Rivalry Saturday

It shouldn't come as any surprize that BYU defeated rival Utah 17-10 Saturday after falling behind late in the game. As usual this season, BYU managed a comeback of its own when Harvy Unga punched the ball in from 11 yards out with less than a minute to play.

Utah trailed most of the game, but late in the fourth quarter the Utes drove 69 yards on a 15-play drive that chewed up the clock and recorded the first touchdown of the day. Darrell Mack finished off the drive on a one-yard run that put Utah ahead and seemed to doom the Cougars.

But starting with only 94 seconds left on the clock, BYU faced a fourth-and-18 on its final drive when quarterback Max Hall connected with Austin Collie for a 49-yard gain that gave the Cougars new life and culminated in Unga's touchdown run. He finished with 141 yards on 23 carries.

The win gives the 23rd-ranked Cougars an outright conference championship for its second consecutive year, and improves the team to 9-2 on the season and 7-0 in conference play. Utah (8-4, 5-3) keeps its bowl hopes alive but misses out on any hope for winning a co-championship in the Mountain West. Sorry Ute fans... you LOSE!

Fall Football

I totally love watching football in the fall. However, since moving to Texas in the winter of 2006, I haven't been able to watch more than a couple games of my favorite college team. I am required to pull up the internet broadcast from ksl.com and listen to the radio online.

I fully enjoyed the thumping the BYU Cougars gave to TCU on Thursday night and I looking forward to next weeks game at Wyoming and then the big game with the whinning Utes. So to get us all in the mood, here's a highlight video of last years game.



And of course, the final play of last years game against the University of Utah. I think Harline is STILL open!



BYU Football, Fun for the whole Family. Go Cougars!