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Show Monday, October 21. 1991 The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Thirteen CSU drops, bobbles give Utah too many By Clifton Schmidt Chronicle Assistant Snorts Editor After Utah had taken a 21-1- 6 victory over his Colorado State team on Saturday, Rams head coach Earle Bruce was, needless to say, not a happy camper. "They played a good game today," said Bruce about the Utes. "We kind of gave it away though." Indeed they did. While Utah did play well at times and did win the game, if it weren't for a generous Rams offense, things could have turned out very differently. Colorado State turned the ball over five times against Utah, which has been very characteristic for them this season. They had given up 12 more turnovers than they had recovered this season and Saturday's game upped that total to 17. And every turnover The biggest mistake probably being the last CSU turnover. On quarterback Jerry Dunn who had entered into the game unnoticed. Dunn ran sideways for a few yards and then heaved the ball to a receiver downfield. However, two Ute defenders surrounded the receiver and defensive back Mark their next offensive series, the Rams began to drive again. CSU moved the ball down to the Utah 36, but a 15-ya- rd holding penalty moved the ball back to the CSU 49 with 3:39 left Swanson to play. lept and high intercepted the ball at the Utah line to seal the victory. "Our young man shouldn't have thrown the ball with that many defenders," Bruce said somberly. rd Two plays later came what Bruce called his "special play." Verdugo took the snap from center and pitched back to backup key to this game." And as for Bruce, he just went into the locker room shaking his head. "It's a frustrating game when you make that many mistakes in a "You can't give anybody anything and fortunately they gave us some," said McBride. "Turnovers were definitely the game," Bruce said knowing his team had given the game away. "Very frustrating." of Baxter Healthcare Corporation, one of the largest medical supply companies in the world, is interested in talking with Graduating Seniors in Accounting and Finance. was a costly one. Bruce's postgame interview made that clear. The Rams got their mistake-fille- d game rolling when running back Brian Copeland didn't quite get a handle on a handoff from quarterback Kevin Verdugo and fumbled at the Utah 19 on the second play of the game. LaVon Edwards Utah's recovered the fumble and four plays later the Utes were up 0 on Tsr" C ' ' We Invite You to Attend Our Information Session K Thursday, October 24, 1991 - 6:00pm 8:00pm Career Center Conference Room Highlight a great future for yourself at Baxter Healthcare Corporation. 7-- dive by Steve Abrams. a can make the mistakes one "No we made like on the second play of the game and expect to win," said a lamenting Bruce. The mistakes continued near the "It was a bad pass." So while the Utes worked hard to win the game, Utah head coach Ron McBride knew that they had been given some help. chances you are unable to attend, please send your resume to: Manager of Human Resources, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, 2132 Michelson Drive, Irvine, CA 92715. If one-yar- d 4 I Mb-- , , We are an equal opportunity employer mfhv. end of the first quarter. With Colorado State driving to the Utah line, Verdugo went back to pass and saw a monstrous sight in Preston Christensen coming at his face. He lofted the ball to 35-ya- rd receiver Mark Holmes near the end zone but it was closer to Edwards, who intercepted the ball d at the Utah line to stop six-yar- the drive. "We had too many turnovers at the wrong time and you can't do that," continued Bruce. The fourth quarter really did in the Rams. A short Utah punt was made longer when CSU was called for a personal foul when the play was over. That made it 1st and 25 on the CSU 15. Verdugo dropped back to pass and was slammed by Utah's Anthony Davis. Verdugo fumbled the ball and Utah recovered on the CSU line. "That's the biggest stat in the world is turnovers," continued Bruce. Once again the turnover bug hit. when the Rams were driving. With a 2nd and 3 on the Utah line and trailing Verdugo CHRONICLE The GMAT Tests You On The Things You've Been Trying To Forget For Years 15. In the figure. 0PQR Is a quadrilateral with two right Interior angles, and arcs OP, PQ, QR, and R0 are semicircles. If the sum of the areas of regions A and B Is 14, what 1s the sum of the areas of regions C and 0 ? (A)7w (E) It 26-ya- rd 21-1- $pyaC laj PHOTOComeron Carpenter University of Utah's defensive back Mark Swanson goes high to intercept a pass near the Utah goal line. The interception sealed the victory for the Utes and was one of five turnovers coughed up by Colorado Statev. (8) 12. (C) 14. (0) 28. cannot be determined from the Information given. 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