Another perfect prediction?

After nailing the BYU-UNI outcome last week, I venture for another perfect score prediction as the Cougars travel to Washington to face the reeling Washington Huskies. Seattle Times writer Jerry Brewer had a great column on the current state of UW football. My favorite section:

In one peculiar moment Monday, (Jake) Locker said he thought the team may have been "overconfident" entering the Oregon game. He thought it might've contributed to the flat performance and said, "We have to understand we can't just show up and beat anybody."
Prodigies say the darnedest things. If a few good weeks of practice made the Huskies overconfident, then America's youth really do have a problem with entitlement.
The only thing more humorous than Locker's words was the vote of confidence Willingham gave to punter Jared Ballman, who struggled against Oregon: "I think he can do some exciting punting."

Hopefully BYU's defense allows Ballman the chance to do plenty of "exciting punting" on Saturday. My guess? Locker will get his yards against a young BYU defense. But he won't be able to consistently move the chains enough to generate long scoring drives.

BYU will give up between 17-30 points in this one. The key will be the Cougar offense finding a rhythm against a Pac-1o team, even one as bad as UW. If Harvey and Fui get going, BYU will have too many weapons and will outpoint the Huskies. If not, we're in for a barnburner.

Beat the Huskies, and things get really interesting with a ranked -- and suddenly more scary -- UCLA team coming to town Sept. 13. A 3-0 BYU will surely be flirting with the Top 10. But to be 3-0, you have to be 2-0 first. And Saturday's game is no gimmee, considering the venue and BYU's recent nonconference road struggles.

My call: BYU 31, Washington 24. The game kicks at 1 p.m. MT on FSN. Enjoy.