BYU Football: 3 takeaways from dominant Week 4 win over Troy

3. BYU has a dangerous offense

After their impressive 55-3 dominant win at Navy in the second week of the regular season, the Cougars were looking to continue that form of aggressive playmaking on both sides of the ball.

On the offensive side of the ball, the Cougars accounted for 675 total yards and 32 first downs against the Trojans’ defense. BYU was highly efficient in their game-plan with their ability to pass the ball down the field and run consistently.

Offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes did a great job of establishing an offense for BYU that would force Troy to second guess themselves with different play calls of passing and rushing game.

Zach Wilson threw for 392 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions on 23-of-28 passing. He also rushed for two touchdowns. His performance was the fifth-most passing yards accounted for in Week 4 of college football.

New starting wide receivers Dax Milne and Gunner Romney had big performances against Troy. Milne led the Cougars with seven receptions for 140 yards as he accounted for a touchdown. Romney caught five passes for 138 yards with an average of 27.6 yards per reception. Milne’s performance ranked seventh in the FBS in receiving yards while Romney’s performance ranked ninth.

On the ground, the Cougars rushed for 192 yards and four touchdowns on 48 carries for an average of four yards per rush. Sophomore fullback Masen Wake was the other back for the Cougars that accounted for two rushing scores.

Including their previous game against Navy, the Cougars now average 622 total yards per game, 375.5 passing yards per game and 246.5 rushing yards per game. Grimes was able to efficiently mix up the offense of BYU to attack what the opposing team’s defenses were. So far, they are looking like an efficient top-10 scoring offense as they will play more productive defenses.