Utah to BCS; Colorado State Goes Bowling

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Not even the biggest Ute honks would think of this win, mainly because before this game, nine of the last 10, with the exception of the 2004 52-21 Ute win, have been decided by seven of less points.

Utah looked impressive off the start and did exactly what I thought they would which was to throw quick passes and slants since the BYU secondary plays well off the line of scrimmage. 

The Utes looked to run away with this game early, up 17-3 in the second quarter.  BYU, showing what their offense could do, came back to score 14 straight points to tie the game.

BYU did have some help on the Utes to even get to 17-10; prior to that score, BYU was just around field goal range, and the Utes sacked Max Hall that would have made BYU punt. 

On that play, Utah defensive end Paul Kruger was called offsides, so that gave BYU another chance, which they took advantage of and scored a touchdown.

At 17-17 with a few minutes left in the quarter, the Utes scored 10 straight points with a Louie Sakoda field goal, and then on BYU’s next possession with under two minutes left, Max Hall threw for one of his five picks which allowed Utah to score another touchdown.

BYU scored the only touchdown of the third quarter, so going into the fourth quarter it was 27-24 in favor of Utah.  

That is when BYU fell apart. Max Hall had three interceptions in the quarter. For the game Max Hall