June 27, 2025
By Jay Drew, Deseret News: The BYU football team’s defense in 2024 didn’t have many weaknesses as the Cougars rolled to an 11-2 record and impressive 36-14 win over Travis Hunter, Shedeur Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes in the Alamo Bowl.
If there was a deficiency on the defensive side of the ball that kept BYU from going undefeated in Big 12 play and making the College Football Playoff, it was probably the lack of sacks. That, and the inability to get off the field consistently on third down.
BYU had 20 sacks in 13 games, 1.54 per game, last season. That put the Cougars tied for 108th with Washington and West Virginia, out of 133 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
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