While the Cougars (10-2) are favored by seven points and the highest-ranked team to ever play in the bowl game that dates back to 1976, the bowl game has a must-win feel to it.
For BYU coach Kalani Sitake and his program, the chance to play Alabama-Birmingham of Conference USA in Shreveport, Alabama has another added benefit: the food.
Dart grew up a Ute fan but didn t really hold much allegiance to either team the last time BYU played USC. That s obviously changed two years later. \n
The record isn t the same and the roster has slightly fewer five-star talents on it, not to mention an interim head coach whose future with the program is uncertain.