The South Florida Bulls will travel to LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday night to take on the 15th-ranked BYU Cougars in a non-conference matchup. Let’s take a closer look to Bulls at Cougars betting preview.
The Bulls are 1-2 this season and are coming off a 38-17 win over the Florida A&M Rattlers, where freshman quarterback Timmy McClain went 12-of-23 for 163 yards with a touchdown.
The Cougars are a perfect 3-0 this year and are coming off a 27-17 win over the 19th-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils, and sophomore quarterback Jaren Hall finished the game going 15-of-27 for 214 yards with a pair of touchdowns and two interceptions.
Weaving and Bobing
The passing game of the South Florida Bulls is mainly how the offense moves the ball across the field as junior wide receiver Xavier Weaver currently has nine catches for 218 yards (24.2 yards per catch) and a touchdown.
Looking at the last game against the Florida A&M Rattlers, he finished with five catches for 77 yards and a touchdown. If the Bulls can draw up situations where Weaver can be open on good routes, it will do wonders for the Bulls.
The South Florida Bulls defense was dominant last week against the Florida A&M Rattlers as they gave up 17 points on 380 yards of total offense (248 passing, 132 rushing).
They gave up a good amount of third down as the Bulldogs went 5-of-16 there. The defense struggled to stop the run as they allowed 4.6 rushing yards per carry throughout the game.
Ground and Pound
The BYU Cougars have been doing well on the ground, and sophomore Tyler Allgeier has been doing extremely well this season as he has 65 rushing attempts for 265 yards (4.1 yards per carry) with a pair of touchdowns on the ground and three receptions for 17 yards.
Looking back at his performance against the Arizona State Sun Devils, he had 21 carries for 69 yards (3.3 yards per carry) with a touchdown.
The BYU Cougars have been solid this season defensively but were decent last week against the 17th-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils as they gave up 17 points on 426 yards of total offense (265 passing, 161 rushing). The Sun Devils were able to convert on third downs as they went 7-of-13 in this game.
The Cougars need to figure out how to get better stops in the passing game if they want to reach where they are expecting to be.
Conclusion
This game is not expected to be close as these programs are at two completely different levels. South Florida is 0-7 against the spread following an ATS win, while Brigham Young is 4-1 against the spread in the last five games played in September.
The Cougars are the better defensive team, and it is not even close, so USF is going to struggle to get going offensively while Hall has taken over for former quarterback Zach Wilson and the offense has not skipped a beat. Go with the BYU Cougars to cover the spread here and win big here.
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