How did the supposedly overrated BYU Cougars respond to last week’s face plant on the South Plains of Texas?

By putting a pounding on a team that has historically handed them similar embarrassments, naturally.

In their best overall performance of the season, the No. 12-ranked Cougars thoroughly thrashed unranked TCU 44-13 Saturday night in front of 64,447 at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

While improving to 9-1 for the second-straight season and putting themselves back into the conversation for an at-large berth in the College Football Playoff, the Cougars answered the critics in a big way, albeit far from the national spotlight, unfortunately.

“Really proud of the way the guys bounced back from last week,” said head coach Kalani Sitake. “I felt like there was a sense off urgency from them al

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