(Red) Position breakdown

QB - Senior BYU Max Hall  vs.  Freshman Utah Jordan Wynn
Experience vs inexperience has been the theme through out the media this week. Max Hall is the vet that has been playing for 3 years and he is BYUs winningest QB. Jordan Wynn is trying to grow a mustache, and he did handle the pressure of TCU much better. The kid has a ridiculous amount of potential. He is a gun slinger and will go deep on BYU early and often. I actually think Wynn may be more talented but if you look at the experience I have to go with my head and not my heart....
Advantage - BYU (but watch out for the frosh)

RB - BYUs Unga, DiLuigi, the other dude. vs Utahs Wide III, Shakerin, and Smithson
Unga will get his yards if healthy, no question. The kid is a stud. I'm not sold on the other 2 backs, they are ok but that about it. Wide is the league leader is rushing yards right now and he practically didn't play in the first 3 1/2 games. He is almost to 1000 for the season. Shak is a great backup, although he is also a frosh, he is a bruiser. And Shaky Smithson you will see in the wild cat taking snaps. Running up the gut may be a challenge for Utah but around the edge I don't see much of a problem.
Advantage - Push

WR - BYUs Jacobson, Chambers, and the other white guy vs Utahs Reed, Brooks, Smithson, Christopher, Mathews.
Ya Utah has a lot of wide outs. And they have the best wideout in the conference in David Reed. Nobody on BYU can cover him or Brooks, or any wide out for that matter. Jacobson is pretty fast, but thats about it for BYU.
Advantage - Utah


TE - Don't even need to break this down.
Advantage - BYU


O-Line - Zane Beadles, Zane Taylor, and Caleb Schlauderhoff are the anchors of the Utah o-line. And they are good. BYUs o-line has given up a lot of pressure on Max Hall, and we all know what happens then. BYUs o-line has done pretty good this year but I still think they are shaky at best.
Advantage - Utah


Defense
I'll make this one easy. Utah Koa Misi, Nai Fotu, Dave Kruger (yes he's the brother of Paul) Stevenson Sylvester, Mike Wright, Kepa Gaison, Joe Dale, and the best safety in the conference Robert Johnson. BYU has Jan Jorgensen.... and who else? Scott Johnson?
Advantage- Utah ... big time


Special teams -
Kickoffs - Ben Vroman is a touchback machine and Utahs return guys, if given a chance, are dangerous.
Advantage - Utah
Place kicking - Joe Phillips has been consistant for Utah since taking over. He's reliable, he has missed a few kicks. I know BYU people are scared of their own place kicker.
Advantage- Utah
Punting - I know both teams have good punters.
Advantage - Push
Punt returns - I think both teams need to learn how to hold onto the ball when fielding the punt.
Advantage - Push

Head Coach - Kyle Whittingham vs Bronco Mendenhall
I would say Kyle is a much better big game coach. I think that shows with the 13-0 run last year and helping this very young Utah team get to 9-2 in a reloading year. Bronco is consistent and wins games, but i don't think his motivation tactics are good, at all, and I think his in game adjustments are... well.. non existent. And i mean seriously listen to the man talk you wouldn't like him either.
Advantage - Utah


more to come...