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Show FOOTBALL 1 continued from page CSU 24 Utah .17 - FIRST QUARTER - 28-ya- rd goal. game-winni- SECOND QUARTER "The only thing that can hurt you in that situation is to turn the ball over and give them life," Utah coach Ron McBride said. "That was the worst - 7:44, C.W. Hurst 29 field goal. CSU THIRD QUARTER D. Heald 48 interception return (C.W. Hurst kick). Utah - 2:44, P. Dyson 58 interception return (R. Kaneshiro kick). - 11:23. CSU - siaMk?i.Ta Ma'ake Kemceatu registered a strong presence on the defensive line. yard touchdown. And just in case anyone in wondered if the Rams would a and let the game get away Utah pull from them, Colorado State linebacker Rick Crowell picked off TD. Croshaw with under a minute to play. "When two good football teams play, the guys who make the plays win; the guys who don't lose," McBride said. "The Rams make plays. They just kind of stay within what they do, and they show that every week. "I told our players that these guys won't go away," McBride added. But what really won't go away is the nightmarish reality that the Utes let yet another game get away from them. What won't go away is the thought that with seven minutes to play, Utah was in control, e Mac was confident, and the aspirations weren't just pipe dreams. What won't go away is the weekly FOURTH Rice-Eccl- 10 the Utes took over at their own 40 with about four minutes to play. "I liked the situation we were in," McBride said. "I thought that we were in great shape. Even if we have to punt, they'd have real poor field position." Too bad punter Golden Whetman never got the chance. 9 Arceneaux dropped back on and fired a ball that, had Rhett Nelson been wearing a red jersey, would have been one of Arceneaux's best passes of the evening. But Nelson wears the green and gold of CSU, and he made quick work of the throw that hit him between the numbers, returning the interception third-and-- sleep-deprivi- for 28 yards. game-winnin- Hurst kick). CSU - 3:06, P. Rebstock 40 pass from M. Newton (C.W. Hurst kick). M. Newton (C.W. es rd STATISTICS Passing - Utah 142: D. Arceneaux T.D. 207: M. Rushing - Utah 110: Tate A. 6; 68: CSU Team D. Sanders C. Sapp 19-5- 0; - Utah 142: S. Smith Receiving urn PLAS MA AT 2; M. Nickel Christensen CSU S. Price Tate 207: P. Rebstock J. Cuppari F. Rice C. Woolstehnhulme R. Sanders C. Y I EfiONTH 0; M. Newton H-1- ); $2 0.08 10-3- 3; T.D. R. ARM UP TO Arceneaux D. Hunter Croshaw 17-3- 6; Team CSU Croshaw Newton 0; 6; SERATEC A. 4; 8; 7; MOMS 8:00 4. 2-- 4; TUESDAYS WEDNESDAY & THURSDAYS 0:00 AM 6:03 FM ng bowl-gam- Two plays later, Colorado State scored when Newton hooked up with g Pete Rebstock for a 40- - - from 40-ya- Is FOURTH QUARTER 12:25, J. Cuppari 45 pass . CSU score. ng thing we could do." d rush by Following a Rashaan Sanders, CSU quarterback Matt Newton hooked up with Pete bomb. Rebstock for a And while it was Patrick Dyson who got beat deep twice in the second half on touchdown passes, and Tate who ran for only 36 yards the whole game, ultimately it was Arceneaux who was held responsible for the Utes getting yards. just 84 second-hal- f "Their guy taking the snap outplayed our guy taking the snap," McBride said. Arceneaux could not disagree. "They put everything on me and I let them down," he said. "I just made some bad plays." two-yar- 10 In the third quarter, Doug Heald took advantage of Arceneaux's force-fee- d the ball to Chris to attempt in Christensen. spite of triple coverage returning an interception 44 touchdown. yards for a game-tyin- g And in the fourth, it was Rhett Nelson's interception of Arceneaux and return that gave subsequent the Rams what would prove to be the Utah 11:20, M. Nickel 3 pass from D. Arceneaux (R. Kaneshiro kick). Utah 2:30, R. Kaneshiro 25 field continued from page 23, 2000 II MONDAY. OCTOBER THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE reminder that despite all the raw talent, these Utes are prone to big mistakes and they lack mental toughness. What won't go away is that, once again, McBride's words proved unfortunately prophetic. FRIDAYS (m m SATURDAY 609 (EE! 8:00 AM 3:00 4:00 AM - 3:00 PM PM SOUTH STATE STREET 801363.7697 stumulating your student body f' v&: Mr -- ffS night if fmhi ' jmti "T rfUMI 'HiIIJIIIJiUHIIIJ Wl III III III III "' .ii. .in i . lin - Illl I IMUlMlllli a MM1 MBH ,lt flE'lMII MWt llllMMir |