BYU in review: Cougars showed they were capable for a half, but turnovers and an inability to stop the run crushed them vs. the Utes

BYU’s season opener against rival Utah featured three storms on Thursday. There were the mistakes, then it rained scores for Utah and finally it really rained, with lightning that led to a 54 minute delay.

Two issues that the Cougars now face: Will they ever figure out a way to beat Utah? And what can be expected for the rest of the season after that opening night flop?

The only way that kind of a deficit gets erased is with recruiting, and no one knows if BYU can recruit the talent it needs to stand shoulder pad to shoulder pad with an upper echelon Pac 12 team.