Defensive end Jan Jorgensen called it a "flaw we've had," while quarterback Max Hall referred to it as a "nagging problem" at the conference football meetings last month. Coach Bronco Mendenhall says it "something that has been addressed, but not focused on."

Of course, the elephant in the room the 15th-ranked BYU Cougars occasionally refer to, but must conquer if they ever hope to climb into BCS territory and be taken seriously on a national level, is their inability the past five years to win a nonconference game on the road.