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So it looks like BYU is almost decent, which is a pretty good step up in competition for UW this week. I expect PC and JL to leave their jars of vanilla extract in Madison and open up the playbooks this week. They will need to be better than they've shown to win this road game.

I wonder how they are prepping for the altitude? Is there any way to do that?

I have a tough time seeing BYU scoring even double digits.  Their offense looks like trash.  Their defense will challenge Wisconsin enough to keep it close-ish.

I have a tough time seeing BYU scoring even double digits.  Their offense looks like trash.  Their defense will challenge Wisconsin enough to keep it close-ish.

That's how I see it, but I'm not pleased with the UW secondary so far. Too many opportunities given away in the past two games.

There are few such things in college football as gimme road games, and if there is a short list of such places, Provo is far from it.  But BYU looks like an absolute mess on offense right now.  They are averaging 11.0 ppg thus far, and that's aided by a 20-6 win over FCS Portland State.  As bad as Oregon State is, even they put up 35 points on the Vikings.  Against FBS competition, the Cougars have 6.5 ppg.  They were outgained by Utah last week at home 430-233, but on 7 red zone trips, Utah came away with 4 FGs, 1 TD, 1 turnover on downs and the end of the game.  Banking on that is not a winning formula.   You get the Badgers in that situation and they'll just run over you.  After a rough start, mostly fueled by turnovers, the Wisconsin offense has been playing much better over the past 6 quarters.  A couple of young guys are finding their legs, suggesting that continued improvement will follow.  PFF graded sophomore OT David Edwards as the top offensive lineman in the conference last week, and redshirt freshman center Tyler Biadasz (which I choose to pronounce as badass) isn't far behind.  Slow starts have been BYU's thing recently though.  In 2010 they started 1-4 and then won 6 of their final 8; in 2011 they went 9-1 after starting 1-2; in 2013, a 1-2 start was followed by a 5 game winning streak; in 2015 they only lost 1 regular season game after a 2-2 start; and then last year a 1-3 start was followed by an 8-1 finish, with the lone loss being by 1 on the road to Boise State, and included a thumping of Michigan State.  It's tough to imagine BYU's offense will keep looking like this.  Tanner Mangum has played quite a bit the last two seasons, including being the starter for most of 2015 when he threw for 3,377 yards, 23 touchdowns to 10 interceptions and had a 70.7 QBR.  But he lacks anything around him, and 150 ypg with a QBR of 20 isn't a fluke.  You'd say they'd be fired up for a big home game like this, but they've played nothing but big games.  They had one of those Labor Day weekend neutral site marquees against LSU, and a home game against their arch-rival Utah.  I think they are what they are.
WISCONSIN 31, BYU 14

Yikes, they may not cross midfield

UW's starting left guard is listed as out for the BYU game. The start right guard is listed as questionable.

The problem is that the traditional depth that UW has had in years past (pre-2015) is not there yet, and won't be until next season at the earliest.

Chryst is very unlikely to burn any shirts this year, and the RSF kids need a little more time.

You mean the same OL that is now missing two starters from the one that couldn't get the ball in on four downs, starting at the 6 yard line, and two downs from the 1 yard line, last week against a much lesser defensive front than the one they will see on Saturday?

I have yet to see the line gel, let alone dominate.