Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Frtday November 8 1996 — Page 11 ' H '-- - ' S f i ’ ' San Diego State ends Cowboys’ run 1 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Wyoming's winning streak — the nation's longest — began with a wild WAC game and ended the same way A quartet of San Diego Stale defenders surrounded receiver David Saraf in the end zone on the game's final play Thursday night and line12-ga- - NS W'- - backer Craigus Thompson batted wA‘- away Josh Wallwork’s pass to pre4 serve the Aztecs' upset of No V - 28-2- 16 Wyoming “The biggest joy you can get as a coach is to see guys fighting until the last play with the game on the line going back and forth” San Diego State coach Ted Tollner said That’s what usually happens in Western Athletic Conference games APphalo Wyoming's Pat Larson sits on the bench with his head down during the fourth quarter of the Cowboys' 28-2loss to San Diego State Thursday night 4 and this one was no different except that the score was lower than expected from teams that each average more than 42 points Billy Blanton's 11 yard quarterback draw with 38 seconds gave the Aztecs the 28-2- 4 lead and Thompson's big play moments later preserved it “This was a highly ranked team at the top of our division” Blanton said “It was do or die You couldn't ask for more” The Aztecs were the first victims in -- Wyoming's winning streak falling 1 last Nov II on a field goal in the closing seconds SDSL' had lost four straight and five of six to the 34-3- Cowboys Blanton moved the Aztecs 72 yards in seven plays and 6 1 seconds getting the Ijsi 34 yards himself He ran for 23 yards on third-and-- 5 from the Wyoming 34 with the hulk of the run coming thanks to a big block by diminutive receiver Leandrew Childs Blanton's TD run was the seventh lead change overall and the third in the final 10:42 of the game featuring two of the nation's top offenses “I came up to the line of scrimmage and saw that it was there” Blanton said of the draw “It was just one of the coaches’ calls It ended up being the perfect call in that situation” Wallwork said the Cowboys tried to keep their winning streak in perspective “It can get pretty heavy but I think most of the pressure came from us gotten this We felt like 'Hey we’ve far let's finish it out”' he said “The biggest disappointment was that we didn't come up with the big plays when we had to” winning streak is Army's now the nation's longest San Diego State improved to 6-- 2 overall and at 1 kept alive its WAC Pacific Division title hopes Wyoming (9-remains atop the Pacific Division at 6-This is the first season of the expanded WAC and the Pacific and Mountain Division winners meet in Las Vegas on Dec 7 for the conference title The winner will be eligible for one of two spots in the alliance bowl scenario 10-ga- 4-- 1) 1 Rice to provide test for Cougars earlier than expected PROVO Utah (AP) — All season long LaVcll Edwards and his Cougars expected their Nov 23 date with archrival Utah to be the Western Athletic Conference’s marquee 12th-rank- ed showdown Then came Rice (5-shaking off a start to win three in a row including a 51-1- 0 shocker over the then 20th-rankUtes Suddenly it’s the Owls — 4-- 1 in their first WAC season — who could topple BYU from its Mountain Division perch this Saturday A loss also could derail plans for a Dec 7 conference championship date 1- -3 3) ed with the Pacific Division's winner Cougars coach LaVcll Edwards knows “Rice looks like they’re on a roll” BYU’s 25th-yecoach said “I'm glad we’re playing them here” While the Cougars dismantled Texas-E- 1 Paso 40-1- 8 last weekend the Owls used a 28-- 0 second half to end both Utah’s seven-gam- e winning streak and the Utes sojourn in The Associated Press Top 25 Rice gained an incredible 496 of its 524 offensive yards on the ground led by Spencer George’s 108 yards on just ar ed six carries — one of them a Valley briefs The 5K and 10K First Dam Run will begin Saturday Nov 9 at 10 fol- lowing: $10 for the general public $8 for high school students or younger and $5 for runners who want the commemorative Other discounts are available For more information call race director Keith Grant-Davat 755-95- am at Merlin Olsen Park in Logan Entry fees for the race are as irt j ie 43 Smithfield Jr Aggie Basketball set to begin Boys and girls in grades 1 ! : 1 Whatever it is Rice runners are hav ing the lime of their lives: In their last four games the Owls averaged 458 yards on the ground which Rice runs the option so they could make us look bad in a hurry” Actually even Edwards hasn't quite every week and figure out what do we need to do this week to improve” But despite having manhandled the Utes the coach guaranteed Rice won’t be cocky when they run into Cougar Stadium Saturday afternoon “BYU is a highly ranked team and doing better than anyone we've played so far Nobody in America throws like pigeonholed the Owls’ offense which is not technically “wishbone" Coach Ken Hatfield calls his scheme the “Spread Option” — a frustrating mix of wishbone veer single-bac- k and even a smidgen of West Coast offensive sets Hatfield credits his players' “great workmanlike attitude to come back BYU does" Hatfield said Funny he should say that Edwards wonders where his passing attack still ranked third nationally with 3398 ypg was last week The Cougars had to depend on big defensive and special teams plays — a interception kickoff runback — to return a 65-ya- rd 100-yar-d break UTEP’sback Quarterback Steve Sarkisian second in the NCAA for pass efficiency managed just 235 yards in the air last weekend his lowest output of the season He had two touchdown aerials but also was intercepted twice ou think he’s the will one that only your company’s web page First Dam Run set for Saturday - 76-ya- rd touchdown gallop “It will be different because of their wishbone attack” Edwards said “They are pretty clever in blocking schemes formations and have monstrous splits “We can’t simulate the quickness with 3-- 6 can sign 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