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Show SPORTS D| DoilySHerald SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 SPORTS EDITOR | Damell Dickson - 344-2555 - ddickson@heraldextra.com GB, BOSTON COLLEGE 20,BYU3 fy ‘New look, sameresult FRANK BOTT/Daily Herald BYU'sCurtis Brown Is tackled by two Boston College defenders on Saturday. Brownranfor 33 yardsbut carriedthe ball only eight times in BYU’s 20-3loss at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Drive-killing penalties, inability to score plague Cougsin loss to Boston College BYU couldn't take advantage. The Darnell Dickson Eagles managed two 80-yard scoring BYU’ lack ofconfidence “Drive killers. We get our drives (one at the end of the quar: Sine DAILY HERALD Takea look at BYU'soffensive checklist after Saturday's loss to Boston fe. Lots of completed passes? Plenty of first downs? Yup. Touchdowns? Um... Like the coming attractions you see at your local movie theater, touchdowns are apparently coming later this fall. BYU moved the ball and down the field but couldn't the end zone in Saturday's 20-3 loss to 22nd-ranked Boston , beginning the Bronco Mendenhall era with a loss. “Boston Collegeis a solid football team,” M said. “Exactly what we saw on film in preparation ishow they played today. They run the ball effectively, play-action pass effectively and they're to score points on. “Our football team showed we have Motivation up moving the chains,things are going great, then a penalty comes down andtakes a piece outofyou. It brings the mood down andthe next thing you know, we're off the field.” Daniel Coats BYUjunior tight end on BYU'spenalties plenty to improve on. The penalties were the No. 1 thing. Intermsofnumber of holding ties and miscues on our part,as it relates to execution, 1 thought ultimately that was the theme of the day.” Boston College had two mistakes —a blocked punt anda —but ter and one to open the fourth) a pair of Ryan Ohliger field goals, and it ‘was enough. BYU, meanwhile, had 22 first downs, seventrips inside Boston Collegeterritory andthree trips inside the “blue zone” (the opponent’s 20-yardline). But the Cougars manag ‘one 35yard Jared McLaughlin field goal in the third er. It was BYU's lowest point total since getting shut out 3-0 by Utah in the last game of 2003. ‘What happened? The offensiveline was tabl for five holding penalties bythe Atlantic Coast Conference officiating crew and the were a miserable 4-of-16 on third-down conversions. “Drive killers,” BYU junior tight end Dan Coats said. “We get our motivation up mi the chains, things are going great, then a penalty comes See BYU, D4 in its offense a big concern had the chance in his first game as BYU's head coach to show on Saturday the other side ‘trust. Hefailed, and the Cougars look as lost when they have the ball as they did the past three seasons. Boston College, ranked No. 22 nationally, came to LaVell Edwards Stadium and smoked the hometeam 20-3 on a day when BYU's offense could not come out ofits unconfident, clumsy shell. Mendenhall might have to live with his part in that struggle for awhile. With 9 minutes left, andthe U.S. OPEN fassi, Davenport, Mauresmo i i join Blake as winners on Saturday Steve Wilstein ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Misfortune’s a Eee punctuated the ood-like turnaround of his lifeandcarear by wpenieny com champion Nadal on urday at the U.S, Blake, who sanktoNo.210 inthe last and needed a eee into the knocked ‘the No. 2 64, 46, 6-3, 6-1, as cheers, more than a few tears, cascaded down from his friends in packed Arthur Ashe Stadium. ps aan e Oe eee describe how I felt about match,” Blake's mother, Betty, said, “This time last year he was half-paralyzed and watchthis on TV and wondering if he'd ever play tennis again. How cok It'slike you can't how good that is. To see him smile the way he for amom. He was down last year and trying to it all in and keep it away from me because I was grief stricken at the time, too.” Blake was the constant cheers of his dies — “The James 2 and the more than 20,000 fans in the stadium, who gave him a long, warm ovation at the end. WUUIE JACOBSON/Associeted Press James Blake of the United States reacts during his match against Rafael Nadal of atthe U.S. Open tennis tournament on See U.S. OPEN, D8 Saturday. Blake second-seeded Nadal. Jason Franchuk Se The Front Row Cougarstrailing by two touchdowns, they had the chance to go for a fourth-and-3 play See FRANCHUK, D4 MWC FOOTBALL Victory Marks) i TCU%sbig fest upset in years Jeff Latzke THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NORMAN,Okla. — His ankle Spxedent A ee oe back Adrian Peterson had few words to ex: plain what had just happened. “Right now,I’m kind of shocked,” he said. Havestiteny one TCU came hi’ its big upset in years, and beating Oklahoma 17-10 Saturday inthe Sooners’ first home loss since 2001 and first loss inSeptember under coach Bob Stoops. ‘The Horned Frogs (1-0) came AGEWAWHERALDEXTRA.COM —(CALL375-5108TOSUBSCRIBE © ciahepeniosacen terbuck PaulThompson beat terback Paul Thompson beat worked. While Peterson,the Heisman Trophy runner-up as a freshman last year, was held to 63 yards on 22 carries, TCU's Tye Gunn threw ue (fOr 226 yards Tcu ”7 and a touchOKLAHOMA 10 down and Robert MerTill scored the decisive touchdown on a 2-yard run with 11:56. 's took adThe Horned vantage of a by Sooners backup quarterback Rhett See TCU, D6 sell |