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Show TIM Batty toiCkrMicte-1- 3 Utes passes. from page sixteen we're going to score," McCoy said. "I told them all last night that we were going to win. That's the confidence we had. As soon as we got the ball back...everyone said. Hey. you're going to live up to your word and we're going to win this game. And that's what we did." - 146-yar- d, do but just keep playing. Besides, he knew . '. ne last-seco- . vice-vers- a. an X u featuring CHRIS DIFFORD GLENN TUfiROOK KEITH WILKINSON PAUL CARRACK PETE THOMAS with special guest OYER THE RHINE . - all-tim- SALTAIR . " There's the story of running back Jamal one-on-o- s I j Anderson, who outplayed the nation's best running back of the past two years, Marshall Faulk. Both backs were outstanding, but Anderson's 156 yards and three touchdowns bettered Faulk's one touchdown effort (see related story). Then there's Hooks, who lost his starting job three weeks ago to his roommate, junior Deron Claiborne. Hooks knew there was nothing he could Claiborne earned it. - "He stepped it up," Hooks said of Claiborne. "He stepped it up and I was kind of in a slump. It's just something I had to deal with." Deal with this: Hooks made the biggest play of the year for Utah maybe the single biggest play in . .. twenty years. "At the line of scrimmage, I saw there was no safety there, as well as I'm sure Mike did," Hooks and Mike has confidence said. "It was ball there. I feel great about in me and he got-thit it's every receiver's dream, and mine came true today." Confidence. Perhaps no other word can rightly sum up how the Utes are feeling about each other, the coaches, and "I don't think I was ever not confident," said McCoy, who didn't have the confidence of many fans just weeks ago. "Even from the first game last year when I stepped in, I had all the confidence in the world and I felt the team had confidence in me and it carried over to this year." Senior wideout Bryan Rowley, already Utah's all-tileader in reception yards, broke the school's e reception ,mark: formerly held by Dennis Smith. Rowley has 157 career receptions and now just needs one touchdown catch to become the leader in that category. How about Harold Lusk? The redshirt freshman has played quarterback, free safety and cornerback so far this year and did them all in the game against San Diego State. He picked off a pass in the end zone for his first career interception, then in the fourth quarter watched as his second career interception also in the end zone went through his hands, bounced off his head and landed right in the wide receiver Darnay Scott, hands of who hardly needs any help catching touchdown "It was like when you go for a rebound and you're coming down and the ball's still going up," Lusk said. "I had it. I lost it I don't know. I'm just ' ; , : happy." the Harold's not one. . Everyone in Uteville is only ecstatic over the win, which puts the Utes right confer-- , back in the hunt for a second, or third-plac- e . ence finish, and a bowl bid. "I tell you what, it was the most fantastic win I've ever been around," McBride said. "And a group of players that just refused to give up they refuse to get beat in their heads and they refused to say die. . "They play four quarters of football and they just keep coming back and keep coming back and keep coming back and keep coming back. This was a real huge win for more than just the winning of the football game, it was a huge win because of what the players did and the kind of things they showed as people going down to the end." When it came down to it, the Utes just had a cou--pl- e of more bullets in their chamber that everyone else had forgotten about. "I had a feeling after the beginning of the second half.. .both teams were going up and down the field so it was a matter of 'O.K., hopefully we have the ball last, because it could come down to that." Well, it almost did, but freshman safety Dave Tovey made sure that the heroes would be wearing all red this Saturday, as he picked off a desperation pass by Gutierrez to end the game. Tovey is one of the only remaining personnel from the Utah secondary who is currently walking without a limp. Ernest Boyd, Adolph County and Jimmy Pryor were the latest additions to the Utes' list of injured defensive backs. That brings the total to nine. Nine. "We had a freshman at free safety who had never played a snap of college football, we had to move Harold Lusk over to corner," McBride said, shaking his head. "We lost our two starting corners... I mean, we were down to nothing back there, and these kids just find ways to make plays." . As amazed as McBride was, there was someone who was even more amazed. San Diego State coach Al Luginbill was dumb- . GYM founded after the loss. "We had problems with Utah's whole offense," Luginbill said. "I wish I could tell you why we didn't stay back defensively on the last play. They were the best team today. I didn't expect this at all." The Utes did. "I told the team last night that we were going to win this game," McCoy said again, "I think we have definitely proved something asf a team. This was a huge game for us. I think it kind of got us. back." Nothing better than a man who keeps his word. KBZN97.9 On Sale At i AH innn LJ PRODUCED BY UNITED CONCERTS By Phone: G IxLj in ; 467-TIX- X Concert Hotline or 536-123- 4 I'll J yr V'i M Dial it instead of "0" and save up to For long distune collect calls. Vs. ATT 44. operator dialed 3 min. Interstate call. |
