BYU Football: 7 Games with Blowout Potential

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The Cougars have an odd schedule this season. Many games can go either way and feature a ton of unknowns.Others should be very easy predict.

Some games ought to be big-time BYU blowouts.

And then others could end up being a blowout the other way.

Let's have a look at which games might be which, shall we?

Idaho

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The Vandals aren't bringing a ton to the table, quite honestly.The boys from Moscow will travel to Provo on November 12.

The Cougars visit TCU the prior week, and will come in either looking to take out frustration or on a big high.

Either way, Idaho won't make it out of the first quarter.

Idaho State

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This one's so bad it's basically the only game on the Cougar's schedule that ESPN and its family of networks passed over.

The drive from Pocatello to Provo is about three hours. That's about how long it will take BYU to drop 70 on the Bengals.

Utah State

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I know, I know. The Aggies dispatched the Cougars in humiliating fashion last season. But that was the low-point in the season, and was one of those right-place, right-time things.

I hate to break it to you Logan-lovers, but it aint gonna happen this year in Provo.

Be prepared for a return favor when the Cougars drop 60 on ya.

Hawaii

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Sorry fellow Cougar fans, but this one has blowout potential on the flip-side.

Remember 2001? Repressed it?

Well, that game illustrates what can happen when a team heads to Honolulu after a long winter. It's mentally, physically and geographically difficult to win in the islands.

And nobody on this team/staff has done it. If they aren't prepared, we could easily see another 64-35 blowout in favor of the Rainbow Warriors, or just plain Warriors, or whatever.

New Mexico State

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New Mexico State is bad. They aren't UNM bad, but they're pretty dreadful.

I advise the Land of Enchantment to stick to meth and highway-side trinkets and just give up football altogether.

This game is in Provo. Were it in Las Cruces, I might give NMS a chance, due to the high likelihood a BYU player could be caught in Mexican Mafia Border War Crossfire.

But in Lavell Edwards Stadium this is a 5 TD spread in the Cougs favor.

San Jose State

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These guys are already busy funding their start-ups, and football is a distance second.

The Spartans are just that in terms of football talent, and in Provo, they should focus on networking in Silicon Valley Jr. and just let the Cougars do their thing. Cougars by 30, minimum.

I couldn't find a picture of the football team, so I posted notable alum Stevie Nicks instead. She could play linebacker on this squad.

Ole Miss

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Folks in Oxford, MS don't want to hear this, but early season games can get out of control.

BYU has an offensive unit that learned to click last year. The Rebels and still trying to figure it out. And on defense they were near the bottom in points allowed last year.

Wouldn't be surprised to see this one played close in the first half when the rust is falling off, but turn into a 38-14 game by the time the whistle blows.