BYU beat New Mexico 21-3 in Provo, and they hope that most voters don't get the Mtn Network. The Cougars struggled most of the game against the very average Lobos. At halftime, it was only 7-3 in favor of BYU, and it wasn't until late in the 4th quarter that they salted the game away.BYU's offense gets most of the attention, but in this game it was their defense that led the Cougars. They held the second leading rusher in the Mountain West, Rodney Ferguson, to 90 yards on 28 carries.
As it got into the 4th quarter, New Mexico put together its best drive. It looked like they scored to bring the game to within 5 points pending the extra point. Instead, the play was nullified by a very questionable block in the back call that was behind the play.
New Mexico turned the ball over on downs and BYU to their credit drove it 76 yards for the score to put the game out of reach. Still, for the high scoring BYU team, this was their lowest scoring output of the season.
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10-11-2008 @ 11:30PM
aqua said...
I guess he believes only a "BCS" team is allowed to lose (or win) without the score determning if they should be ranked the following week. I guess if we look at the scores, UCLA would only lose to New Mexico by 30 plus points. And yes, despite their dismal performance this week, they continue to have the longest win streak! You should start focusing on why the BCS is antiquated and should be abolished!
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10-13-2008 @ 10:08AM
GatorHater said...
Even with the nation's longest winning streak, BYU gets no respect, not because you have a great team, but due to the BCS mess, only the teams with "style points" seem to get all the love. ESPN has too much of a presence in the polls. Their newscasters act like their opinions are sent from above. I am a Georgia fan and the Bulldogs are in the same boat as BYU. We get no respect from ESPN and it reflects in the polls. They voted UGA #1 in the pre-season, but all they wanted to do it do was drop us in the early polls week after week until we finally lost to a good Alabama team. So, BYU expect the same treatment, for whatever reason. All I can say, is just keep on winning and let's try to settle this at the end of the season.
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