For the first time since blowing a big lead at Oklahoma State last November that cost them a chance to play in a bowl game , the No. 14 BYU Cougars are coming off a devastating loss this week as they prepare to face No. 21 Arizona State in arguably the most important college football game of the Kalani Sitake era, maybe the past two decades.
“We have been one of the top teams in the country scoring in the red zone. It is just the last two weeks it hasn’t gone our way. So we just gotta refocus, find ways to improve, and make sure we get in the end zone this time. That’s the goal.”
BYU coach Kalani Sitake
How will Sitake’s Cougars respond?
That was the primary topic of the nine-year coach’s weekly press briefing Monday, two days after the team’s perfect season was wrecked 17-13 by the visiting and mediocre Kansas Jayhawks at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
“I am excited to see these guys play after this. We have faced some adversity, we have faced a loss. Now we are able to learn from it,” Sitake said. “Let’s see what type of team comes out. This is a good moment for our identity to show.”