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Tops committed to getting running backs going

Western Kentucky's offense, while not necessarily seeing the results on the scoreboard, has been committed to getting the running backs going and has been moving the ball more with those players the past two weeks.

With a Florida Atlantic team with the second-best rushing defense in Conference USA up next, it'll be even more important to continue improving.

"We've got a four-game stretch coming up here, conference games. We've got a tough one coming up with FAU," WKU head coach Tyson Helton said after Saturday's loss to BYU. " ... We're going to have to have a strong run game again to go out there and to beat them.