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Show c10 TheSalt Lake Tribune COLLEGEFOOTBALL Sunday, September7, 1997 BYU Has No Answers for UW a GAME SUMMARY Henson Wha Yon weaingee @ Continued from C-1 completing 18-of-23 passes for 285 yards andthree scores. ‘The Huskies are this year's fashionable choice to win the national championship. Saturday, they looked like a splendid fit “I don't know what happened,” said dazed BYU running back Brian McKenzie. “But they're a good team. A very good team.” The Cougars? Atleast theygotthe Alliance stuff outof the way early. Saturday's loss virtuallyassured that BYU will not be taken seriously this season — outside the WAC. anyway. And so muchfor that Cougar Stadium mystique After their shakystart, the Huskies barely broke a sweat in temperatures that reached the mid-80s. For a bunchof sealevel residents, the Dogs also breathed pretty easily at 4,500feet. The hometeam whichwas left sucking wind “‘Lcouldn’'t be more pleased with a team preparingfor an opener,’ said Washington Coach Jim Lambright ‘The Cougars still can’t beat a Pac-10 team. BYUis now 09 against the league since beating Washington State in 1990. UCLA has gonged the Cougars fourtimes. Arizona State and Washington twice apiece, and Oregon once. But BYUdoes have a healthy quarterback debate going Junior Paul Shoemakerstarted, guiding the Cougars to a touchdownon their first possession and a longdrive on the second. The bad news? He wentthree plays andoutthe rest of the way. Kevin Feterik entered the gamein the second half, but notuntil after the Huskies had taken the opening drive in for a touchdown and a 28-7 lead, Still, he threw touchdownpasses of 62 and 34 yards, whichis sure to make this week's BYU coachingstaff meetings interesting “We'll have to take a goodlookat it and see where we are,” said Cougar Coach LaVell Edwards. Here's what Edwards already knows: Despite predictions to the contrary, the Cougars couldn't run a lick Saturday. After some earlysuccess, they woundupnetting just twoyards on the ground. Defensively, BYU gave up some hugegains. Shehee ripped off runs of 75 and 65 yards; Huardwentover the top ofthe Cougars’ Coverage on several occasions. Washington totaled 577 yard: “Ttwasn'tjust a coupleofbig plays,” said BYU linebacker Brad Martin. “It was a ton.” The Cougarsactually looked like they belonged on the INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Yous i 82 25 20380 8 " 21 Ft Downe RadeeYariage vars Compra. Ben Pate PamdierLos TecRain SY Cape des Soma tna SCORING SURMARY BYU —Pail Shoemaker {run Owen Pochna bik)11-08, Drive Sevenplay, 80yards, 151. Key Da ok pom SeatrUW Bun MapSem 10) t05 BYU UW, UW — Maurie owes le, #22. Drive: Fiveplays, 80 yards, 147. Key play: Rahsaan Shebee 65run (2nd/7) to BYU7 BYU7. UW7. Second Quarter At De Spey 28 eps Predolan 18 aioyealyBYU Conall peaa rk eeeTTS ~ Coleman 6 pass from Huard Jones hiek, 22. Drive: Four plays, 40 ey plans Jem Fae pen YU Papo MurdoBV2UWLA ‘Third Quarter Sa 3 un Jae eh 1242 Drive Thre plat 80 yard 107. Key play: Sheerun ongBUS UWS BYUT he 2pn rom Hurd Joe Rik 1048, Drive Thre pla.va, 110 playMel Miler fumble ecovery a BYU 1 Palo 1pas rom Hard ad0 BYU. UW 96 BYUT Fe BYU — Aaron Rac6 pt rom Kei Per eh fd 148 Div: Rh a, ari, 3.59. Keyplas: Can 2pas rom Fete(d/o BYU3; Sooo 1pas rom Petrik tn moa4sUW BYU IS n Juard Jones keh, 12:18. Deve: Six plays, 0 yards, 2:36. Keyplays pa17panto HuardoUW A Pahn 29pure Hone0 wavs Owes STU *sYU Caton3 ps om Pert ona ek, 638. Div:Yourlay yard 191. Key PayUW roughing tpely ad 10)UWMW 2 same field with the Huskies for a little while. Using quick counts, a flashy fake reverse anda couple of big ground gains by McKenzie, Shoemaker drove BYU 80yards on its first drive, culminating the push with his 1-yardsneak. The Huskies quickly pulled even, but Shoemaker responded with another 10-play drive that produced nopoints, but ate upnearly six minutes. The Cougars were feeling pretty OUT WITH THE OLD. 00% After spending years as the BYU Cougar mascot, the old Cosmo (left) wasretired and replaced by the new Cosmo(right) at Saturday afternoon's clash vs. Washingtonin Provo. “After the first two drives we thought it would be a breeze, we thought it would be a walk in the park,” said BYU offensive tackle Eric Bateman. “Butit wasn't.” In fact, the Cougars’ nightmare was just begit Wewere spinning out there,” acknowledged Cougar cornerback Ben Cook. “Hatsoff to them. They've got great players. I hope we don’t see theirlike again. Utah Runsto Win in Louisville Ellison’s Injury Puts BYU Secondary in World of Hurt BY JOE BAIRD LT LAKE TRIBUNE, PROVO — Brigham Young's secondary had problems before Saturday's 42-20 loss to Washington. Now it has more now The Cougars, shorthanded going into the season openerbecause of Ail: WACcorner Omarr Morgan's threegame suspension,lost strong safety Chris Ellisonearly in the game with a knee injury. Ellison did not return, and may miss the Sept. 20 game at Arizona State. He has an MCL tear. “He was gone after the second series,” said BYU cornerback Ben Cook. “We couldn't believeit.” Without Morgan andEllison, Cook was the only seniorleft in the secondary. Junior college transfer Jack Wil liams started at Morgan's usual ieft cornerspot; junior Jason Walker held downhis usual free safety spot, but the Cougars were forced to go with sophomore Tyler Nelson at Ellison's spot. Against one of the Pac-10's best passing attacks, it was like throwing chum into shark-infestedwaters. Huskyquarterback Brock Huard feasted, throwing for 285 yards and three touchdowns; senior wideout Jerome Pathon had a career day, snatching seven passes for 163 yards. If the Cougars were outmanned, they were also confused. The Huskies busted a few moves BYU didn't see * during last year’s 29-17 loss in Seattle Wemissed someassignments, but they did some things we hadn't pre- ‘Monson: @ Continued from C-i killed the longeststretch of tangible momentum that Louisville managedall afternoon. paredfor,”said Cook o “As soonas I got around the corner,” Gloversaid, “I saw the guy get up and run.After that, it wasn’t anything spe- MEMORABLE WIN cial. Just a matter of chasing him down.” “It was a momentum-turner,” said McBride. “Phil Gloyer made an awesomeplay. It looked like they were starting to grind it out on us a little. But Phil makesthat Jim Lambright wasn’t just waxing poetic. The fifth-year Washington coach was genuinely thrilled to win at Cougar Stadium. Why? Because the Huskies were waxed 31-3 bythe Cougarsin their last Provovisit, in 1985. y how proud I am of our team winning in a stadium like this against [BYU Coach} LaVell Edwards,” said Lambright. “I have distinct memories of whatit waslike the last time we were here. I have the greatest respect for their program." o play andthey don’t get anythin; McBride refusedtocriticize Louisville Coach Ron Cooper, though the Cards could have taken a seven-point lead with the 41:-yardfield goal. “It was costly for them,” McBride said. “It was one of thoseplaysthat, if it works, it’s a great call. But this timeit didn't work.” After an exchangeof punts, Utah scored on consecutive Possessions to take a 24-14 lead with 10:56 left. On the second drive, quarterback Jonathan Crosswhite killed Louisville with 26 yards of scrambling. “I didn’t want to force anything because we were going so good,” he said. ‘And I knew their DBsandli MISSED AGAIN were a little, well, undisciplined, They were taking qui deep drops. S0 I looked downfield,they dropped eit andi Maybe the most shocking part of BYU's loss to the Huskies was just how shoddy the Cougars’ tackling was, Of Washington's 577 total yards, a bunch cameafter contact had been made. aN) been missing tackles in ractice, too,” said BYU linebacker Brad Martin“That Ssomething we've gotto doalot bette: o oehite’s third-and-10 completion to Daniel Jones moved Utahto the 5, and Juan Johnson scored his second close-in touchdown to put the Utes in front by 10 points. Louisville didn't die, however. The Cards quickly scored to make it 24-21, and their defense forced a punt, But punter Chris Hunter nailed a 60-yard bomb that bounced out at the 9 and bridled Louis- ville’s surging enthusiasm. Saturday's 22-point loss was BYU's third-worst home defeat in the LaVell Edwards era. The only worse ones were a 32-pointsetback against ArizonaState (1972) and a 25-point loss to Notre Dame(1993). . ‘The Cougar Stadium crowdof 65,978 was BYU's 10th largest. BesidesEllison, the Cougars sustained no majorinjuries Running back Brian McKenzie na State. yards. The offense was fully opened up, but the sogcnes are the ones who too far gone. bruised his tailbone, but should be ready for the Sept, 20 gameat Arizo- call theplay: Both Lavell Edwards and French said afterward thatthe Cougars want- Goes to Sleep andcreativity, the magic upon which the Cougars havebuilt past wins over wardsputit, “just hang around uatil the fourthquarter Obviously, it @ Continued from C-1 beat, was mostly absent. didn’t Added en when BYU confused the Huskies with wedidn't seem like the same football teams they didn't really deserve to Except for the game's initial drive, bug-eyed fake reverse/bomb from not comatose thereafter told me that aShoemaker Johnson worth BYUgot a couple of TDs, passes from 43 yards andtoa Dustin sweet-and-souiful 14KevinFeterik to Aaron Roderick and yard screen pass to McKenzie, puneBenCahoon, waylate in the game. He tuated with a QB sneak, giving BYU a said the Cougars actually passed the 7-zip lead. ball 20 times in the second half for After that, run, run, run morethan 200 yards, but remember- ulboe was the Cougars’ drug = ing yourlegacy when you're down 28 al against the fourth-ranked team in the “The coaches didn’t want to put a nation does not work lot of pressure on me,"said ShoemakPretending you can run, faking er, the junior quarterback who was yourself out in the process, does not making his first collegestart. “So they do any good, BYU attempted to rush called a lot of running plays. It would the bail 25 times — 17 in thefirst half have been better if they would have —andfound itselftotaling two whole worked, I guess, I'd prefer to openit rom hab beh 6, ve 5 par 388 Key ee Bendinger 12 from Crosswhit (Srd/10)to Uh 4, Jerome pass (S/o USEnnaa lana UL ‘Puamatu-Ma'afala 12 runist/10) to ULI Uub 17, UL Uah—!ke rr Teea Sy8 Crosswhite9 Crosswhite 17 (Sr) to UL Gri LS VadUL Larilr usbA Drie: ight pl 6 eds 2:12. Keypas: Mino 1pm ea1) ULMn ‘Redman (Ist/10toUtah 40; Antonio Roundtree ese 2 wtah oo Hah Tube 128. Drive Noe plays, 2 ey plays Puamatu-Ma'afala 21 run (d/o UL 25, PanaMea 8 anaULIDab Ua hisbig day by gaining 49 yards on a five-play sequence, ‘You give him chances,” said McBride, “and he can take He's a big-time back.” Ancient history ed to establish the run early, as Ed- “Everything fell into placeonthatfirst drive, bul then team Maybe:wegot fat-headed after that firs Ane Ne Cougars fell into some kind of dream state, maybe they for- got who and what they are, new QB or no — a fanciful little outfit that can confound and confuse college football’s big, bad boys with a deeply imaginative offense, with passes flying hither and thither, but cannot cram the ball down their throat. Perhapsthe Huskies’ stiff wake-up call Saturday, the sharp pain of the third-worst homelossin the Edwards Era,is still ringing loudly in the Cougars’ ears, “Today,” McBride said, “Utah played four quarters as hardas they could. That was the difference.” Take Heart, Louisville: Hoops on the Way Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune BYU's Ben Cook knocks down this pass to Jerome Pathon. In the real game,which consisted of the first two quarters, BYU threw a mere 13 passes, Offensiveoriginality GAME SUMMARY 010 710-87 INDIVIDUAL LEAD! 0°77 7-81 RUSHING—Utah, Puamatu-Ma‘afala26-153, te 7-3, Jhuson 10-15. Lourie MoLoutsvile reau $4}, Re 2, Taylor 1-0, Gordon 4 Fant Downs 170, Floyd 74minus 6), Redman 6minus 12), Bor RasherYardage 2618 seth L4minus 15) Passing Yards 324 PASSING — Utah, Croswhite 19-361.208 Corap-Attn 1897-1 Louisville, Redman 16-38-1324, Floyd 01-00 Return Yards 1 RECEIVING — Utah, 783, Bendinger Punts SAE 461 Joes $2,Criotenen 3.23, Hagen | Pumbles-Lost 10 18, Anderson 1-13. Louisville, Montano 6-9, Penalties 647 Floyd 416, ianoe Taylor Time of Powession 26:00 4, Roundtree I fooaniasumnany Trak 3,138. DeToa2et 3:17 Key plays: Chris Puamat witiaitratripobrnst Dirk Cristofersen 21 pss rom Satsii tothe UL48: Boo 10 pas sr Crore i/o be ULSea Hagen 18 ps Crosrwhite(Ist/10) tothe UL 18, Utah 8, UI Loulevile — edcas Jo Btrt Ke, 5:4. Drive: 16 plays, 4 yards, 8:5. Ke ro Redan (r/o UL2 Mie! Mei pas peesuLe DeWayneTaylor pas from Redman (rd/13)to Utah 20;Arnold Jha os Rednan80 Uab UL,Uh ThanJoe en rae wes a Drive: 65 yards, 12 plays, 44. Key plays: PuamatuMa‘afaa 1 run Ist/10)to Utah 46; Kevin Dynon 12 pas fromCrocswtite(2nd/10) to UL $8: Dyson ‘ess from Croawhite(2ad/10) to UL 14; Crosrebite 1 run (4th/1) to UL 4 Utah 10, U7 Utah Louleve A-85473, Utah 2 4g191 206 19961 n 539 10 933 5A00 Utahiced their win with a late drive that ended in Tom- yy Truhe's 29-yardfield goal but — more importantly — devoured all but the final 1:25. Fuamatu.Ma’afala capped BRIEFLY only afterit was too late, too hopeless, BYU Offense BY STEVE LUHM ‘Take away that oneplay and Utah gave uponly 253 yards of total offense, including a miserly 15 on the ground. THESAL"LAKETRIBUNE LOUISVILLE, Ky. — There is good newsfor the school that produced Darrell Griffith andits growing numberof grumbling fans: Basketball seasonis just two months away. Louisville's struggling football teamfell to 0-2 Saturday with its 27-21 loss to Utah and, after a 5-6 record last year, Coach Ron Cooperis starting to hear from the unhappy masses, A crowd of 35,436 at Cardinal Stadium started booing Louisville in the second quarter, and continued throughout he game. Theloudest responsecame at the end, when the public address announcer invited fans to listen to Cooper's postgameradio showon their way home Denny Crum? Maybe. Cooper? Just win, baby. “I told our football teamthatI'mstrong,” hesaid. “Pile iton me, We're not goingto flinch. We're going to come out andgoback to work on Monday. That's what we said: ‘One day ata time, one gameatatime." Upcoming opponents include Illinois, Oklahoma and Penn State, so don’t look for Louisville0 get much relief in a next three weeks a , we're 0-2 and it hurts," Coopersaid... But I do ae: or football team getting better.” Louisville fans — apparently — have a different view a DECEIVING NUMBERS ‘The Utah defense allowed 339 yards, but 86 came on a Chris Redman touchdown pass to Arnold Jackson on the first series of the second half. In last week's loss to Utah State, the Aggies’ Demario Brownrushedfor 153 yards by “We knew the defense had to step up,” said rover Phil Glover. “We hadto play from within and cometogetheras a better unit.” Taulia Lave returned from a knee injury andstarted at middle linebacker, allowing Glover to moveoutside. Lave finished with eight tackles —- six unassisted — and Glover hadanotherbig game. Sothathelped But Utah also played without backup defensive tackle Richard Seals (ankle) and starting defensive end John Frank (groin). “We did a good job against the run,” said Coach Ron McBride. “Our biggest problem camein third-downsituations with their passing game.” Onthird down, Louisville converted six of 13 attempts, though four cameon the Cards’ 84-yard scoring drive in the second quarter when Redman completed passes of 20, 11, 34 and 22 yards, BRIEFLY Darrell Griffith Jr. is a Cardinal freshmanreceiver-defensive back... The Redman-to-Jackson touchdownpass was Louisville's longestplay from scrimmage since 1950 — and the third-longestin schoolhistory. “If westay at home in the middle,” said McBride, “it's a non-play.”... Uta ate Chris Hunter had a 4-yarderin thefirst quarter when he tried to angle his kick out of bounds. "I got too fine with it," he said. “Against Utah State, I put a few like that into the end zone.””.. Junior college transfer Jerome Anderson (14 yards) and freshman Sean Hagen (18 yards) caughttheir first passes for Utah, aiding in scoring drives. Interceptions Turn Tide as No.8 Colorado Topples CSU EGER onl omreaiefro enti| » Colo. — shidi Barnes and Marcus ,AihvN2—Comoe9.dtwme cst Washington grabbed mo- | 24 c vo51 Cae mentum-turning intercep- §m#noa 4%, Miwroes 220"! tions early in the third quarter, rallying No. 8 Colorado] 4410 LSU 55 to 31-21 victory over No. 24; a ColoradoState on Saturday. 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