So with 6 minutes left to go in the game, BYU was losing, that's right losing, to UNLV 35 to 34. The defense hadn't been able to stop them all game long. The offense was a different story, they moved the ball quite well and looked pretty sharp in most cases. I was pleased with how they came back from the loss to TCU, but I digress.
The offense got the ball and took a nice long drive to score, putting BYU up 40 to 35. Unfortunately, we still left 1:45 on the clock for UNLV, so we went for 2 and converted! UNLV would have to score a touchdown and kick the PAT to tie it up. It sure looked like they were going to do it to, but #57 Putnam from BYU got into the back field and finally got the QB. That pushed UNLV back between the 25 and 30 yard lines and took lots of time off the clock. With only 7 seconds left, they knew they had to heave it and hope. Fortunately the entire BYU defense converged on the receivers in the end zone and someone picked it off with no time remaining. The interesting thing is there was so much blue in the endzone I couldn't tell who the QB had been throwing to.
So luckily, BYU pulled off the win against a UNLV team that has improved quite a bit after several years of being the whipping boy in the conference (kinda like Washington State in the Pac-10). We'll have to watch for them in the next few years as they are a young team that is coming together quickly. Their defense isn't great, but neither is BYUs and look where we are at this point.
Hopefully our D can get whatever is bugging them worked out and start performing like they did against UCLA and Wyoming.
Next week we travel to Colorado State and get to face a pocket quarterback for the first time since Wyoming. That basically means the QB isn't one of those athletic guys that can run and throw. They are the type that do much better when they have time to sit in the 'pocket' created by their linemen and throw the ball. Our defense has succeeded against this kind of offense so far this season, so I'm looking for a real strong performance from them on the road this next week.
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