BYU football coaches were surprisingly blunt about what took place when a veteran defense squared off against a young offense in their first scrimmage of preseason training camp Saturday — a 100-plus play exercise held behind closed doors at LaVell Edwards Stadium — but remained mostly vague on the starting quarterback competition.

As expected, the defense won the day, acknowledged head coach Kalani Sitake and offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick, while defensive coordinator Jay Hill took a more political approach and said that the defense should be ahead at this juncture of camp.

“I think defense usually in the first scrimmage (is better),” Sitake said. “That’s how it works. Defense got the better of the offense today. … but offense took care of the football. I think overall the defen

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