University of Utah Student Newspapers | 2007-11-26 | Page 7

.THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Monday, November 26, 2007 It only seems like Hall-to-Collie decided the game S aturday night's radio callers proved that you can draw very different conclusions from playing the "what if?" game. Utah could have won... If Brian Johnson played it safe on third-and-goal in the first quarter instead of throwing an interception to Corby Hodgkiss. If Gary Anderson called a prevent defense in the rare circumstance for which it was actually intended. If Derrek Richards caught a paint-by-numbers pass from Johnson deep in BYU's territory on the U's last-ditch drive. Contrarily, BYU could have killed Utah... If Harvey Unga held onto the ball when the Cougars were threatening following the Hodgkiss pick. If Austin Collie didn't have a 67-yard score called back for one of three tickytack pass interference calls. If Unga caught the world's softest touchdown toss on fourth-and-five in the final quarter. To say that any of these things could have happened, though, is to ignore the fact that they all didn't happen because of hundreds of other random moments that were just as likely to be aberrational themselves. What the hell does that mean, you ask? Here's an example: You probably think you made breakfast this morning by pouring cereal into a bowl and pouring milk onto that cereal. But that's not even 1 percent of your breakfast's story. You made breakfast because you were born and need to eat to survive. Because you woke up on time for work. Because your alarm clock functions properly. Because you fixed it. Because your ex-girlfriend told you to. Because she was tired of being late. Because she was getting grilled by an angry boss. Because her boss is going bald. BYU's Matt Allen tries in vain to pull in a touchdown pass Saturday. DEFENSE KEPT GAME CLOSE continued from Page 5 The Utes didn't have to wait long, however, to gets their second big defensive play of the quarter. After a lengthy BYU drive, Ute defensive end Martail Burnett stripped Unga of the ball after the Cougars made it inside the Utah 27-yard line. Again, Utah's offense could not capitalize on the turnover, but that didn't break the resolve of the Ute defense. After Johnson's second interception at the 7:42 mark in Earn the second quarter gave BYU the ball at the Utah 40, the Utes' defense bent but did not break. BYU drove the ball to the Utah 4-yard line before being forced to settle for a 22-yard field goal for the only score of thefirsthalf. In the second half, the Ute defense held BYU to two more field goals as it patiently waited for Johnson and the Utes' offense to capitalize on their defensive stops. With 1:34 remaining, a 69yard Utah drive rewarded the defensive effort and gave the team a 10-9 lead. All the U defense had to do was hold BYU for one final drive. MATTHEW PIPER In reality, your ex-girlfriend's boss' male-pattern baldness—a seemingly trivial detail in your life—is every bit as responsible for the outcome of your breakfast as the cereal and the milk. Thinldng of breakfast in terms of key plays simply makes it easier for your memory to handle. This year's Holy War was unusually difficult to wrap our puny heads around. In Albert Camus' The Stranger, while awaiting trial for murder, the title character concludes that, though his days in prison are excruciatingly long and boring, all the days are so On the ensuing first-down scheme, the Utah secondary play, Burnett forced his sec- somehow overlooked BYU reond fumble of the game. BYU ceiver Austin Collie. As Hall quarterback Max Hall re- was flushed from the pocket, covered, leaving BYU with a he found the neglected Collie second-and-18 situation. On for a 49-yard pass that gave second down, Dennis Pitta BYU a first down and contindropped Hall's pass, leaving ued what turned out to be the BYU with a long third-down game-winning drive. play. Once again, Pitta was "It was a tough loss to swalHall's target, and this time, low," U head coach Kyle Whitsafety Robert Johnson nearly tingham said. "Like last year, picked off Hall's pass, setting one play away from finishing up a desperate fourth-and-18 the deal, and (we) weren't situation for the home team. able to finish the deal. ObviIn a game that was so heav- ously in that (Cover 2) situaily dictated by the defenses of tion, you're not supposed to both teams, all it took was one let guys get behind you, but it defensive lapse to change the happens." entire outcome. t.pizza@ chronicle.utah.edu With the Utes in a Cover 2 VOLLEYBALL FALLS SHORT continued from Page 5 Transportation Security Officers Salt Lake City International Airport Officers provide security and protection for air travelers, airports and aircraft. Full-Time Split Shift: Starting at $26,849 per year Plus Benefits Part-Time: Starting at $12.86 per hour Plus Benefits (Includes 12.64% Locality Pay) TSA will pay the maximum Government contribution for health benefits under the TSA Health Benefit Incentive for Part-Time TSO's. All part-time TSO's will pay the same lower cost for federal health benefits as full-time employees. Minimum Requirements: U.S. Citizenship or U.S. National • High school diploma. 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Cornerback Brice McCain was the focus of BYU's passing attack the entire game, and sheer tiredness probably led to his being left in the dust by Collie. 4. Breakfast. Nobody knows what led to that moment. Likewise, nobody knows how significant it really was. It might not have been any more important than a false start penalty in the second quarter, and we'll never know for sure because we'll never get to see how the chain of events would have been altered with a clean snap. The cold, hard philosophical truth is that BYU won because of infinite reasons, even if by a slim margin. If you're a Ute fan, though, you're probably better off not trying to grasp them all. [e-mail] indistinguishable from each other that they seem—collectively—to have passed very quickly. This game had the same effect. The penalties, the third-down inefficiency, the punt after punt...all of that faded into a faint haze once the few truly memorable moments in the fourth quarter played out. It seems hard to believe the game lasted three hours, nine minutes. The truth is that our memory's bias is obscuring the 140 other plays which had the potential to score a touchdown—and might also have contributed to the aforementioned blunders. Consider that infamous fourthand-18. Sure, hindsight says the Utes should have managed that play differently. But they didn't, at least in part, because: 1. Utah's prevent defense allowed BYU to march down the field for the game-winning touchdown last year. 2. Safety Robert Johnson was called Professor of Physics University of Utah U of U physicist Orest Symko will discuss his effort to develop acoustic heat-engine devices that convert heat into electricity - a new technology that holds promise for utilizing waste heat, harnessing solar energy and cooling computers and radar equipment. Call Our Job Hotline: [phone] OR Come for a Hub Tour Today: 720 North 400 West North Salt Lake, UT 84054 Between 3-5pm Mon.-Fri. 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