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Show Sunday, September 9, 2007 D A Falcons time as Air Force forced a punt and moved the ball down the field on seven straight running Continued from D l plays to score the game's first "It's something we can lean touchdown four minutes into on as the season goes oa the third quarter. Freshman "Our senior leadership and running back Savier Stephens maturity showed tonight. We're did the honors, taking the ball ready to do great things and the in from four yards out. experience we have can help us "Starting the second half with a stop, then a good drive accomplish positive results." After a Falcon field goal was big," Calhoun said. "The made it an eight-poigame, maturity was a big deal on our Utah got the ball 80 yards from side. We have a quality group the end zone with 3:11 left in of seniors this year." the fourth quarter. Utah added a field goal in the Eight plays later - including third, then appeared ready to a fourth-and-conversion and grab control of the game after a d strikes from Ute big fourth-dowstop near quarterback Tommy Grady to early in the fourth period. But the Falcons snatched back junior wide receiver Bradon Godfrey that covered 44 yards the momentum with an intercepUtah lined up at the 9 with a tion and a run by senior quarterback Shaun Carney. After an incompletion, Grady That set up a short touchdown hit junior wide receiver Marrun by senior tailback Jim Ollis quis Wilson on the sideline and to put Air Force up 17-Wilson appeared to dive into With the struggles of the the end zone, but the officiating Utah offense up to that point, crew determined he stepped the Falcons had to feel pretty out at the line. On third good about their chance of , down, the Utes went with the winning the game. direct snap to freshman runThe Utes, however, refused to ning back Eddie Wide. He was give up, driving down the field and cutting into the lead with a stopped a foot short of paydirt and that set up the fourtrwiown touchdown pass from play to decide the game. Grady to senior wide receiver Utah trusted its big offensive Darrick Richards. The two-poiline and senior running back conversion, however, failed, Darryl Poston on a run right keeping the score at in the middle. The Falcons got The visitors drove the other three defenders to stand up direction and tacked on a field Poston and hold him for a short goal, setting up the final drive loss, sending the Air Force side- and exciting finish. line into jubilant celebration. The loss dropped the Utes to 2 "It's tough talking about the for the first time since 2000 game," Poston said. "The coach- and left a lot of frustration in es had confidence in me to get the locker room. "We didn't play well enough the ball in the end zone and I didn't. When you have a hat on tonight," Utah senior receiver a hat, you've got to score." Brian Hernandez. "We didn't The final stop had the home play Utah football and Air team dispirited but Utah head Force came back and got us." 'coach Kyle Whittingham said Another injury to a key the credit needed to go to the player compounded the chalFalcons. lenges for the Utes, as junior "It was a tough loss," said wide receiver Brent Cast eel went down with a knee injury Whittingham. "What you see is what you get with Air Force. and is lost for the season. Utah hosts No. 13 UCLA next They are tough, gritty, competitive kids." Saturday. The game is schedBoth teams struggled on ofuled to kick off at 3 p.m. fense throughout the first half, I Jared Lloyd can be managing three points apiece 2 in the first two quarters. or reached at Things picked up after half- - jlloydheraldextra.com. 1 back-to-bac- k mid-fiel- n 34-ya- 17-1- 0-- 344-255- Franchuk I L Y ERA H D9 D L Wyoming holds off THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , For the LARAMIE, Wyo. first time in his five years as coach at Wyoming, Joe Glenn could smile after the second game of the season. Wynel Seldon rushed for two fourth-quarttouchdowns, and Wyoming's defense held Utah on third downs State to as the Cowboys beat the Aggies 8 Saturday, marking the best start for Wyoming under Glenn. "It's pretty special to come out of this weekend and it's never happened in the time that I've been here," Glenn, who was hired in late 2002, said. "Our season started out right with our first two games at home in front of a friendly Wyoming crowd." Wyoming beat Virginia 23-- 3 on Sept. 1. Conversely, Utah State (0-- lost its eighth straight road game. Seldon and Devin Moore both finished with 85 yards rushing apiece for the Cower 32-1- ; 2-- boys. UW quarterback Karsten Sween completed 19 of 32 passes for 180 yards and a touchdown. However, Sween also had two interceptions in the third quarter on consecutive possessions that led to Utah State scores, allowing the Aggies to gain an 4 lead. "I just had a few bad throws, unfortunately they were big picks," Sween said. After the first interception bounced off the hands of a 18-1- Wyoming receiver, Aggies linebacker De'von Hall returned the ball 38 yards for a touchdown The second interception, by Marquise Charles on an overthrown ball, set up a TD pass from Leon Jackson to Kevin Robinson "Our defense made some plays to get us back into the game," Aggies coach Brent Guy said. "But in the end we made plays that caused us to lose the game; they made . CSU falls piggies; r.IWC standings Conference W L 0 0 0 Wyoming UNLV 0 0 BYU o o TCU 0 0 New Mexico 0 0 San Diego St. 0 0 CotoradoSt. 0 0 Utah 0 1 Air Force 1 PF 20 AD W L PF PA 12 2 2 0 0 54 1 36 37 40 50 15 21 36 1 55 1 1 ) 12 Saturday' 20 0 1 0 2 0 2 ijr Garnet PA 17 56 19 30 34 40 45 65 44 results Wyoming 32, Utah St. 18 California 34. Colorado St. 28 Air Force 20. Utah 12 UCLA 27, BYU 17 St. 45, San Diego Washington - St SvV ' X ? A 17 Texas 34, TCU 13 New Mexico 44. New Mexico Wisconsin 20, UNLV 13 State Thursday's game TCU at Air Force, 6p.m. Saturday, Sept 15 UCLA at Utah, 3 p.m. Wyoming at Base St., 6 p m. BYU at Tulsa, 7 p.m. Hawaii at UNLV. 7:30 p.m. 34 ' s ' New Mexico at Arizona. 8 p m. San Diego St. at Arizona St.. 8 p.m. BEN WOLOSZYN Associated Press State quarterback Leon Jackson (7) scrambles away from Wyoming' defensive end Mitch Unrein during Saturday's game in Laramie. Utah plays that won the game." After the Cowboys pulled within a point on a field goal, Seldon put Wyoming back on TD run at the top with a 6:54 mark of the fourth quarter. He sealed the victory with anscore with 1:44 left. other Seldon's first score capped a drive. Sween accounted for 50 yards on passes, including converting two plays with an pass to Michael Ford to Greg Boiand a ling to keep the drive alive. Sween said he corrected a flaw in his throwing motion that led to the two interceptions. "I wasn't stepping off my front foot and really driving into the ball," he said. "And so I just had to tell myself to get it going and after that it wasn't a problem." third-dow- ' n Tennessee, again flashed his Heisman Trophy credentials when he circled left, deked cornerback Joey Rucks at midf ield and raced all alone down the Rams' sideline for Cal's first touchdown. Jackson, who had 143 yards on only six touches against Tennessee, collected 141 yards against the Rams, gaining 78 yards on two carries, 39 yards on five receptions and 24 on two punt returns. I Washington St. 45, San Diego St. 17: At Seattle, Alex Brink 38 completed a school-recorpasses for 469 yards and five touchdowns as the Cougars routed San Diego State. "Alex was just awesome," Washington State coach Bill d soe's 476 yards against Utah in the 1992 Copper Bowl. Brink completed passes and was helped early by some tough diving catches from his receivers. I North Dakota 37, Southern Utah 10: At Cedar City, Ryan Chappell rushed for 138 yards and two touchdowns to lead North Dakota to a win over Southern Utah. Danny Freund completed f 29 passes for 236 yards and a touchdown for the Fightwho are playing Sioux ing their last season in NCAA 20-o- (2-0- ), Division II. I Dixie State 26, Western New Mexico 14: At Silver City, N.M., Dixie's Jayson Malufua returned a fumble 34 yards for a touchdown with two minutes Doha said. I No. 10 California 34, Colorado left in the third quarter and the Brink jumped past Drew State 28: At Fort Collins, Colo., DeSean Jackson is spectacular Bledsoe and Ryan Leaf on the Rebels went on to earn their from scrimmage, too. The juCougars' career yards passing first road win in NCAA Divilist and bettered Bledsoe's presion II competition. nior wide receiver scored on a vious record of 37 completions reverse as the California Golden Bears against Montana in 1992. His I Snow 52, Pima 0: At Ephraim, held off scrappy Colorado State. 469 yards is the Soni Satele carried the ball 13 total in school history, trailing times for 115 yards and two Jackson, who opened the season with an electrifying only his own 531 yards against touchdowns as Snow blanked Oregon State in 2005 and Bled Pima. punt return TD against 10th-rank- 73-ya- third-highe- st 77-ya- - '''"" He had every right to feel good after the game, knowing that he laid it all out there Continued from Dl team in against the 13th-belike the stinging and slicing the country. Christian in Provo. What's going to hurt on the exacted by rose thorns. late plane ride home, to church At Tulsa next weekend Those aren't enough to kill in the is going to be tougher than this morning and then someanyone. This defeat time way down the road, is the second game of the season people think. This could serve won't ruin BYU, either. There's as a classic hangover game, as regression of other aspects of a very good chance that a loss BYU underestimates what has the team that were previously will motivate this team like the to be done to win this one on considered strengths. Penalties. Unsportsmanlike first two did last year. Onto the road. It's a stadium about a bigger and bigger things, even third the size of what BYU saw behavior, which leads to bigger improvement from last season. Saturday and there likely won't penalties. There were some mobe a fan contingency flocking guys letting a 3 They're already comparing ment get the best of them. this setback to Arizona and to Oklahoma. Losing helps a Boston College. Kehl made the little with this game, as the moSete Aulai had a few costly tivation will come in the form of early penalties early. Michael reference; so did fellow linebacker David Nixon. The difgetting back on the right track. Reed was smacking a UCLA The other tough one's Wyoference is, this season had even player on the sideline as they more potential up front. ming, as much because of that were on the ground later on, which moved the ball 15 yards Last year, BYU was coming game being played there in off a 6 season and it rallied November. Brutal. negatively. Chris Bolden didn't look up and committed a very The BYU defense, while to winning the last 10 woeful on UCLA's last drive costly pass interference on the games. Hard to get greedy drive. that put the game away, won't Bruins' about that. And these are the seniors? A win against UCLA, howface many units that can move Painful aberrations on a promlike that near the end of a ever, and there's not a whole lot standing in the way of the ising day. game, road or home. BYU overcame a nationally And let's face it: Hall can BCS bid this team desperately wanted Turns out, if it could've play. Like, now. There won't be ranked opponent and its own first-haanother time this year he finds foibles, and nearly played with better composure, himself down 2O0. Yes, he'll the sky was the limit. pulled off its biggest win in Just outside a city, Los Ange- make some mistakes. He's a years. There won't be any othhe also a and er scenarios that mimic it this throws les, that adores phony pergambler, such as the infew bad reads sonalities, some body parts, ceyear. And that's the problem. b One shot. The good news is, stints this terception that was returned for lebrity is the real deal to understand: the pain can be set aside for the score, which came the play a while. But don't doubt that BYU has a 90 percent chance of after Hall picked on that same it will resurface, sometime in. going undefeated from now on. guy, Trey Brown, for a pass in2008. There just aren't any opportuni- terference while guarding Aus"We'll probably look back tin Collie. 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