9/11 Arizona Football Notebook: Gonzales on keys to BYU, tackling, personnel usage
- Arizona DC Danny Gonzales identifies stopping BYU's run game as the central defensive test and rates LJ Martin as potentially the best back Arizona will face. In last season's meeting, Martin ran for 162 yards and Bear Bachmeier for 89 as BYU totaled 258 rushing yards; those are historical matchup numbers, not a forecast.
- Gonzales expects repeated quarterback-power tests from BYU. He highlights Bachmeier's ability to fall forward, stay composed after mistakes and operate behind a large offensive line; Arizona's ability to stop that concept is his stated concern entering the matchup.
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No. 14 BYU Opens Season with 63-7 Win over Utah Tech
- BYU beat Utah Tech 63-7 with 308 rushing yards, 198 passing yards from Bear Bachmeier, and five different rushing touchdown scorers.
- Bear Bachmeier completed 16 passes to nine targets, threw three touchdowns, and added a 13-yard rushing touchdown before Treyson Bourget and Enoch Watson handled second-half quarterback work.
- True freshman Legend Glasker scored three times, with two receiving touchdowns, a jet-sweep rushing touchdown, and 65 receiving yards.
- Kelly Poppinga's first BYU defense forced four turnovers, including interceptions by Therrian Alexander III, Evan Johnson, and Matthias Leach plus a Tausili Akana fumble recovery.
- Kalani Sitake praised BYU's offensive and defensive lines but said the Cougars need more discipline after five penalties and losing the shutout on a long Utah Tech drive.
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