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Show ere WO He rece ee eeees ees ss> DAILY Sundey, September4 2005 HERALD POSTGAME REPORT: BOSTON COLLEGE20, BYU 3 GAME STATISTICS 1st 2nd 3rd OFFENSE Quarterback +2 4 quarter and was sacked twice. ment. Running Back -“l You can’t blamethe running backs completely for the lack of running game. BYU ran only 10times (discounting Beck's six attempts). Curtis Brownhad 33 yards on eight part,the receivers ev- erything thrownat them but the YAC (yards after catch) wasn't a factor. Tight End carries and he combined with FahuTahi to catch 14 passes. But they netted only 89 yards in those 14 catches. Wide Receiver Defensive Line Todd Watkins caught only two passes for 19 yards. Somehow, some way, BYU has tofigure out a way to get the ball to its best ymaker.For the most +2 Harline started off hot with three catches for 42 i frtuishichih ioobiet Then 1“ rereps onaa of the ame OK,so we understandthat you “take whatthe defense gives you” andnineplayers caught passes against BC. But madesome nice lays and caught four passes fe 32 yards.There’'s paential here, especially since +1 BYU failed to get pressure on BC quarterback Quinton Por-ter and he was very efficient. Faniaypuerasin oe fumble and Manaia Brown had five tackles. Against a very experienced and talented BC line, 0 First quarter BC-Chris hana. pass from Quinton Porter (Ryan Ohi liger kick), 0:30 i 10 plays,oo i 32 Key play: On a short pass frm Porte, Blackmon slipped a tackle and picked up 25 yards to the BYU 15 o Nate Soelberg had eight holding were a critical factor in BYU'sloss. o Second quarter Ohlone 39 eld goal, 0:03 BCplays, 35 yards, oe play: After BCoct :BYU eld goal tackles and Chris Hale and | attempt, Porter completed a 35-yard pass Justin Robinson shared the to Jason Lilly to the Cougars 21 other cornerback spot. It was Third quarter a toughgig trying to stay with BYU-Jared MeLaughiin 35field goal, 10:16 BC's Will Blackmon and BYU . Drive:4 plays, 8 yards, 2:00 got burned deep a couple of Key play: Sohomore Bryan Kehi blocked a times. But for an area that was punt and BYU took over at the Eagles 25. a huge concern coming out of Fourth quarter fall camp, there wasn’t much BC-Miller4 pass from Porter (Ohliger kick), damage done. Cornerback a couple of open receiv- ers but generally threw to the right guy. He needed to get a extrahalf-yard on BYU's failed fourth downin the second 3 Special Teams It was a mixed bag for BYU.The bad: A blockedfield goal andterrible kickoffreturns. On the plus side, Bryan Kehl had a blocked punt and Jared McLaughlin did convert +2 from 35 yards out. Punter Derek McLaughlin got off a * §7-yarderonhis first attempt CameronJensen had nine but had trouble with placetackles to lead the linebacker corp. Their effort was good but menton the poochpunt. This is a unit that will continue to BC did run the ball fairly effectively. For the most part, the improveas the season prolinebackers weresure tacklers gresses. and Jensen, as a team leader, —Darnell Dickson, Daily Herald vowed BYU would be back. 610 0 Porter scrambled outof trouble and picked upa first downwith an 8-yard run. BCOlger 26 fed anal 4:25, Drive: 10 plays, 72 yards, 4 Keyplay: Running backLV ‘hitvorh broke off a 22-yard run to the BYU 10 20 = 3 BOSTON COLLEGE RUSHING Lng. 22 9 Att. Yds. TOs LV. Whitworth 15 87 0 Andre Callender9 47 0 Quinton Porter : § ‘ WW 0 Team PASSING AC+ Yds 35-27-0 232 Porter | Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards, 4:26 Key play: On third-and-1 from the BYU40. Final 4th o 3 Scoring summary came off the bench with four. This group is talented and just needs some time to learn the ropes. BC completed lot of underneathstuff. John Beck (41-0f-60, 330 7 BYU "in Gabriel made a careertigh Il tacklesibis frst start at Cougar. Quinn had six tackles and K.C.Bills yards) completed lot of passes and spreadthe ball around tonine suis receivers. He Overall, you'd have to say Beck was oneofthe positives on offense for BYU. But there's still room for improve- Boston College onnanr SRNee Coane ioe +1 1D 2 ee Will Blackmon eccocconcedg ‘seems to be the tight last year. eancunane Z Jason Lilly 4 Ryan Purvis 1 Chris Miller Kevin Challenger Lamy Lester Mark Palmer Whitworth Callender Tony Gonzalez 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. Li Johnny Ayers 5176 35.2 RETURNS Yds. Individual stats BRIGHAM YOUNG RUSHING Att. Yds, ins Lng. Avg. Curtis Brown 8 33 Fahu Tahi Team ¥ 1 4 10 Beck 6 12047 4 0 §-19) 0° 4 40 10 -10.0 0.-32 PASSING A-C-l John Beck Yds 1D Lng 60-41-0330 0 26 First downs @ Rushes-yds 31-155 Passing yds 232 AAtt-Comp-Int 0 Total offensive plays Total net yards Avg. gain per play Punt Returns-yds KO Returns-yds Inter Retumns-yds 0-0 Punts-avg, e 22 ae Receiving yards by BC WRWill Blackmon. Meanwhile, BYU's ; best receiver, Todd Watkins, had only two. catches for 19 yards. lieNumberof turnovers for BYU. This ama over the | pet few seasons, in which turnovers | have been a major problem. Daniel Coats BYUjuniortight end | Numberof touchdowns thrown by BYU | QB John Beck. Beck threw for 330 yards | and completed 68 percent of his passes, | but never got into the endzone.‘ Percentage ofthird downs converted by | | BYU. The Cougars made good on 4-of-16 third downs, and were also 0-for-2 | on fourth-down conversions. Yds. TD Lng 9 8 6 4 4 4 0 46 0 43 0 4 20 32.0 14 10 1 «17 «9 Zac Collie 3 44 Michael Reed Matt Allen 3 2 350 6 22 DAT Todd Watkins 2 19 O25 0 13 FEU ToP PERFORMANCES D JOHN BECK, QUARTERBACK, BYU | Numberof yards lost in penalties for | BYU. Es pecial ing was the | play of the offensive line, which was . whistled forfive holding penalties. No. Nate Meikle Fahu Tahi Curtis Brown Jonny Harline Danie! Coats moved BYU's offense, completing a careerhigh 41-of-60 pass attempts for 330 yards, but never got the Cougars into the end zone. jo. BryanKeil (P) x " " 0 7 WwW OO Mahuika(K) 1 15. 15° -0: Brett Cooper (K) 2 W 19. 6: PUNTING D. McLaughlin 6 Yds. Avg. Lng DLV. WiJTWORTH, RUNNING BACK, BC Whitworthchipped away at BYU’s defense in the secondhalf, rushing for 87 yards on15 carries. O CHRIS MILLER,TE, BOSTON COLLEGE Miller caught twoplay-action toechdawn passes. 249 415 57 downandtakesa piece out of you. It brings the mood down and the next thing you know, we'reoffthefield.” BYUquarterback John Beck completed a career-high 41 passes(in 60 attempts) for 330 tions and was sacked just twice. “In practice we've done well on third downs,” Becksaid. “That's what we dobest. Today we didn't perform well in that area. Teams that do well on third downandin the blue zone are the most successful.” Boston College took a 7-0 his challengeflag to begin a review of the play. But his own coachingstaffin the press box told him the ruling onthefield , wascorrect. Latein the second quarter, BYU movedto the BC 19-yard line. But two holding penalties stalled the drive and Boston College's Brian Toal blocked a 47-yard McLaughlin field goal attempt with 21.6 seconds remainingin the half. A 35-yard pass from Porter drive alive and perhaps the outcomein question. If it failed, so what? At least it coordinator Robert Anae. If he field position, score and maybe Getting three yards andcutting throughthe chaff sure seemedeasier. Instead, Derek McLaughlinsentaboot that Free Tax Settioment Analysis: Free “Insider” Report: 800-277-9720 877-451-9111 oka t Confidentialinterview in Our Local Setelite Office How to End IRS Problems Forever!” www.taxexperts.com JK Harris-& Company ' PFOVO (475Satelite Offices Nationwide) The Cougars appeared to grab momentum with 12:28 to play whensenior safety Spencer White recovered an Andre Callender fumble at the BYU 29. A 20-yard pass to Todd Watkins appeared to give the Cougars a first down deep in BCterritory but another hold. ing call mov. ed the ball back. On fourth-and-three from the BC 36, BYU opted to punt and Derek McLaughlin punted the ball into the end zone for a touchback. Mendenhall called the decision his but a “mistake.” BYU'sfinal drive ended with & failed pass into the end zone from the BC 19-yardline with hadthe fans booing before the ball even had a chancetohit the ground. Kickinginto astrong wind theball still landed in the end 2:30 to play. Now,BYU has to go back to work and takecareof those mistakes that cost them on Saturday. “It's shocking,” Coats said. “Dang it, we're a better team than that and weall know it.It was horrible killing ourselves like that. But we know what weneed to fix and we'll get amped up and readyto practice on Monday.” Because Cougar Town,like Rome, won't be built in a day. Darnell Dickson can be reached at 3442555 or by e-mail at ddickson@heraldextra.com. What's the right decision for and trusted him gettheball back withbetter FRANK BOTT/Daily Herald BYU's Nathan Meikle (31) is upended after making a catch on Saturday against BostonCollege. soldier and said he wouldn't question Mendenhall’s decision. thecoach, to paraphrase Beck is the rightcall for the team. do everything again. VETERAN EX-IRS AGEN1S & TAX PROFESSIONALS: °..the (Nation's) moet successful ax-reeolution compen.”-The Wall Street Journal 4 White 4 Marquardt 4 Walkenhorst 3 0 would've shownabeliefin the Hesold out the newoffense, IRS PROBLEMS? FC FR int. 110-0 0 Quarterback John Beck played thepart of the good least would've kept the some struggling but trying offensive players. for what he deemedthe surest thing. He wanted to punt, pin BC deep. leadlate in thefirst quarter the officials, and Mendenhall said he thought about throwing BRIGHAM YOUNG Gabriel sentences short “A mistake,” Mendenhall said ofhiscall to kick. “I wouldn't doit again.” He won't need a second chance to make a verylousy first impression. yards. He threw nointercep- they felt was a poor spot by Top defenders and19 yards will keep a guy’s everynod of approval it can get to Jason Lilly moved Boston College to the BYU 21 and Ohliger booted a 39-yard field goal for a 10-0 BC lead. BYU got a break me ee quarter when. backer Bryontt Kehl hota BC punt and the s set up atthe Eagles 25, Bec to Zac Collie for nine yards on fastcown bul ro racks pee ed nothing. Mc made the 359ard field BYU closed ie 10-3 with 10:10, leftinthe (oe ete e capped an 80jacaneene first play of the fourth quarter with another: Porterto Miller robpn Eagles had a 17. 30:59 Franchuk What does BYUdo withthe ball, trailing 17-3, at BC’s 36yardline? Punt. First-gamejitters would've been morepolitely displayedby throwingup,not throwing in the towelonanoffense that needs BYU thefirst down on scramble. The homecrowd booed what Po session Time Continuedfrom D1 thatat Continued from D1 down, Beck cameupshort of Peralties-yds D QUINTON PORTER, QUARTERBACK, BC er sl ed the poise ofa fifth-year senior, completing 27-of-35 passes for 232 yards and two touchdowns. players who have toughened up whenQuintonPorter found tight end Chris Miller wide open on a busted BYU coverage for a 14-yard BYUresponded by driving to the BC 31.But on third-and-one, Beckair-mailed a pass over the headofa receiver and on fourth Sacks by-yds Yds. Lng 1D Bryce Mahuika(P) 2 No. Fourth-down conv. ecocoocooce 3 ecoscoacocceg cots coccocoMm : ee Third-down conv. RECEIVING o+c000cc000 +soocococes By THE NUMBERS “ “Dangit, we're a better team than that and weall know it. It was horrible killing ourselves like that. But we know what weneed tofix and we'll get amped up and ready to practice on Monday.” zoneonthefly. Oneplay, and Mendenhall had the crowd jeering: 1) him2) the punter and 3) Gary Crowton. It has to still be his fault, right? A credit to his personality and consistency, Mendenhall madeno excuses afterward. He did not say the team“is improy- ing,”like his predecessor was known to do. Butthe straightforward talk Mendenhallhasdonesince Decemberhasfallen on deaf ears would've blamed him forgoing forit. Really, there was no otherchoicein the circumstance. A quarterback and receiver afterward wouldn't bite on such inquiries into theirfrustration Asked if he should've been used more, receiver Todd Watkins — considered to be oneof the top catchersin the country — twice responded with a sullen “no comment.” Twocatches Imaginebeing new offensive has any pride, whichthe guess is he does.there's no wayhe wants to punt. No way Texas Tech punts there. The players on his new team’s sideline didn't looktoothrilled, either. All of that talk about the im- provedoffense can't be taken seriously. Obviously, Mendenhall didn’t trust it enough when it trailed by two touchdowns and hadthe ball past midfield. Therewas zero gamblein going for it. If it didn't work, so what? Theproblemwith BYU's of- fense right now is mostly mental. The Cougars haveathletes and spread the balll around not whenit really counts. BC ard BYU eachhad22first downs, but the Eagles madebigger plays at biggertimes with- out beinghindered byuntimely penalties or other mistakes. Promise and potential take timeto matriculateinto victories. Mendenhall has done many good things for the program already. Hehasdisassociated it lrommalcontents and prima donnas. He hasgotten playersto rally not only around the team, but also around the bigger cause of a programthat has been sul- lied bylosing and scandalin the past fewyears. There seems to be genuine hope for the future. Oneplayersaid recently that the locker roomis a whollydifferent place to be these days. Last year, petty theft was a fairly common occurrence. Wallets and watches were easy targets of players who didn't have locks Now, itemsare strewnfreely around, They'll be safe and secure. BYU's offense doesn't look that wayright now. It is a lost puppy looking for a home. It is trying to do the right thing but somehowcan't keepfrom spilling or making some other kind of mess. Mendenhall missed his chanceto throwit a bone,let it make a play. MOWH AWK® A CARPET MILL OUTLET 1000S OF ROLLS-REMNANTS & ROLLENDS 65 South Mountain Way Drive * Orem + 801-221-9086 |