nation led by Devin Neal, an explosive multidimensional QB in Jalon Daniels, and a defense that has a national ranking higher than you think, this is the game that KU will win and win convincingly enough to be ranked next week. 

Kansas 42, BYU 24.

Brendan Dzwierzynski

When you go back and look at the stats from last week’s KU win, the Jayhawks should have beaten Nevada by far more than they did. When you look at the stats from last week’s BYU win, the Cougars easily could have lost to Arkansas. That’s a lot of shoulds and coulds, but I think the trends and the math back up Kansas here. I like the way the Jayhawks match up with the Cougars in the trenches, and there should be plenty of opportunities for explosive plays. I think KU reaches 4-0 for the second straight year. 

Kansas 31, BYU 17.

Andy Mitts

Both of these teams are capable of big offensive performances. And both defenses have played better than expected coming into the year. But BYU’s offense relies on methodical drives and playing in system, which leaves plenty of opportunities for a big defensive play to disrupt the flow. Kansas has shown the ability to make those plays in key moments. On the other end, the Jayhawks have an extremely explosive offense that has shown the ability to overcome occasional lulls. But what I think this really comes down to is a Kansas rushing attack that is significantly better than anything BYU has faced so far. And if the rain moves in during the game, that rushing attack will be even more important. Give me a Kansas offense that hits on all cylinders in front of the home crowd and a defense that keeps this one out of reach all game long without completely shutting down the visitors. #HawksBy17. 

Kansas 47, BYU 30.

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