BYU Football Agrees To Play Houston On The Road; Jake Conover Joins Squad For 2020

BYU Football Agrees To Play Houston On The Road; Jake Conover Joins Squad For 2020

HOUSTON-Friday, BYU football confirmed their game against the Houston Cougars, slated for October 16 at LaVell Edwards Stadium has instead become a road game.

The BYU Cougars will face Houston on this same day but instead at TDECU Stadium on the University of Houston campus.

This will be a 7:30 pm MDT kickoff.

The BYU Cougars lead the Houston Cougars 2-0 all-time.

Furthermore, per a Saturday morning announcement, BYU football announced that vaunted quarterback Jacob Conover will join the squad for the 2020 season.

The native of Chandler, Ariz. was called home from his Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission in Mexico early because of covid-19.

He was also recruited by Alabama, Arizona, Northwestern and Ole Miss prior to enrolling at BYU August 31.

Other quarterbacks on the Cougars’ roster in 2020 as of Saturday include starter, junior Zach Wilson, redshirt sophomore Baylor Romney, redshirt sophomore Jaren Hall, freshman Sol-Jay Maiava-Peters and freshman Mason Fakahua.