im a ucla fan, and when i watched this, my first reaction was rage and disbelief, but i cant help but admire BYU for blocking that kick up the middle the better team won, simple as that
The Vegas Bowl is our one chance to see actual quality Division 1 football here in Las Vegas each year. This was one of the best ones, made it worth freezing our rear ends off for almost 4 hours.
we wouldn't have had to win like this if we hadn't have run the ball and fumbled right next to our endzone before the clock ran out but oh well a win is a win. When we played them the first time our stats were way better than theirs but we blew it with turn overs. So now its even. One last game to decide it all this year in 08! Go cougs!
i was there at that game. when they started the kick, i was like, going nuts because i thought they were going to lose, they missed the goal, and i was like, "HOLY CRAP!!! YEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!" it was an intense game.
Does anyone see the irony in a guy whose Polynesian name begins with the Latin word for "hand" being the guy who blocks it? Eathyn has a phone-book vertical, too. Provo phone book (about 3/4 inch). Lay the blame for this squarely at the feet of the Bruin kicker. A chip shot and he can't clear the pack of linemen jumping one inch. GO COUGARS!!!
Its about time you beat them. You'd think they won the Rose Bowl or something the way they celebrated. Terrible game. Plus the announcer rubs it in saying "and the cougars win another pioneer bowl win." Congratulations
i'll give you that, our line punked out,no excuses they should have put their helmets through the spines of those byu guys, instead they got dominated. we punked out at the wrong time. luckily we have a real o-line coach, enjoy this video post....you won't see us lose to BYU like this again.
sorry for the troll, just happened to be closing down when i saw this comment, your explanation actually shows you know what I mean, maybe you didnt understand how i said it. yes, you build a strong PROGRAM, that was my point, if you need a few years to build the team, the players you spent building up will have graduated, you can't waste time building a team, you need to build the program (something BYU needs to do actually, 3 winning seasons is good but not a DYNASTY) ...yet
U0537150 and tnor1091, a college team has a life of 2 or 3 years, this isnt the NFL where you can "build" a team, either you got it or you dont. and you forget to look at the fact that we pulled our first string out and our 3rd string almost out scored our 1st string, read the depth charts, look to see who was running, catching/throwing in the 2nd half, you cant blame your loss on not having healthy players blame your lack of depth, we killed you with our 3rd string too!
hahaha mjsmith, well you are a better fan than a fortune teller, it looks like even after BYU took out their 1st and 2nd string your guys didnt cut the mustard, you can't cry about losing if you don't got depth! our 3rd string damn near out scored our 1st string last game... 59-0? and you say BYU doesnt deserve to be in a tougher conference?
i was at the game, i seem to remember a lot of dirty play coming from your byu "christian" lineman, choking bruce davis out with an elbow in the 1rst half, what was that all about. he basically kicked your behinds in this game, you almost lost to a injury riddled team with a walkon 4th string QB....you were humbled....you should thank your god that this huge line man was lucky enough to stick his hand in the air for the block.
heygamepunkster: we finished 5th in a REAL conference. BYU would be a nice 4th place team in the PAC 10.....you are not Utah under Urban Meyer & all of your Detmer teams were frauds (ie. some Florida team stomping your lights out every bowl game fraud). so don't even got there with the UCLA does suck madness....you beat a team w/o a head coach and most of our first string skill players on the shelf.
