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Show mm SECTION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 344-255- 5 J 2004 (fitsportsOheraldextra.com PREP FOOTBALL Total Tim DOOttLAtCPtZAKAsaociated Press to quarterback AJexSmWi (II) gains 24 yards on the keeper before being taken down. Strong start for Utes Jason Franchuk . DAILY HERALD SALT LAKE Utah's first test this season turned out to not be much of one at alL The celebration never ended Stadium on around Thursday. Fans . shewed up for the after-workick-of- f and turned the area into happy hour, inen ikil win- .aninK nnn wnrvr. UTAH 41 dering if some- bow tms season TEXAS A&M 21 could he even more special than the last. Utah 4L Texas A&M 2L Let the talk of an undefeated season begin. But don't let the Utes hear that. "Expectations," Utah coach Urban Mever said,, have nothing . v to Rice-Eccl- es PI k JEREMY HARMONOaily Herald Timpyiew's Harvey Unga, center, is dragged down by the Lone Peak defense as he moves his team closer to a first down on Thursday. Timpview won, 34-- Timpview's Unga too much for Lone Peak as TBirds roll DAILY HERALD Most football games are decided by the play in the trenches, the linemen .' who get little credit but provide the holes, the protection and the penetration that allow the glamourous plays Alas, the Utes looked like a team fulfilling the promise and potential created by themselves and their followers. True, they didnt play your parents' A&M last night. It was a name-branopponent with substantially discounted skills compared to its past. But that shouldn't to develop. In that area, Timpview simply overpowered Lone Peak. The No. 2 Thunderbirds (30) demolon ished the No. 3 Knights ), Thursday on the strength and power d UTAH, ries, 166 of those yards coming in the first half when the Thunderbirds opened up a 27-- lead. "Do you like Unga? I love Unga," Timpview head coach Chad Van n said. "The line gave him room and he took advantage of it." Unga and the Thunderbird offense racked up 444 total yards on a solid Lone Peak defense. "This game was one of our big focuses," Unga said. "We wanted to make a statement, show we aren't in the same league." 6 Or-de- . " With Unga powering the ball on the ground, the Thunderbird air attack, provided some big plays, even dealing with a tricky wind. Quarterback Stephen Covey threw for 109 yards on passing and two touchdowns. "The wind was a big factor in the first quarter," Van Orden said. "Then we kind of put them back on their heels and that allowed us to throw the ball around." A fired-u- p Timpview defense came 7-- See TIMPVIEW, C3 C5 As Savoy's touchdown catch In the first quarter - Points scored by Alex Smith on three TD passes and two rushing "Tirnpyiew - In Points scored by Utah the second quarter to break the game open In an entertaining rivalry. if the scoreboard didnt say . a bus loaded with cheerleaders waiting to exit the Lone Peak parking lot rolled down the windows and shouted the following at anyone listening. TTimpview, Timpview, we're No. 1! Timpview, Timpview, we're Ndir Of course there were shouts of re-taxation, Number of yards on Steve Points scored by Utah the first naif, for a 27--7 leadatluuTUme . Pesik rivalry in a class all its own Timpview-Lon-e Utah lived up its preseason hype with a devastating win over Texas A&M. Here's a look at some of the more impressive statistics from Thursday night's game: , 27 20 3, (1-1- Bea(ute)iful 78 30 of their line. "They beat us," Lone Peak head coach Monte Morgan said. "They beat us at every f acit of the game." TIMPVIEW 34 The Timpview LONE PEAK 6 offensive line gave running back Harvey Unga the holes he needed to get into the secondary and use his speed and power to chew up the yardage. He finished with 189 yards on 19 car- - Jared Uoyd aowsnuus. See 6. . : . What about ProvoTimpview? What about American ForkLone Peak? Oh, they're still rivals, but in less than a decade, Timpview and Lone Peak have become the marquee game of the preseason each year. With no geographical ties, you have to wonder how this happened, especially since the two schools arent even in the same region. "They've got players and we've got players. I know they're not hurting for talent ever there," said Timpview coach Van Orden. "We're usually in the same position as they are. We call people and they're not looking to play us, but we've continued to play each Neil Warner (stinksjr Timpview and Lone Peak resumed their brief but intense rivalry Thursday night at Lone Peak in typical style. Bom teams came into the game undefeated. Both teams came into the game ranked in the top five. This is usualry the case. Tte Prep Points pviewLone Peak game is used as a measuring stick to see how close each school is to the 4A elite. It has become other because we both like to play good teams." In just seven years these two teams have managed to play some of the most competitive and entertaining games in Utah prep football history. Timpview opened the rivalry with a blowout of Lone Peak in the first year, but a year later, Lone Peak got its revenge and after seven years, the two teams are no closer to deciding who is No. 1 than they were when the rivalry started. All square. Lone Peak had won four times and Timpview had matched that totaL See WARNER, C3 Quinn aiming to bring back Notre Dame mystique guy everyone was looking at. All the while, they both knew that older players were prepared to swoop in and grab the starting role if there were Irish quarterback looking to improve on freshman campaign Jason Franchuk k , . , NOTRE DAME AT DAILY HERALD BRIGHAM YOUNG ' Last year Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn made history. He's also glad 2003 is just that history. Setting records doesnt mean a thing if there's mostry sorrow be' cause of losing.' "I think we're all just excited to get to BYU and start this year," Quinn ' : ' said. BYU and Notre Dame play Saturday to start each team's season. The 7:15 televised on ESPN, ;;. pjn. game will be Quinn would Like nothing more than to make a good second impression. As a freshman be played in all 12 , Saturday, 7:15 pjn. LaVeB Edwards Stadium in Prow ' TV: ESPN Radio: KSl 1160 AM games of a 7 season, starting nine of them and putting himself in the record books along the way. He was named the offensive MVP ' Game after ; of the annual Blue-Gol-d , completing 17 of 22 passes for 263 yards. entered He . spring" practices just as BYU signal caller John Beck, as the 5-- -- : slip-up- s. Quinn separated himself, holding onto his spot after setting Notre Dame freshman records for pass completions, attempts and yards while his nine touchdown passes were second-be- st by a frosh Irish quarterback. Whue Quinn said he and coaches have been stressing better consistency, he stiQ completed 157 of 332 passes (47.3 percent) for 1,831 yards and nine , touchdowns. It was the 15 interceptions he threw that peeved him the most. At least now he can say something , about It, Some of those miscuescame because of misreads, others from poor routes. When he needed to . '. -- ; See QUINN, 'x C5 Pressure v AO .3;,--',- .v-- i .. Notrt Dame oourtsay photo eyes in South Bend are on sophomore quarterback Brady Quinn. |